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Uwe Romeike and his wife, Hannelore, worked with their children at home in Morristown, Tenn., last year. The German family was granted political asylum in the U.S. on grounds they faced persecution in Germany for home schooling. (Associated Press)

KNIGHT: The sound of tyranny

In a remarkably short time, Germany recovered smartly from the wreckage of its defeat in World War II to become the economic strongman of Europe. Monuments to the nation's plunge into Nazism remain at Dachau and other death camps as grim reminders of the dangers of an all-powerful state with a messianic leader.

April 8, 2013
Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: If no one can win, everyone loses

The last time I was in Ipswich, Mass., I had one of the tastiest plates of fried clams imaginable. They were fresh, full-bellied and cooked perfectly. Try getting something like this outside the Bay State.

April 1, 2013
Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Hope goes out of season in Seattle

During spring renewal, when flowers blossom, grasses begin to green and a billion Christians celebrate a peerless Resurrection that occurred nearly 2,000 years ago, it's a good time to reflect on one of Christendom's most significant contributions to civilization: establishing hospitals.

March 29, 2013
President Obama signed executive orders in the presence of children who wrote to him about gun violence. Among them were (from left) Hinna Zeejah, 8, and Nadia Zeejah, Hinna's mother; Taejah Goode, 10, and Kimberly Graves, Taejah's mother; Julia Stokes, 11, and Theophil Stokes, Julia's father; and Grant Fritz, 8, and Elisabeth Carlin, Grant's mother. (Associated Press)

KNIGHT: The kidnapping lobby is at it again

What's the real message behind Barack Obama's call in his State of the Union speech for taxpayer-funded "universal" preschool and his trip to a Georgia preschool last Thursday for photo ops?

February 18, 2013
Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

KNIGHT: Obama opens a new term with a loud ‘bang’

Leave it to Barack Obama to come into his inaugural weekend with a bang, and not just on guns. He's made it clear that he intends more spending, more regulation, more radical appointees and less national defense in his second term.

January 21, 2013
Illustration Banning Jesus by John Camejo for The Washington Times

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.

December 7, 2012
Illustration: Women in combat by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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.

November 30, 2012