From my Substack: On the adult in the room

"I wept for Charlie Kirk. I wept for the unthinking violence that killed him. I wept for the shooter. I wept for all of those who will call me a hypocrite for weeping. As if weeping over an untimely death—any untimely death—is a sin. As if weeping over a broken life is a sin.

"I wept for a powerful, beautiful, once-promising nation that has lost its way."

Read the rest on Substack:
https://substack.com/home/post/p-1736...