Michael's Corner

This time felt different. This one touched a place in me rarely felt. In my lifetime, I’ve experienced many public figures shot at, some killed, but this seemed to cross a line not crossed since the 60s, my childhood. Since forever, the left has owned college campuses and those right of center were seen and not heard. And then a figure appeared. He was brash and brave but always sought to build a bridge. He was just as comfortable rubbing elbows with Gavin Newsome and Bill Maher as he was with Candace Owens and Matt Walsh, and by way of applying cogent analysis to our many differences, he unmuzzled young conservatives and showed them how to take their rightful place at the table. I shouldn’t speculate but would imagine it was an antisocial man incapable of a relationship and children who pulled his trigger. Indeed, many years ago, I watch Ronald Reagan hit the deck and, most recently, Donald Trump. But this felt different, even before the ultimate pronouncement. I would like to close by saying “Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk,” but no happily married thirty-one-year-old man with children should be resting, peacefully or otherwise.