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Columns by Robert Knight

Intolerance Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Free speech is drowning on both sides of the Atlantic

Years ago, sitting in an English pub on July Fourth, my brother and I were surrounded by friendly Brits who toasted America's Independence Day. Expressing no bitterness over their former colonies' rebellion more than 200 years ago, they even jokingly joined in a chorus of "Down with the British!"

June 3, 2018
Illustration on Kelloggs' experience in Venezuela by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Uneducated leftists discount the fate of Kellogg’s in Venezuela

In the United States, surveys show that many millennials are not merely soft on socialism but openly support it. They think capitalism benefits only the "1 percent" and no one else, despite America's matchless record of upward mobility and prosperity.

May 20, 2018
Illustration on Chik-fil-A in New York The Washington Times

In praise of Chick-fil-A’s ‘infiltration’

Many Manhattanites apparently feel the same way as Mr. Hawkins. The handful of Chick-fil-A stores in the Big Apple attract long lines. One of them reportedly sells a chicken sandwich every six seconds.

April 22, 2018
President Donald Trump talks with reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.,, Thursday, April 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The anti-Trump media caravan rolls on

One of the most vexing aspects of daily life is the nonstop flow of anti-Trump propaganda masquerading as news analysis. That is, unless you hate Donald Trump, as most of the media clearly do. Fake news oozes from nearly every media pore, some of it more subtle than others.

April 8, 2018
The Return of the Prodigal Son (Rembrandt)

Wonders that never cease

Cynics like to claim that Christians at Easter unknowingly celebrate a pagan spring fertility rite that the church co-opted for its own purposes.

April 1, 2018
Workers prepare to free a trapped car from tons of debris after mudslides from heavy rain overnight caused the closure of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, a key mountain highway over the Santa Monica Mountains, above Malibu, Calif., early Thursday, March 15, 2018. No injuries were reported. The California Department of Transportation said that with more rain expected, the route through Topanga Canyon will remain closed through at least Sunday night. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

The great California train wreck

Let me just say from the outset that I still miss California. When I see news about my former state, it's like reading the details of a train wreck after having safely disembarked a comfortable time ago.

March 18, 2018
Illustration on the culture of diversity and tolerance by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Transgressing the diversity dictate

"All I know is what I read in the papers," Will Rogers used to say when opening his vaudeville act. In that spirit, here are two items in the news that shed light on our current culture.

March 11, 2018
A Maryland bill, approved by the state Senate on a 28-17 vote, would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to release the preceding five years of their tax returns to appear on the ballot. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Taxing America out of its liberties

As you struggle to submit something to Uncle Sam that won't send federal agents to your door, guns blazing, it's worth pondering how immoral and unconstitutional the whole thing is.

February 18, 2018