Robert Knight

ROBERT KNIGHT: Kim Davis and same-sex lawlessness

If you have that sinking feeling that we're living in a period of lawlessness, you're not alone. Something is very out of whack in America.

September 6, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Liberals view religious freedom as sex discrimination

Tie her tubes, or we'll sue you for sex discrimination, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told a Catholic-affiliated hospital in California.

August 30, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: A tale of two Americas

There really are two Americas.

August 23, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Attack on election reforms

Although people in the nation's smallest state can obtain photo voter IDs with ease, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says that requiring an ID in order to vote is a hardship.

August 16, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: IRS power abuse, political interference more than ‘bureaucratic bumbling’

Do you recall the smoke spewing in front of the fake giant head of the Wizard of Oz? The whole thing looked intimidating until Toto pulled back the nearby curtain. I was reminded of that while reading Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, explaining away the persecution of the tea parties from 2010 to 2013 by Lois Lerner and her fellow Internal Revenue Service (IRS) operatives.

August 9, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: The real cost of federal housing initiatives

Don't look now, but a government agent with an iPad soon may be rooting around in your community, collecting racial data, plus how close your home is to a supermarket, school or bus stop.

July 26, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Obama pushes criminal way to expand electorate

President Obama made the first visit by a sitting president to a penitentiary when he dropped in to the El Reno (Oklahoma) Federal Correctional Institution on Thursday and offered an ambitious reform agenda.

July 19, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: The danger of a Complacent Majority

With all the calls to conservatives to give up on the culture, the only thing lacking is a drone-riding witch over the Statue of Liberty skywriting "Surrender Dorothy."

July 12, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: ACLU religious freedom fight yields to left’s same-sex marriage empowerment

Even before the U.S. Supreme Court announced the previously unknown constitutional "right" to impose same-sex "marriage" on all 50 states, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was readying its next volley.

July 5, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Supreme Court: Housing lawsuits charging discrimination no longer need proof

Remember when Barney Frank insisted in 2003 that "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not in a crisis," and "I want to roll the dice a little bit more in this situation toward subsidized housing?"

June 28, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: New York’s ever-expanding electorate

"Start spreading the news I'm voting today "

June 21, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: The Magna Carta’s message to the Supreme Court

Exactly 800 years after the signing of the Magna Carta on June 15, 1215, the church-state question is still very much front-page news.

June 14, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Media let liberals off the hook

I opened the front door the other day and my daughter walked in, exclaiming, "Is everyone taking crazy pills?"

June 7, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Left’s war on police leaves communities defenseless

Since the riots over robbery suspect Michael Brown's death last summer in Ferguson, Mo., and several other deaths of black suspects, America has been awash in a "dialogue" about police and race.

May 31, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Supreme Court gay marriage vote

As the calendar slips toward the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, there's a storm cloud hanging over America that will release its thunder in late June.

May 24, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Playing the race card in court

There's more racism afoot in the land, and it fits the soft bigotry of lowered expectations.

May 17, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: The ACLU’s Louisiana pursuit

At odds with anything smacking of America's religious and cultural heritage, the American Civil Liberties Union has issued a revealing series of warnings to officials about everything from the national motto to saggy pants and boys in prom dresses.

May 14, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Tom Brady’s Deflategate tests NFL message on honesty, character

Unlike the 2014 Little League World Series champs, who lost their trophy because they fielded ineligible players, the New England Patriots are not going to lose their Super Bowl rings over Deflategate.

May 10, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Forcing gay marriage on American’s would be tyranny

While the U.S. Supreme Court held an Alice-in-Wonderland session on the nature and value of marriage, one of the nation's largest cities lay partly in ruins over the death of a black man in police custody.

May 3, 2015

ROBERT KNIGHT: Restricting U.S. voting to American citizens

Sometimes, what appears to be complex is actually rather simple.

April 26, 2015