Robert Knight

Robert Knight is a columnist for The Washington Times.

Articles by Robert Knight

Kicking off more contempt for America

What is it with our ruling elites? How did they come to have so much disdain for America? Some recent events have yet again brought this unfortunate situation to the surface. Published September 9, 2018

The Democratic game plan

The "progressives"' game plan to re-acquire power in Washington and make it permanent has been shockingly obvious for some time: Published September 2, 2018

From border hysteria to impeachment cheerleading

Last week, a full-page opinion column in the Loudoun Times-Mirror, a weekly newspaper in Northern Virginia, actually had this five-column headline, caps included: Published August 26, 2018

Chasing alternative reality

The American left has so many people vying to be the Alternative Reality poster child that it may be difficult to pick a winner. Published August 19, 2018

Liberal claims to the moral high ground

The progressive left is in a panic over the Senate's coming confirmation vote on President Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Published August 12, 2018

A Maoist moment in America

During the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, Chinese communist dictator Mao Zedong's Red Guards marched people through the streets in large dunce caps. The victims had said or done something outside the canon of Chinese Marxism. Published August 5, 2018

On the run at UVa

If Thomas Jefferson were to step out of a time machine at the University of Virginia, how would he react to the 21st-century version of his beloved creation? Published July 29, 2018

The predictability of Barack Obama

Last Tuesday in South Africa, Barack Obama gave a speech with some lines right out of a Donald Trump stemwinder. Published July 22, 2018

Living in revolutionary times

Over the weekend, in addition to being in the World Cup soccer final against tiny Croatia, France got to celebrate Bastille Day, which commemorates the July 14, 1789, storming of the infamous Paris prison. Published July 15, 2018

Mad and hot, the 'Resistance' is seething

Looking at the current political and cultural climate in Washington, D.C., you might get the idea that the ruling class is in the midst of a conniption. Even the walls of the National Cathedral are vibrating with weirdness — more about that later. Published July 8, 2018

'Are you tired of winning yet?'

Remember when President Trump said we were going to win so much that we are going to get tired of it? Published July 1, 2018

A crazy way to look at shooters, and reality

The mental health industry isn't what it used to be, although there are plenty of brilliant and compassionate analysts and counselors who help lots of people. Published June 24, 2018

Taking aim at young targets

It's apparently not enough to corrupt children by selling them moral relativism. Published June 17, 2018

Deconstructing young minds

Since November 2016, the deep state and its media allies have spent considerable time and money cultivating animus toward President Trump and the Republican-led Congress among younger voters. Published June 10, 2018

An Orwellian gagging of the media

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!" Published June 3, 2018

No handy tool for gender-bending

The culture war reached into the quiet Washington, D.C., exurban town of Purcellville, Va. last week. Published May 27, 2018

Swallowing the false promises of unexamined socialism

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. Published May 20, 2018