One nation, under God, divisible: Charlie Kirk's memorial

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The Intelligence from The Economist

2025-09-22

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Part commemoration, part megachurch meeting, largely political rally—the memorial service for Charlie Kirk revealed much about how the Trump administration intends to respond to his killing. Sunlight may have got a worse rap than it deserves; we examine the evidence of its benefits. And why today's pop songstresses sing less about men's evil deeds and more about their mediocrity.
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  • The Economist.

  • Hello, and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm Rosie Blaw.

  • And I'm Jason Palmer.

  • Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • For decades, we've vilified the sun, terrified that its rays will burn our skin and give us cancer.

  • Now some scientists are saying we've taken that anxiety too far.

  • Could the future be a little, well, brighter?

  • And many a pop tune has been written about terrible men.

  • They lie, they cheat, they steal hearts.

  • But listen to the annoyed songstresses of today.

  • More and more, they don't sing about evil men, but rather about pretentious, immature, mediocre men.

  • But first, God's love was revealed to me on the very day my husband was murdered.

  • On the afternoon of September 10th, I arrived at a Utah hospital to do the unthinkable.

  • To look directly at my husband's murdered body.

  • Tens of thousands of people came to Glendale, Arizona,

  • on Sunday to pay their respects to the murdered right-wing activist, Charlie Kirk.

  • On the cross, our savior said, "Father, forgive them, for they not know what they do."

  • That man, that young man.

  • I forgive him.