Charlie Kirk was more committed to peaceful, open dialogue with those who disagreed with him than anyone I know. God blessed him with immense gifts, and he used them boldly and without fear. He knew the risks he was taking, but he did it anyway because he loved his kids & felt a responsibility to the nation they would inhabit. I traveled the entire country with him last year, we spent 1x1 time together in Ohio two weeks ago, spoke to him again 2 days ago. He’s long warned of the rise of political violence & the growing culture of assassination, when few were willing to listen, with a clarity of vision unlike anyone I’ve known. Completely and utterly devastated.
Oregon decriminalized drugs and a total breakdown of society followed. Overdose deaths sky rocketed. Drug use spread like wildfire. Junkies using meth and fentanyl openly all over their major cities. Now a majority of voters have changed their minds and want to re-criminalize. Interestingly, the advocates of drug decriminalization nationwide seem not to have noticed that they got what they wanted and it was proven to be a disaster by every possible metric. Never has one side of an issue been so thoroughly and quickly and drastically proven wrong.
RIP Tigard Cinema. Lots of fun memories there with my kids growing up: standing outside in the mist when line snaked around the building for premiere of @starwars Phantom Menace. My youngest was 3 and wanted to be Anakin. Bye bye. 😞 @RegalMovies