Robert Knight

KNIGHT: Hope goes out of season in Seattle

During spring renewal, when flowers blossom, grasses begin to green and a billion Christians celebrate a peerless Resurrection that occurred nearly 2,000 years ago, it's a good time to reflect on one of Christendom's most significant contributions to civilization: establishing hospitals. Published March 29, 2013

KNIGHT: Crucial battle in the ‘war on marriage’

Over the past few weeks, the "war on marriage" has turned into a blitzkrieg. Published March 25, 2013

KNIGHT: No room for nuisances in Missouri pews

You can't keep a good theophobe down. Published March 18, 2013

KNIGHT: Last chance to repair Mr. Roberts’ Obamacare error

In 1919, back when the United States was a constitutional republic, Congress passed a child-labor law imposing a 10 percent excise tax on companies that violated it. Published March 11, 2013

KNIGHT: Curing the GOP’s infection

One of Bill Cosby's best-loved routines is "Tonsils." Published March 4, 2013

KNIGHT: Joe Doe loses his fight with the10 Commandments

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has lost its six-year campaign to tear down a Ten Commandments monument at the Dixie County, Florida, courthouse. Published February 25, 2013

KNIGHT: The kidnapping lobby is at it again

What's the real message behind Barack Obama's call in his State of the Union speech for taxpayer-funded "universal" preschool and his trip to a Georgia preschool last Thursday for photo ops? Published February 18, 2013

KNIGHT: A life on the front lines of the culture war

Michael Schwartz, a great man who passed from this earth last weekend at age 63, was an anomaly. Published February 11, 2013

KNIGHT: The Boy Scouts flirtation with dishonor and destruction

Boy Scouts learn to start fires by rubbing two sticks together. Now, the national Scout leadership is playing with fire. Scratch that -- they're playing with explosives. Published February 4, 2013

KNIGHT: The allure of the lie

Lying is no big deal. It's just something that we Americans have to live with. Published January 29, 2013

KNIGHT: Skirmish won in war for religious freedom

In a victory for religious freedom, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) won't be able to make Catholic agencies fund abortions for sex-trafficking victims after all. Published January 25, 2013

KNIGHT: Obama opens a new term with a loud ‘bang’

Leave it to Barack Obama to come into his inaugural weekend with a bang, and not just on guns. He's made it clear that he intends more spending, more regulation, more radical appointees and less national defense in his second term. Published January 21, 2013

KNIGHT: Boy Scouts prevail after 11-year battle

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has a well-earned reputation as the hippiest, dippiest, most-reversed appellate court in these United States. Published January 14, 2013

KNIGHT: Don’t get discouraged — get involved

The Republicans caved and Barack Obama is celebrating in Hawaii while planning his next step in creating an irreversible welfare state. Published January 4, 2013

KNIGHT: Charity on the chopping block

With the "fiscal cliff" looming, Washington is looking under every rock for new forms of "revenue." Published December 22, 2012

KNIGHT: The left’s ongoing assault on election integrity

If you think the left is resting on its laurels after Barack Obama's re-election and the Democrats' retention of the U.S. Senate, think again. Published December 14, 2012

KNIGHT: Free speech vs. sound of silence

In George Orwell's futuristic novel "1984," a tyrannical government masks its activities through the use of Newspeak -- saying or doing something opposite of a word's meaning. Published December 7, 2012

KNIGHT: Deceitful debate over women in combat

Oblivious to important differences between men and women, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the Department of Defense to lift all combat exemptions for women. Published November 30, 2012

KNIGHT: Left likes fuzzy math on Election Day

Pawing through the ashes of Mitt Romney defeat, it's clear that if the Republican Party wants to compete nationally, it has to do several things, such as re-message timeless traditional values, attract more young and minority voters -- particularly Hispanics -- and do a better job of getting out the vote. Published November 23, 2012