By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine, April 30, 2026
Eric Sammons is the editor-in-chief of Crisis Magazine. His most recent books are Moral Money: The Case for Bitcoin and the science fiction novel Shard of Eden.
All around us our society is fraying at the edges and coming apart.
The latest assassination attempt on President Trump is shocking only in that it is no longer shocking. Every American should be alarmed at what happened at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner this past Saturday, yet what prevails instead is a “ho-hum” attitude, as if violence against our political leaders—especially against Trump or anyone associated with him—is almost expected at this point.
Yet perhaps our apathy towards violence shouldn’t be surprising, either. Our nation has allowed the murder of tens of millions of unborn babies over the past 50 years, and anyone who speaks out in alarm against that holocaust is relegated to the fringes of our society. As if that weren’t enough, our country has launched multiple wars on dubious grounds over the past few decades, with most citizens becoming immunized to the horrible deaths of hundreds of thousands in other countries. Modern man likes to consider himself more “evolved” than the supposed violent barbarians of the past, yet our society is far more violent and has a far higher body count than any previous generation. ….
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