The 50 year-old hero died after being shot by the would-be Trump assassin on July 13, 2024. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

In his spiritual autobiography "Confessions," St. Augustine of Hippo wrote that "evil is nothing but the removal of good until finally no good remains." In his later work "The Enchiridion," he observed that God, who is supremely good, can bring good even out of evil.

I recalled these timeless thoughts on the nature of evil and the reason for its persistence as I read the words of one person intimately close to the horrific tragedy in Butler, Pennsylvania last weekend, and reflected on the actions of another.

In her first statement after the assassination attempt on her husband’s life, former first lady Melania Trump said something profoundly beautiful: "political games are inferior to love." Those last three words – inferior to love – resonated, for so much was said with so little.

HERO........

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