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Matt Gaetz, Vindicated
You said you wanted to Drain the Swamp. This is how it's done. by Rod D. MartinOctober 25, 2023 For all of you who bought the leftist media narrative smearing Matt Gaetz and claiming “Republican chaos” was some world-ending disaster… Well, today we have the most...
VDH: Gaza and the Corruption of Language
by Victor Davis HansonOctober 17, 2023 “Apartheid”. Like most leftist smears, it reflects projection. Arab citizens inside Israel—over half of whom are Muslims—vote, run for office, and have organized political parties. As a fifth of the population, they enjoy more...
VDH: How Will the World React to Gaza?
by Victor Davis HansonOctober 12, 2023 Hamas has always repelled most of the civilized world. But the world was either too scared or too woke to say just that. But now Hamas’s premodern violations of all human norms have relieved most nations of any pretense of having...
Russian Arctic Regions Strengthen Bonds with Beijing
by Paul Goble [Last week, 9/20, Paul Goble told us about China’s plans to separate the Middle Volga from Russia. We’ve long known about China’s plans to recapture Far Eastern Siberia. Now, as Paul explains this week, China may have plans to control Russia’s entire...
China is Working to Breakup the Russian Federation
by Rod D. MartinSeptember 27, 2023 I have told you for some time that the ultimate aim (from the US/EU/CCP perspective) of the Ukraine war is the breakup of the Russian Federation. This is sort of a "wildest dreams" outcome, but still very much on everyone's menu. In...
A New Day, A New Type of Election Fraud
by Jay ValentineAugust 8, 2023 Seems like every day, someone is finding new, fun types of election fraud. This is not accidental — this is exactly how industrial, at-scale, organized fraud is uncovered. We call it spiraling to accuracy. When our team was...
Why Read the Bible Straight Through and Not Some Other Way?
by Rod D. MartinJune 25, 2023 A dear friend recently asked, "Given your strong encouragement to read the Bible straight through [Genesis to Revelation, and not some other way], how has reading in this manner caused you to love Christ more/grow in Christ's likeness...
Paige Patterson Vindicated: All Claims Dismissed
“But claims by Roe that “women who tried to report sexual harassment and sexual abuse were ignored, dismissed or disciplined themselves” are “a gross distortion of the evidence before the court,” Jordan wrote.” The Dissenter has details. Also, the ruling itself is...
The Trump “Hush Money” Indictment
by Rod D. MartinApril 4, 2023 So let's parse this out: A stripper, represented by a lawyer now convicted for 32 counts of extortion, tries to extort Trump for "hush money", threatening to disrupt the election ("election interference") and of course his family. He says...
Rosaria Butterfield Publicly Repents of Using Preferred Pronouns, “Pronoun Hospitality”
by Rod D. MartinApril 3, 2023 Rosaria Butterfield, a former lesbian who converted to Christianity in 1999, had previously advocated for the use of transgender pronouns under the banner of “pronoun hospitality”, but now acknowledges that it was sinful. In a statement,...
Why Are We Really at War in Ukraine?
by Rod D. MartinMarch 28, 2023 Why is everyone so invested in the war in Ukraine? What does the West (or China) stand to gain? There is no question: through victory, the United States and the entire world would gain an era in which wars of conquest were confirmed as...
Irony: Trump Case Proves SBC Leaders Lied About Attorney-Client Privilege
by Rod D. MartinMarch 22, 2023 This story demonstrates how dishonest certain SBC leaders were in 2021 pretending that Attorney Client Privilege had to be waived to prevent its use to cover up crimes. As I argued from the first, you can't use ACP to cover up...
Veggie Tales’s Phil Vischer’s Pro-Abortion Propaganda
by Rod D. MartinJanuary 31, 2023 Over on Twitter, Veggie Tales creator Phil Vischer claims that abortion is sometimes "the lesser of two evils". After failing to address his application of that thought to the rape and incest "exceptions" (which mete out the death...
Electric Vehicles Are Not a Scam. Except in California.
by Rod D. MartinJanuary 28, 2023 Certain friends are convinced that EVs are a scam. I'm going to address that with a double answer: they are and they aren't. Electric cars make tons of sense as a way to diversify the energy mix needed to power our auto and trucking...
Democrats View Southern Baptists Less Favorably Than Any Other Protestant Group
by Rod D. MartinJanuary 24, 2023 Democrats now view Southern Baptists less favorably than any other Protestant group. They also view Wiccans more favorably. Which likely explains my first sentence.
Christa Brown: Rachael Denhollander’s Ethics Conflicts Must Be Addressed
by Rod D. MartinJanuary 7, 2023 When Christa Brown flips on Rachael Denhollander, the wheels are truly coming off the bus: "As confirmed in multiple text messages from Rachael Denhollander, when survivors contact the SBC’s sexual abuse hotline, currently operated by...
The Real Minimum Wage Is Zero: McDonald’s Rolls Out Automation
by Rod D. MartinDecember 29, 2022 During the dishonest #FightFor15 campaign, I warned my liberal friends that absurd increases in the minimum wage would lead to layoffs and unemployment among the very poorest workers. Predictably, they scoffed. Obviously, giant...
Washington State Supreme Court Adopts CRT, Ends the Rule of Law
by Rod D. MartinDecember 22, 2022 The Washington state Supreme Court unanimously adopts not just CRT but the Guidepost/Grant Gaines approach to due process. This is the end of the rule of law in an entire state, and the criminalization of a whole race of people. One...
Is Politics Really Downstream From Culture?
by Rod D. MartinNovember 22, 2022 I understand the idea of “politics is downstream from culture”, and have enormous respect for that idea’s proponents. But I think it attempts to prove too much, and also plays to the preferences and biases of the church. First, I...
What About Facebook are You Thankful to God For?
by Rod D. MartinNovember 22, 2022 Cody Libolt asked, "What about Facebook are you thankful to God for?" Some people answer "nothing at all", which is predictable. But I strongly disagree. I am extremely thankful for Facebook and for social media generally. Though it...
Poll: Churchgoing Biden Voters Question the Bible at Alarming Rates
by Rod D. MartinNovember 7, 2022 Big Differences in Self-Identified Christians Who Vote D vs. R. 823 Regular Church Attenders in Texas, 82% of whom attend weekly: Do you believe the Bible is without error:Trump voters: 81% YesBiden voters: 45% Yes (but only 30% of...
Rod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin and [former Howard Dean campaign manager] Joe Trippi are America’s two foremost experts on online politics.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.