A most tragic turning point: The assassination of Charlie Kirk and the call of a generation

Every generation has its own formative moments. In just a few generations, the prominent memories shifted from “Remember the Alamo” to “Remember Pearl Harbor.” For adults of a certain age, the assassinations of the 1960s were the experiences seared into memory. First, President John F. Kennedy, then Martin Luther King, Jr., then, so suddenly, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. I was in elementary school as the 1960s came to an end, but I was old enough to wonder: Is this who we are? Is this how arguments a