Robert Knight

Trump and the ongoing culture war

Since November 2016, the media and the progressive left have been pounding the same two claims. Published November 25, 2018

Evidence of a pornified culture abounds, and Hollywood isn’t helping

A common refrain when people lament violence, sex and f-bombs in movies, goes: "How did we get from the golden days of Hollywood to this?" Published November 18, 2018

The confusion racket

Almost anywhere you look, we're being fed illusory notions that serve somebody's interest. Some of the deceptions are minor or even harmless. Especially in show business. Published November 11, 2018

Issues that dominate the midterms

Several issues dominate the midterm elections this week: The roaring economy, migrant caravans on a mysteriously swift journey to the United States, health care reform and leftist mobs protesting almost nonstop. Published November 4, 2018

Denying reality at a steep price

The idea of two distinct sexes has been acknowledged as fundamental reality for thousands of years by billions of people, biology and every major religion. Published October 28, 2018

It’s a circus out there, and Democrats are making things worse for themselves

During the lead-up to the Vietnam War, the media sometimes carried horrific images of Buddhist monks setting themselves afire to protest the South Vietnamese government. Published October 21, 2018

Deep state conservatives

When I was a Los Angeles Times news editor many years ago in Orange County, California, I suggested to my liberal boss that we should have at least one conservative columnist. Published October 14, 2018

Southern Poverty Law Center Hate List gains Google, Apple

The hate business may not be what it used to be — at least on the government level. Published October 7, 2018

Judge Kavanaugh defends himself against charges of teenaged assault

While watching Republican senators and their hired female lawyer impersonate a nervous bomb squad during Christine Blasey Ford's testimony last Thursday, I couldn't help but think about Proverbs 18:17, which counsels patience in such matters. Published September 30, 2018

It’s the Democrats who project authority but ‘debase norms’

Just when you think things couldn't be more upside down, Hillary Clinton declares that only one side is to blame for the vast cultural divide in America. Published September 23, 2018

The left is desperate to prevent a conservative majority on the Supreme Court

The most powerful evidence that federal judges have eclipsed the other branches of government is the circus surrounding President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. This should not be as big a deal as it is. Published September 16, 2018

Kicking off more contempt for America

What is it with our ruling elites? How did they come to have so much disdain for America? Some recent events have yet again brought this unfortunate situation to the surface. Published September 9, 2018

As Democrats move left, they must replace the American electorate

The "progressives"' game plan to re-acquire power in Washington and make it permanent has been shockingly obvious for some time: Published September 2, 2018

With Nov. 6 approaching, times are tense and the stakes are high

Last week, a full-page opinion column in the Loudoun Times-Mirror, a weekly newspaper in Northern Virginia, actually had this five-column headline, caps included: Published August 26, 2018

Chasing alternative reality

The American left has so many people vying to be the Alternative Reality poster child that it may be difficult to pick a winner. Published August 19, 2018

Liberal claims to the moral high ground

The progressive left is in a panic over the Senate's coming confirmation vote on President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Published August 12, 2018

Public scapegoating about tweets and emails of yore happen daily

During the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, Chinese communist dictator Mao Zedong's Red Guards marched people through the streets in large dunce caps. The victims had said or done something outside the canon of Chinese Marxism. Published August 5, 2018