Category: Wisdom

  • “Democrats own this, 100%.” That was the declaration from Representative Nancy Mace in the hours after Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a Utah campus. When pressed by reporters about Republican accountability for other shootings, she snapped back: “Are you kidding me? Some raging leftist lunatic put a bullet through [Kirk’s] neck, and you want to…

    The Right of Right and the Violence America Refuses to Name
  • When political violence erupts in America, we reach for easy explanations. The media wants a headline. Politicians want a talking point. Audiences want a villain that fits neatly into their worldview. So we seize on whatever detail stands out — a $15 political donation, a bullet casing scrawled with a slogan — and spin it…

    Missing the Pattern: What Trump and Kirk’s Shooters Tell Us
  • Charlie Kirk once declared, “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new age term that does a lot of damage.” It is a stunning line—not just for its cold dismissal of compassion, but for what it reveals about the worldview he helped mainstream. Empathy—the ability to recognize another’s pain, to…

    From Watchlists to Cruelty: The True Legacy Charlie Kirk Left Behind
  • Tariffs have triggered splits between the UAW and Canada’s Unifor, while former President Trump has increasingly pitted police unions and Teamsters against teachers’ unions and federal government unions. These dynamics are a textbook example of the divide-and-conquer strategy: breaking groups into smaller, more manageable pieces, addressing each piece individually, and leveraging that fragmentation to achieve…

    When We Start Eating Our Own: Why We Must Stand United
  • Today, on September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, the ultra conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot in the neck while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University as part of his “American Comeback Tour” an he remains hospitalized, with no further updates yet on his condition. This is not just an attack…

    Charlie Kirk Shot: No More Bullets in Our Politics, No More Blood in Our Communities

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