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From the Editors: Charlie Kirk and the better angels of our nature The Editors September 19, 2025 September 18, 2025

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The assassination of Charlie Kirk last week is a tragedy for his family, including his wife and two young children. It is also an attack on the principles that make a democratic republic possible.

The world is full of pundits and polemicists who speak or write well, but mostly direct their words at their own existing audience. Kirk was one of the rare advocates who focused primarily on persuasion of those who disagreed with him, being willing to speak to anyone, debate anyone, in a civil and earnest manner. That freedom to speak, to listen, to pe

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