Post Tagged 'political violence'

October 03, 2025

Are Americans Too Political?

The most common explanation for America’s political violence problem is that we’re hyperpoliticized, that we’re too obsessed with politics. But this diagnosis has it backward. Americans aren’t too political—we’re not political enough. Continue Reading...

September 11, 2025

The Murder of Charlie Kirk

As has become well-known by now, on Wednesday conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, 31, was murdered during the fall kickoff of “The American Comeback Tour” held on the campus of Utah Valley University. Continue Reading...

July 26, 2024

The Politics of Dehumanization and Political Violence in the West

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump during a political rally held in Pennsylvania on July 13, which left one dead and several wounded—including the former president—was a grotesque assault on American democracy. Continue Reading...

January 11, 2021

Rev. Robert Sirico: Reject ‘moral relativism’ over the Capitol riot

Rev. Robert Sirico, the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute, discussed how Christians should respond to the Capitol riot in a segment of EWTN’s The World Over dedicated to “political protests and lawlessness.” Continue Reading...

January 08, 2021

The four cultural crises revealed by the D.C. riots

On Wednesday, rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol building, vandalized the halls of government, and caused mayhem that left five people dead, including Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. These sickening scenes of destruction did not come out of the blue. Continue Reading...