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The Worst Takes from a Bad Week

The Free Press, about to take over CBS News, blames universities for American political violence.

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Don Moynihan
Sep 21, 2025
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The simplest response to Charlie Kirk’s murder is also the most humane and the best: It was a grotesque act of political violence. Political violence is bad. It is an unspeakable loss for the people directly affected. And it is bad for all of us, encouraging more violence, a sense of collective fear, and often triggering attacks on civil liberties.

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Don Moynihan
Professor of Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan. Immigrant. Researches and teaches about government, administrative burdens, and politicization.
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