Robert Knight

Liberal antagonists opt for socialism and sexual anarchy

From the Boy Scouts to the Knights of Columbus, it's open season on anything that doesn't fit the cracked new world of socialism and sexual anarchy that "progressives" are fashioning for us all. Published December 30, 2018

Angels are sent to protect us and they also perform miracles

For the past few years, my wife and I have had a friendly dispute over how to top our Christmas tree. Published December 23, 2018

America’s culture war now includes paganism, an old foe of civilization

Ross Douthat, a columnist for The New York Times, says the culture war in America may not be so much about secularism or atheism replacing Christianity but the rise of an old Christian foe — paganism. Published December 16, 2018

Suppressing Christianity’s historical importance

Over the past few decades, secularists and leftists have mounted an aggressive effort to suppress Christianity's historical and current importance in America, and place all religions — or no religion — on the same level. Published December 9, 2018

Keeping the cold civil war from getting hot

There's been loose talk over America's ideological divide becoming so bitter that it could lead to armed conflict. Published December 2, 2018

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