This column raises and answers three questions crucial to America’s political future.

First, what are the consequences, intended and otherwise, of the blatant murder of Charlie Kirk? Second, is the far right or far left more responsible for political violence and murder in the U.S.? Third, suppose Kirk were a Democrat with similar influence as he had with the GOP? How might Republicans have reacted to his murder?

The repercussions of the slaying of Turning Point CEO and rising MAGA star Charlie Kirk will fester for a while. On the one hand, over time they could dissipate. On the other, this could be a 21st century equivalent of the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 that started the Civil War.

In that case, if it occurs, it will not be two armies marching to battle. It will be far more compl

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