When tragedy strikes, the media loves to shape the story in a way that supports their own political goals. In the case of Charlie Kirk’s murderer, Tyler Robinson, we are watching this play out in real time. Headlines all across the internet frame him as “raised Mormon” or “a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” …

The murder of Charlie Kirk has ripped open the thin veil of civility that still covered America’s cultural war. For days, we have witnessed two Americas. One mourns with dignity, offering prayers and grief for a man whose only weapon was his voice. The other America laughs, mocks, and celebrates in the digital gutters of social media, treating the violent …