Robert Knight
Columns by Robert Knight
Neutering the English language, one word at a time
Here's a Christmas present from Stanford University. They apparently won't ban the use of "American" after all. Hurray for them. Published December 23, 2022
Let’s not let the doomsayers and clouds spoil our Christmas
Have you ever boarded an airliner during a rainstorm and then, minutes later, broken through the clouds to bright sunshine? It can be quite startling. People blink like moles emerging from their burrow. Published December 18, 2022
American culture’s sacrifice of children for perverted wokeness
When I was young and foolish, I went to see a horror movie one afternoon. Published December 11, 2022
Left hellbent on destroying mom-and-dad families
Democrats, with help from feckless Republicans, have advanced the Orwellian-named Respect for Marriage Act. They're trying to finish the job they began in the 1960s. Published December 3, 2022
When old friends like Reader’s Digest go off the rails
Reader's Digest has something strangely out of place - a whiff of wokeism. Published November 26, 2022
Christmas queens and the oxymoronically named Respect for Marriage Act
We've had a very serious setback this past week in the cause of freedom, courtesy of a dozen "woke" Republican senators. But first, we'll begin with a bit of pop culture that speaks to where we are as a nation. Published November 19, 2022
Unreal midterm elections and the search for sanity in America
The election last week defied reality. Published November 12, 2022
To Biden and the left, being an ‘election denier’ is one rung below child molester
President Biden was at it again last week, using his bully pulpit to demonize half the country. Published November 6, 2022
Ignore the polls
The polls are starting to show that a conservative "wave" may be forming after all for the midterm election. No kidding. Published October 21, 2022
The Democrats’ playbook: Deny, deny, deny
Last Wednesday, Maryland's gubernatorial candidates squared off in a debate. It was a microcosm of the national election. Published October 16, 2022
Parents’ revolt against leftists’ education ideology should be a tsunami
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, recently signed SB 107, a bill so evil that you'll think I'm making this up. Published October 9, 2022
Baseball Hall of Fame reflects the best of America
Right behind the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, is Doubleday Field, a small, magical baseball stadium (capacity 9,791). There's no cornfield, but it has a "Field of Dreams" vibe. Published October 2, 2022
Fraud and pervert Alfred C. Kinsey returns
I've been trying to come up with a good analogy for something that inexplicably comes back even after you think it's long gone. Crabgrass? Rust? Dracula? Published September 24, 2022
What Republicans must do to win in November
Republicans are still painting in pastels instead of bold colors. Published September 17, 2022
The FBI and liberal media collusion grinds on
Someone in the FBI keeps leaking materials that agents seized during the shocking, unprecedented nine-hour raid of former President Donald Trump's Florida home on August 8. Published September 10, 2022
Informed voters and honest elections are left’s worst nightmare
Lots of things today don't pass the straight face test. Published September 5, 2022
Charlie Crist’s ‘deplorable’ moment
This past week Democrat Florida gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Crist shot himself in the foot. Published August 28, 2022
The lies that blind American citizens
It's not healthy when citizens automatically discount whatever the government or media tell them. Published August 19, 2022
Blissfully unaware in Vermont or knowingly radical?
Surveying the Green Mountain State in the height of summer, it's easy to see why visitors flock to Vermont. Published August 14, 2022
Impatient Democrats hear the clock ticking
Once upon a time, Democrats were terrified that a power-mad White House would ignore the "will of the people." They warned of dire consequences if the president did end-runs around Congress. Published August 7, 2022
