Boyd reflects on disturbing new data about American's reactions to recent assassination attempts. The trend of both physical and verbal political violence is on the rise in our country, and the views of the American people matter if we ant to prevent a further escalation. If we allow contempt to set into our minds, the chances of ending the cycle of violence will diminish. Today we need to reflect on ourselves and our own views, and challenge enmity and resentment in ourselves and others and look to the principled lessons of history for solutions.