The Family that Showed America What Moral Clarity Looks Like

America Starving for Moral Courage in Men, Women

Following the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, former first lady and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe." With a solemn tone, she urged, "We have got to stop demonizing each other.  . . . We have got to stop with the finger pointing and the scapegoating." At first, that sounded like a hopeful statement. Yet my optimism was short-lived. Almost in the same breath, she pivoted to attack Republican policies…

The family that showed America what moral clarity looks like

Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer came from somewhere. We all do.Since the “In the beginning” times, our species has wrestled with the fundamental logic — and perceived unfairness — of holding parents responsible for the sins of their children. Or the other way around. In the Old Testament book of Ezekiel, the prophet makes this explicit:The person who sins will die. A son will not suffer the punishment for the father’s guilt, nor will a father su…