DAVID MARCUS: Why AmericaFest and Phoenix are perfect models for a midterm convention
Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest is very much like a circus, and I mean that in the best possible way. A circus can travel anywhere, put up its tents and put…
This Christmas, hope is the miracle Chicago’s poorest children need most
As Christmas approaches on my Walk Across America, my thoughts turn to the children of my South Side Chicago neighborhood. These precious boys and girls, many of them from broken…
China’s phony conviction of Jimmy Lai is a warning
For Americans wondering about the future of China and its relationship with the West, the latest verdict in the Jimmy Lai case proves an ominous harbinger of Hong Kong’s continued…
From ‘happily ever after’ to ‘not so fast’: Why young women are turning from marriage
Once upon a time, little American girls grew up with the simple belief that if you were brave and kind enough, your story would end with “happily ever after.” Today,…
MORNING GLORY: The president ends 2025 with a clear declaration of the Trump doctrine
America has many allies in what promises to be a decades-long Cold War 2.0 between the U.S. and its allies and the alliance of tyrants, led by the People’s Republic…
DAVID MARCUS: What JD Vance told me about 2028, Rubio and the future of MAGA
Although Vice President JD Vance might not agree, many observers saw his barn burner of a capstone speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest this weekend in Phoenix as the first…
From prison to pardon: How President Trump gave me back my life
Leaving prison after almost 20 years felt like waking from a nightmare. I had been sentenced to life for a first-time, nonviolent drug offense. My two brothers were locked away…
I was a Christian kid in Hollywood. Here’s what I learned about cancel culture
For most of my life, I have lived simultaneously in two very different worlds. In my most recent book, “I’m The Worst,” I detail my story of both having grown…
Here’s how we can live and work with artificial intelligence without losing our humanity
The Vatican’s recent document on artificial intelligence, Antiqua et Nova — “The Old and the New” — is not a technical treatise, but a philosophical reminder: The advance of AI…
DAVID MARCUS: Erika Kirk is the mother squabbling conservatives need
While it is true that Erika Kirk is head of one of the nation’s leading conservative groups, at one point this weekend at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, she made it…