In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the public and media made innumerable observations regarding his devastatingly unfair and angering demise. As I watched the video of this tragic moment, I recalled the memories of Charlie as we both walked the same halls of Harper College in Palatine. I remember his activism as he convinced members of my generation to sign his first petitions for Turning Point USA and persuaded yours truly to sign up for regular updates of this virtually unknown organization in 2013. I can visualize both of us sitting in the same world history course where he spoke out bravely against our professors who would denigrate cornerstone Judeo-Christian ethics and shamelessly criticize Western civilization.

Charlie and I had our differences. Charlie was a Christian, a

See Full Page