Three Words for Charlie Kirk's Murder

They could kill Charlie. They can't kill us all.

NOTE: We sometimes publish two essays in a single day. We almost never publish three. Today is a tragic exception. — RDM

by Rod D. Martin
September 10, 2025

Earlier today I wrote about Iryna Zarutska and the needless crime in our cities. Now, as if some terrible Satanic lightning bolt, Charlie Kirk is dead, shot in the neck in front of thousands of his fans, at the oh-so-young age of 31.

Several words come immediately to mind: Intent. Terror. Courage.

The attack was intentional, but we err in failing to truly understand why. Charlie Kirk was no random target like Iryna Zarutska. Charlie was assassinated because he was effective. He was one of the most successful organizational entrepreneurs in history. He was more persuasive among his young target audience than anyone you can name. And he was no small part of the heretofore unthinkable but all too real shift of GenZ men from left to right.

As I write this, I am told that in the U.S. House of Representatives, a group of Democrats just tried …