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Columns by Robert Knight

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ROBERT KNIGHT: Obama’s immigration order regresses America

As President Obama with a single order created what he hopes will be an eventual new electorate via millions of illegal aliens, he did not break new ground; he put America on very old and dangerous ground: government by decree.

November 23, 2014
Illustration on equality and tolerance as an excuse for anti-religious tyranny by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: A brave new world of intolerance

After decades of chipping away at America's Christian heritage, the liberal enforcers of "equality" and "tolerance" are more open about the brave new future they envision: It's their way or nobody's way.

November 14, 2014
Political Fish Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Upending the new immoral order

Tuesday's Republican wave election was not just about the economy, repealing Obamacare, illegal immigration, failed foreign policy or the nation's nearly $18 trillion debt.

November 7, 2014
Illustration by AMMER, Weiner Zeitung, Vienna, Austria

KNIGHT: Ebola response ignores history’s lessons

The last time we treated a deadly disease as a political problem instead of using time-tested medical precautions, we doomed many hemophiliacs to early deaths, along with hundreds of thousands of homosexual men.

October 31, 2014
Connecting the Dots to Despotism Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Connecting the dots to despotism

Recently, I wrote a column suggesting that we are living in an age of insanity. Events since show the madness morphing into soft despotism, which may harden into outright tyranny.

October 24, 2014
Beach Blanket Babylon cast member Caitlin McGinty, singing during the 7th inning stretch of the playoff game between the San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals. Photo credit: Beach Blanket Babylon/ Facebook

KNIGHT: Living in an age of insanity

Well, let's trust that our ultra-effective Obamacare health bureaucracy can limit the damage when the victims fly all over the country.

October 10, 2014
Illustration on the offense/defense relationship of the ACLU and American Christianity by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Score: Prayer 1,000, ACLU 0

After Oneida, Tenn., school officials decided not to fight the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) demand that they cease an opening prayer before high school football games, the school's cheerleaders tackled the matter.

September 26, 2014
Country Civility Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

KNIGHT: The source of civility

Even in the silence of the timeless Great Smoky Mountains, it's nearly impossible to get away from the world's aches and pains — not to mention horrors. The only way to do it is to unplug completely.

August 31, 2014
Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a rally at Greater Grace Church, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, for Michael Brown who was killed by police, last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting in the middle of a street, following a suspected robbery of a box of cigars from a nearby market, has sparked a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

KNIGHT: Four approaches to Ferguson

Following the shooting death of 18-year-old black robbery suspect Michael Brown by a white police officer on Aug. 9, four distinctly different groups descended upon the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo.

August 22, 2014
Illustration on the ACLU's championing of hedonistic beliefs by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

KNIGHT: ACLU preying on America’s better angels

For an organization that frequently goads government into advancing an atheistic viewpoint on everyone within reach, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) talks a good game about how wrong it is for some people to "impose their beliefs on others."

August 8, 2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2014, after a Democratic caucus meeting. Democrats and Republicans in Congress vowed urgent support for a $225 million missile defense package for Israel, boosting the likelihood that legislation will clear Congress before lawmakers begin a monthlong vacation at week's end. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

KNIGHT: Impeaching the truth

All this talk of Republicans being on the verge of impeaching President Obama is nonsense, stoked by Democrats whipping up their base, and a few wistful conservatives who dream aloud about what, in a sane nation, should actually happen to a lawless president.

August 1, 2014