Charlie Kirk killing shows political violence is too common

We all ought to be able to agree on a few principles, including that talking about politics at a university should never put a target on you

The assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Sept. 10 is shocking. But it also shows anew how far American society has strayed from what we all profess to want it to be.

Nobody has yet come up with a realistic prescription for recovering that society: a society where differences of opinion are nothing more than differences of opinion, a society where nobody exaggerates their condemnations so that things that should be labeled “misguided” are instead labeled “evil.” And a society where nobody is risking their life merely for expressing their ideas.