Robert Knight
Columns by Robert Knight
KNIGHT: Blowing hot and cold on devotion to states’ rights
Holder is cool with marijuana, but not with preventing election fraud Published September 8, 2013
KNIGHT: ‘Stand your ground’ when liberals attack
Americans have a right to their beliefs without left-wing reproach Published September 2, 2013
KNIGHT: The lawless and their discontents
Upon securing victory against the British, George Washington had to quell a rising movement to crown him as America's new king. Published August 26, 2013
KNIGHT: Too much bull from the White House
It's obviously high time for President Obama to appoint a rodeo clown czar. Published August 19, 2013
KNIGHT: Recalling what freedom of religion meant to the Founders
Ever feel like an "outsider?" Published August 12, 2013
KNIGHT: Culture clash in the high country
Just because the mountain air is thin at 7,800 feet and the New Age is evident in various ways doesn't mean that Coloradans have totally lost their sense of reality. Published August 5, 2013
KNIGHT: When government grows like kudzu
The federal government is growing like kudzu. That's the Japanese ivy plant that's taking over roadsides all over the south and is even invading the north. Published July 22, 2013
KNIGHT: Silver linings in the ruling on Obamacare
In the latest court ruling upholding Obamacare, a three-judge federal panel in Richmond, Va, last Thursday rejected Liberty University's challenge to both the individual mandate and the employer mandate to provide health insurance. Published July 15, 2013
KNIGHT: The IRS scandal’s inconvenient facts
As part of his powerful screeds against English rule, Founding Father Tom Paine had this to say about the king's appetite for his subjects' tax money: "There is scarcely a necessary of life that you can eat, drink, wear or enjoy, that is not there loaded with a tax. Even the light from heaven is only permitted to shine into their dwellings by paying eighteen pence sterling per window annually." Published July 8, 2013
KNIGHT: ‘Black-robed hate group’
By accusing backers of traditional marriage of being motivated only by animus against homosexuals, the U.S. Supreme Court has become the most prominent hate group in the country. Published July 1, 2013
KNIGHT: Living in the devil of a time
Given the sheer volume of bizarre cultural shifts just in the past few weeks, it's time for another "if I were the devil" column. Published June 24, 2013
KNIGHT: The GOP temptation to try to fix the unfixable
It doesn't matter whether the Republican-led House passes good, workable immigration legislation. Published June 17, 2013
KNIGHT: Recollecting the requirements of conscience
A 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis has given us a snapshot into the brave, new world of big government and why we should fear it. Published June 10, 2013
KNIGHT: Drilled by the quill
As a longtime, ink-stained wretch, I'm actually glad that some of the Obama administration's bombs targeting our essential liberties found their way out of the Tea Party kill zone and were dropped instead on the Fourth Estate. Published June 3, 2013
KNIGHT: Striking a sour note on the boardwalk
What do you do if you're a street fiddler who wants to play as loud as you want, and the cops tell you to pipe down? Published May 28, 2013
KNIGHT: Turning the tables on the IRS
It's pretty clear that the Internal Revenue Service acted illegally in its abuse of Tea Party and other conservative groups and individuals since 2009. Published May 27, 2013
KNIGHT: Taxing the credulity of the Americans
Barack Obama says he is angry about the Internal Revenue Service singling out conservative and Tea Party groups for rough treatment, even though it may or may not have something to do with an anti-Muslim video. Published May 20, 2013
Benghazi’s media maze
You just knew press coverage of the congressional hearing on the Benghazi cover-ups last Wednesday would be nonexistent or squirrely, right? Published May 13, 2013
KNIGHT: Benghazi’s media maze
You just knew press coverage of the congressional hearing on the Benghazi cover-ups last Wednesday would be nonexistent or squirrely, right? Published May 13, 2013
KNIGHT: Twisting words into doublespeak
America is awash in doublespeak. Published May 6, 2013