“Our civilization is in danger of being lost.”
Bishop Robert Barron warns that the brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk “shook the foundations” of American civic life, calling it a cultural breaking point — not only for the tragedy itself, but because it symbolizes an assault on free speech and civil dialogue.
Oregon head football coach, Dan Lanning, on Ducks super fan Charlie Kirk: “I hurt for his wife, Erika, and their kids. That sort of evil should never exist in our country. That’s what it is, evil.”
“Life matters, and I think we’ve lost sight of that.”
“If you disagree with me, if you hate me, if you don’t like me, just know this: I love you. I absolutely love you, and life matters.”
“Charlie shouldn’t have experienced that; his family shouldn’t have experienced that; there’s no way that evil should exist in this world.”
Thank you, Dan, for standing up for what’s right. Charlie, your legacy will live on forever.
Ezra Klein on Charlie Kirk:
“You can dislike much of what Kirk believed and the following statement is still true: Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way. He was showing up to campuses and talking with anyone who would talk to him. He was one of the era’s most effective practitioners of persuasion. When the left thought its hold on the hearts and minds of college students was nearly absolute, Kirk showed up again and again to break it. Slowly, then all at once, he did. College-age voters shifted sharply right in the 2024 election.
“That was not all Kirk’s doing, but he was central in laying the groundwork for it. I did not know Kirk and I am not the right person to eulogize him. But I envied what he built. A taste for disagreement is a virtue in a democracy. Liberalism could use more of his moxie and fearlessness. In the inaugural episode of his podcast, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California hosted Kirk, admitting that his son was a huge fan. What a testament to Kirk’s project.”
“Kirk and I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side on the continued possibility of American politics. It is supposed to be an argument, not a war; it is supposed to be won with words, not ended through bullets. I wanted Kirk to be safe for his sake, but I also wanted him to be safe for mine, and for the sake of our larger shared project. The same is true for Shapiro, for Hoffman, for Hortman, for Thompson, for Trump, for Pelosi, for Whitmer. We are all safe, or none of us are.”
Evil is real. There is no doubt, the enemy is hard at work.
These last few days, the weight of evil has been heavy across our nation.
But this I know: It will not have the final word. One day, God will make all things right.
Until then, we pray. We weep with those who weep. And we keep fighting, knowing the victory has already been won.
23 QBs have started 3+ playoff games where their defense gave them zero takeaways.
22 of those 23 QBs are a combined 33-72 in those games.
One of them is 5-1.
Wild stat I came across while doing some research:
Patrick Mahomes has played in 16 AFC playoff games. He's thrown 36 TDs against just 3 INTs.
How impossible is that? Consider Justin Herbert threw four INTs in one playoff game last year.