When someone told me Charlie Kirk had been assassinated, my first reaction was, “Who is Charlie Kirk?” I had no idea.

I don’t follow political people on social media and I don’t watch network television at all, and especially not the shows calling themselves network news. I turned that noise off nearly 20 years ago.

That, by the way, has made a tremendous difference in my mental well-being. I was once an avid listener of the Rush Limbaugh show and conservative talk shows in general. I turned away from all of the political commentary when I realized how angry I was about everything and how little it actually mattered.

Limbaugh, and many since, have made their fortunes by stirring up the political ire of their followers. Perhaps you know this, perhaps you don’t, but controversy sells, and

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