Robert Knight
Columns by Robert Knight
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
KNIGHT: Casting blame at conservatives for Romney’s defeat
Like clockwork, traditional-values voters are being blamed for the failure of a moderate GOP presidential candidate. Published November 16, 2012
KNIGHT: Why the single-issue campaign failed
"It's the economy, stupid." Published November 9, 2012
KNIGHT: Faithful flexing muscles before Election Day
Economic issues seem to be dominating the 2012 campaign, but a quiet electoral revolution is brewing. The "religious vote" is on the move, and it's not going leftward. Published November 2, 2012
KNIGHT: Vote suppression, real and imagined
Did you know that the uberclean United Nations, whose blue-helmeted troops have been charged with everything from rape to theft in Third World countries, is going to have an affiliate help us run our elections? Published October 26, 2012
KNIGHT: ACLU says father-daughter dance ‘contrary to federal law’
If you want to see what the new normal looks like when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) calls the shots, look no further than Cranston, R.I. That city of 80,000, the third-largest in the Ocean State, is at the epicenter of the ACLU's war on the normal. Published October 22, 2012
KNIGHT: Buying Obama’s whoppers
You know it's bad when the president deputizes Big Bird as his thuggish surrogate. Aside from Big Bird's checkered past as a well-to-do federal welfare recipient, wouldn't Joe Biden or Oscar the Grouch put up a better fight? Published October 12, 2012
KNIGHT: Obama’s debate run-in with inconvenient truths
I didn't want to write about the first presidential debate, which has been sliced and diced by many. Published October 5, 2012
KNIGHT: Suppressing the vote
During World War II, American soldiers in the Pacific listened to Radio Tokyo and other English-language programs on Japanese-run stations. Published September 28, 2012
KNIGHT: Appeasement trumps First Amendment
I was driving into Washington the other day when a radio clip of Hillary Rodham Clinton got my attention. The secretary of state was emoting hotly, using terms such as "disgusting" and "reprehensible." Published September 21, 2012
KNIGHT: Trashing the Constitution
Constitution Day is Monday, Sept. 17, so I compiled a non-exhaustive list of the ways Barack Obama has violated the Constitution. Published September 14, 2012
KNIGHT: Democratic convention presents the ‘new normal’
If the November election is solely about the economy, why did the Democrats boot God and Jerusalem from their platform at the Democratic National Convention only to panic and then rig a vote to put them back in? Published September 7, 2012
KNIGHT: Chicago does mean corruption
Chicago. Chicago. Chicago. Published August 31, 2012
KNIGHT: The perils of undermining American heritage
Facebook's stock may be anemic at the moment, but the social media site is growing by leaps and bounds. It is poised to hit 1 billion users. Published August 24, 2012
KNIGHT: Weighing ‘hate’ on uneven scales
When a man shot and wounded security guard Leo Johnson at the Family Research Council (FRC) on Wednesday morning, the shooter left little doubt why. Published August 17, 2012
KNIGHT: Slinging mud from the Soptic tank
Public figures' records are fair game in political campaigns. It's not "mudslinging" unless it's untrue or employs "derogatory personal slurs," according to the Living Webster Dictionary. Published August 10, 2012
KNIGHT: Liberals’ war on Boy Scouts, Chick-fil-A
Twelve years ago, Bryant Gumbel called me an (expletive) idiot on CBS' "The Early Show" for defending the Boy Scouts after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed their right to uphold moral standards for leaders and members. Published August 3, 2012
