The Dropout Prophet. Who Was Charlie Kirk?

Learn About The Man Who Built a Conservative Empire on One Semester of Education and a Lifetime of Rage

So, who was Charlie Kirk? Seems odd that I've written so much about him in the past week. Aside from Trump and RFK Jr., I try to spread the love around, but this week it's been Charlie almost all the time. The why has been important. His death has caused such chaos. The flag at half-mast: the death of former President Jimmy Carter and the Pope—and now of course Charlie Kirk. Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air. Pam Bondi threatening to arrest those who said a bad word about him. Many people lost their jobs for posting their thoughts on him online. All of this is worth examining. But it doesn't tell people much about who he was as much as it has told us about who we are. So here is some information on Charlie Kirk and who he will be remembered as. Like all of us, there is more to him than a two-thousand-word essay. I read a lot about him and watched and listened to several hours of him in "debates," his podcasts and other public events. He seemed very polite, but that did not make him seem …