Since its founding, the United States has suffered from eruptions of political violence from time to time. We are now in one of those periods.
The vicious murder of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk on Wednesday is just the latest in a series of killings and attempted assassinations of political figures on both sides of the aisle — and we’re having to deal with it as the Trump administration and government institutions under its control are becoming more radical with each passing week. With passions running so high, the nation could use a president with a unifying voice and steady hand to remind us of our better angels.
Instead, we have Donald Trump.
This is the president who sent troops into the streets of Los Angeles for months and who has deployed the National Guard, along with Immi