Michael Knowles

"As often as this life's idle show tries to charm you...transport yourself in mind to Paradise; try to be now what you will be hereafter."

[Katie Zacharia @KatieZacharia]

Thank you, @POTUS.

[Andrew T. Walker @AndrewTWalker]

I plan to write a column on public execution—something I called for in my National Review column last week. There is much to say, but for now, I’ll leave it at this: Concerns about the macabre, bloodlust, and prurience are real.

Even so, they do not negate the legitimate public interest in witnessing justice carried out—and in the public reckoning and assuagement that follows.

I do not have a strong view about whether an execution should be livestreamed. But the condemned in this case is no ordinary murderer. He committed both treason and terrorism, making his crime an offense against the body politic on a scale beyond that of an ordinary murder.

A soldier sworn to defend the nation who turns against it by murdering those likewise called to its defense has committed an offense of such a horrific kind that I am not troubled by giving its punishment greater symbolic weight in the public mind.

[Daily Wire @realDailyWire]

We just wrapped production on our upcoming movie Pawn Shop! 🎬

Thanks for the hospitality, Livingston.

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

"Some people call him Abdul. I call him Mohammed. Somebody said, 'Why?' I said, 'I don't know. I feel like it.'"

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

It’s my 5 o’clock (a.m.) shadow after sleeping in the hospital

[Mostly Calm Mrs. Struven 🇻🇦✝️🙏🏼 @MargoCatholic]

Hmm…@michaeljknowles looks different today 👨🏻😒😩

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

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[One America News @OANN]

LIVE: Pres. Trump holds Columbus Day Celebration https://t.co/2uibQL15MJ

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

@annatrocks77 The only thing that could keep me away from such a magnificent event is the arrival of another Italian in the New World (i.e., my daughter)!

[Benedict Kiely @benedict_kiely]

The magnificent view from the roof of the Ecce Homo convent in the Old City of Jerusalem last night

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

@thatjeremyguy @realDailyWire If this is indeed my pink slip, I'd like to formally declare my interest in replacing Boone as @Yankees manager.

[The Brand Brief @onbrandstrat]

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[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

Who's most to blame?

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

The Yankees are sure lucky George Steinbrenner is not around. A lot of people would be losing their jobs.

[H.A. Hazony @HAHazony]

You should catch @michaeljknowles's comments on @docMJP's speech at @NatConTalk in Jerusalem.

As usual, Michael has the most reasonable opinion on this hell sight.

[AdVaticanum @RealAdVaticanum]

Archbishop Cordileone: Church had greater unity under Summorum Pontificum

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has said the Church experienced greater unity under Summorum Pontificum than under Traditionis Custodes, warning that restrictions on the traditional liturgy risk reopening old wounds

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[Not Gaetti @notgaetti]

Don Mattingly would be the only candidate to manage the Yankees who has both (a) the veneration of lifelong Yankee fans over age 60, who remember his career and the dark times; (b) the veneration of lifelong Yankee fans over age 35 who remember the Torre Dynasty and the perennial winning culture; and (c) actual recent big league managerial experience.

Every single person who bleeds pinstripes would be rooting for Donnie Baseball to finally get his World Series ring, every player in that clubhouse would play their ass off for him, and he would bring a great combination of real world experience and open-mindedness into that role.

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

@Double4Time @benshapiro Well, to cite an early American example, the Louisiana Purchase turned out pretty well. Lincoln's saving the Union and freeing the slaves is also generally well regarded. But really any political action requires both energy and a substantive vision of the good.

[Turning Point USA @TPUSA]

The first speaker drop of AmericaFest 2026 is HERE 🔥

Restore the culture. Reclaim America.

Be there: https://t.co/kMi2p7BBuS

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

The inevitable answer to "who decides" in politics "someone." In a republic such as ours, the answer is "the people" within certain limits. That's what the Framers of the Constitution believed, hence Hamilton in Federalist 70: "Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government."

You might not like the idea of an energetic government, and you might not like the idea of "good" in politics. But whatever your problem with those concepts, don't shoot the messenger! Your real issue would be with the Framers and political philosophy more generally rather than with me.

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

“There’s no point in firing Boone. The problem is Cashman!”

“Don’t blame Cashman—it’s Boone’s fault!”

Hey, I have an idea…