The murder of free speech and civil discourse champion Charlie Kirk — who, above all, identified as a Christian — has generated calls for national unity. Kirk epitomized the American democratic tradition, one based on the premise that the free exchange of ideas is not only the best way to pursue truth and advance the common good. It’s the only way.

Kirk’s capacity to articulate complex ideas was mesmerizing. He never earned a college degree, but he consistently showed a more capacious and agile mind than the degree seekers — and their professors — posing hostile questions at his popular Turning Point USA events.

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