Today is a heavy day. Every year on this date, September 11, we remember the horrific events of that Tuesday morning in 2001. Thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives—fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and children who never came home. First responders put their own lives on the line, with many paying the ultimate sacrifice as they struggled to save others.

The repercussions of that awful morning remain with us to this day. It was a reminder that, despite the feeling at the time that we had reached the “end of history,” evil still exists in the world — and always will.

That truth was driven home in tragic fashion yesterday afternoon, when I learned that Charlie Kirk had been shot on a college campus in Utah. Like millions of good people throughout America and the world, I praye

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