Charlie Kirk lived above reproach

Once or twice every generation, the diffuse inhabitants of the earth stand silently united in witness of human tragedy. As with 9/11 and the Challenger explosion in 1986, such a moment occurred on September 10, 2025 as footage rapidly circulated online of Charlie Kirk, the charismatic young founder of Turning Point USA, being fatally struck in the neck by an assassin’s bullet. For the remainder of…