The following was adapted from remarks delivered at Franciscan University of Steubenville on Tuesday, November 29, 2022. When I speak on campus, the libs call me all sorts of names: “racist,” “sexist,” “-phobic.” But the charge they hurl at me most often these days is “anti-science.” It doesn’t matter what I’m talking about: the coronavirus, …
Author: Michael Knowles
The Difference Between A ‘Conspiracy Theory’ And The Truth
The following speech was delivered at the University of Kentucky on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 When liberals are not calling conservatives “racists” and fascists and terrorists, they call us nuts and kooks and “conspiracy theorists,” which does not really mean anything but is nonetheless an effective slur. After “racist,” “conspiracy theorist” is probably the worst …
Democrats Discard Reality In Favor Of Preaching To Radical Fringe Minority
The following is an adaptation from “The Michael Knowles Show.” The Democrats are catering to a radical minority of the American people on virtually every issue, from immigration and the structure of our society to drag queen story hour and gender bathrooms. The Democrats are not speaking as the voice of the majority of the …
Christian Nationalism: America’s Traditional Political Order
The following remarks were delivered on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at the third annual National Conservatism Conference in Miami. It is such a pleasure to be with all of you “semi-fascists” and “extreme threats to our democracy,” as the President affectionately calls you. And not just you, of course. When Biden refers to “semi-fascists” and …
KNOWLES: Are The Oscars Guilty Of Deadnaming A 2008 Best Actress Nominee?
Last week, Twitter suspended Jordan Peterson for calling a woman by her name. Jordan’s observation that “Ellen Page just had her breasts removed” had apparently violated Twitter’s rules against “misgendering” and “deadnaming,” two neologisms that mean the opposite of what they seem. The verb “to misgender” first appeared in 1989. It ostensibly refers to inaccurately …
Is The Buffalo Shooter Far-Right Or Far-Left?
The horrific shooting that left ten people dead in a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday has triggered a familiar political routine. First, the media determined that the massacre fit their preferred narrative: A white racist targeted and killed black victims. Had the attack differed in these details, the media would have ignored it, as they did …
KNOWLES: Of Course They Leaked The Opinion. These People Kill Babies.
The leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization shocked even the most hardened political observers. Most people expected the Court to uphold the Mississippi abortion law at the heart of the case. Many even expected the Court to overrule Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, …
Whatever You Do, Don’t Call Them Biolabs!
As Vladimir Putin’s bloody campaign to conquer Ukraine approaches its fourth week, a new variable has complicated the crisis: bioweapons. Russian propagandists have alleged that Ukraine coordinated with the United States to “develop ethnically targeted biological weapons” — whatever that means — near the Russian border. Chinese propagandists amplified the Russian claims, alleging that the …
A Chicken In Every Pot And A Crack Pipe In Every Mouth
In accordance with Executive Order 13985, which President Biden issued on his inauguration day, the Department of Health and Human Services will ‘advance racial equity’ through the purchase of “safe smoking kits,” better known as crackpipes. The Biden administration did not explain how subsidizing the use of narcotics would accomplish its stated goal of “advancing …
What The Pro-Abortion Movement Gets Right
The following speech was delivered at the National Students For Life Summit in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, January 2, 2022 Forty-nine years. It has been forty-nine years since Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided. Since that time there have been forty-nine marches for life. Now many pro-life advocates are asking themselves if there will be …