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Columns by Robert Knight

Red Tape-worm Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Obama presides over power grabs

Barack Obama has about nine months left as president, and his administration is working overtime to abuse current regulatory machinery and create new rules that will "transform" America beyond recognition without any say by Congress.

April 17, 2016
Cheer up! Baseball season is almost here Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Media should share good news of baseball

Ever wonder why the news is so depressing? Except for a rare human interest story or a scientific breakthrough, the news is rife with crime, economic misery, terrorism, war, cultural insanity, pathos and political posturing.

March 6, 2016
Illustration on the decline of conviction for God and religion in the Democratic Party by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Embracing the socialist

New Hampshire, whose state motto is "live free or die," was once home to hardy souls like Robert Frost, whose Christian-inspired poems about nature's wonders contain glimpses of eternity. Now the Granite State is the least religious in America.

February 14, 2016
The Value of One Life Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Martian family values

Holed up during the Blizzard of 2016, I was a grateful recipient of our DVD-collecting neighbor's brand new copy of the Matt Damon film "The Martian."

January 31, 2016
Mainstream Media Adoration of Obama Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: The servile media in Obama’s America

At my very first reporting job, the editor had a banner above the newsroom that quoted humorist Finley Peter Dunne's admonition to newspapers to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."

January 17, 2016