As a pediatric surgeon, I am trained to remove what threatens life without destroying what makes life worth living. Every operation teaches the same lesson: precision matters, humility matters, and aggression without understanding causes irreversible harm. Watching today’s approach to immigration enforcement, I see a familiar and dangerous mistake. We are cutting broadly instead of carefully, treating difference as disease, and accepting collateral damage as inevitable. Medicine learned long ago that more force does not mean better outcomes. Justice, it turns out, must learn the same lesson.
The tragic assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has shaken the nation and reignited questions about the role of political discourse in America. Kirk, who co-founded Turning Point USA at just 18, rose to prominence as a sharp conservative voice advocating for limited government, strict immigration policies, and traditional values.
His death, however, is a reminder that no ideology—no matter how fiercely debated—justifies violence. Beyond politics, Kirk was a son, a husband, and a father. The loss felt by his family mirrors the deeper fractures in our society, where debates often escalate into battles and opponents are dehumanized as enemies.
This article challenges us to reflect on the culture of combat that dominates our politics. True change doesn’t come from defeating one another, but from choosing compassion over contempt, curiosity over certainty, and unity over division. The path forward lies not in silencing voices but in remembering our shared humanity and building a future together.
