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America in Space 2024
by Newt Gingrich April 23, 2018 Two historic events happened this week that will lay the groundwork for the future of space exploration in America. First, after a close vote in the Senate, Oklahoma Congressman and former Navy aviator Jim Bridenstine was confirmed as...
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18 Spectacularly Wrong Predictions Made Around the Time of the First Earth Day In 1970. Expect More This Year.
The prophets of doom were not simply wrong, but spectacularly wrong. by Mark J. Perry April 22, 2018 Today (Sunday, April 22) is Earth Day 2018 and time for my annual Earth Day post. In the May 2000 issue of Reason Magazine, award-winning science correspondent...
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Space News Roundup – April 20, 2018
SpaceX President says we’ll be able to take a rocket to Shanghai within a decade; plus: Jim Bridenstine (finally) confirmed as NASA administrator; Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy news; hunting for livable alien worlds; Orion progress; BFR tooling; a dark matter detection breakthrough; and more.
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The Difference between Anti-Aging and True Regenerative Medicine, Part 1
by Patrick Cox April 20, 2018 For the last few weeks, I’ve been having a conversation with a friend and reader about the difference between geroprotection and induced tissue regeneration (iTR). Based on those conversations, it’s clear that I haven’t done a good job of...
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A Lost Decade Made in China
by George Friedman April 20, 2018 Summary China’s history is one of cycles – it unifies, it fragments, then it unifies again. The duration of each phase varies, as do the causes of each breakdown, but for hundreds of years the cycle has been reliable. The last...
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Japanese Imperialism With Chinese Characteristics
As China grows more dependent on imports, its behavior will come to resemble Japan’s. by Jacob L. Shapiro April 19, 2018 It is exceedingly rare for a scientific study about deep-sea mud in the Pacific to have geopolitical import. But then, we live in crazy times....
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Open Letter From Conservative Leaders: The Senate Should Prioritize Confirming New Leadership for the EEOC
THE SENATE SHOULD PRIORITIZE CONFIRMING NEW LEADERSHIP FOR THE EEOC April 18, 2018 Washington, DC The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is a bipartisan commission that is supposed to be led by five presidentially-appointed commissioners. Today, it...
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Amazon Controversy Makes the Case for a Private-Sector US Postal Service
The U.S. Postal Service should be owned by private investors and accountable to consumers rather than politicians. by James L. Gattuso April 17, 2018 Is Amazon causing the U.S. Postal Service to lose money? That’s the assertion made by President Donald Trump last...
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The CBO Fails to Understand Economic Growth Lowers Debt
by Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore April 15, 2018 The latest Congressional Budget Office report has emboldened Donald Trump’s critics. “Aha,” they say. “The tax cuts are blowing a $2 trillion hole in the budget. We are looking at $1 trillion annual deficits for as far...
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Cooking: From Full-Time Job to Hobby
The world is spending less and less time in the kitchen. by Chelsea Follett April 15, 2018 A wealthy Manhattan woman died after her clothes caught fire while cooking last week. Her tragic death was unusual, but there was a time when cooking was far more dangerous...
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The Rod Martin Report – April 14, 2018
Jim Comey, Paul Ryan, Andrew McCabe, November, the economy, Syria and more; PLUS: What Americans think about America, and why it matters.
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The Comey Book: Release the Still Secret Comey Memorandums
by Newt Gingrich April 14, 2018 My first reaction to fired FBI Director James Comey’s book is to demand that Rod Rosenstein release the still secret Comey memorandums. After seeing hundreds of pages of Comey’s self-serving version of reality, the American people...
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Hong Kong and the Power of Economic Freedom
by Marian Tupy April 14, 2018 The great 20th century journalist, novelist, and travel writer Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) was no stranger to war, hunger, and disease—all of which she insisted on seeing with her own two eyes. In 1937, she was in Madrid and witnessed the...
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Putin’s Futureless Economy
by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard April 12, 2018 Russia’s economy was smaller than that of Texas even before the latest and most lethal sanctions imposed by Washington. It has diminished further to Benelux proportions after the ruble’s 10% crash this week, the steepest fall...
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The President’s Trump Card for Spending Restraint
by Stephen Moore and James Carter April 11, 2018 The White House is seriously considering a strategy to cancel tens of billions of dollars of wasteful spending in the $1.3 trillion budget signed by President Donald Trump last month. It's a great idea, and Republicans...
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My Quick Take on Paul Ryan’s Departure
by Rod D. Martin April 11, 2018 The conventional wisdom (as well-summarized this morning before the formal announcement at Axios) is that Republican donors and Washington insiders will take House Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement as a sign that the House is lost, and...
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Open Letter From Conservative Leaders: Conservatives Agree with President Trump: “Never Again” Should Congress Pass an Omnibus Boondoggle, and “Never Again” Should He Sign One
CONSERVATIVES AGREE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP: "NEVER AGAIN" SHOULD CONGRESS PASS AN OMNIBUS BOONDOGGLE, AND "NEVER AGAIN" SHOULD HE SIGN ONE. April 9, 2018 Washington, DC Congress recently passed, and the President signed, a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending...
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Viktor Orban Is Not An Outlier But a Forerunner
by George Friedman April 9, 2018 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was re-elected prime minister for a third consecutive term on April 8, winning a two-thirds majority in parliament. We normally don’t write on elections, on the premise that politicians are trapped...
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Space News Roundup – April 7, 2018
by Jennifer Hurst April 7, 2018 Virgin Galactic Conducts First Rocket-Powered Flight of VSS Unity Virgin Galactic today conducted the first powered flight of its new SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, the VSS Unity. The craft made seven previous glide tests, dropped...
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Open Letter From Conservative Leaders: Conservatives Stand with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
Conservatives Stand with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt April 6, 2018 Washington, DC Conservatives stand behind Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and thank him for the significant actions he has taken to implement...
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John Bolton and a Reagan Doctrine for Iran
by Michael Ledeen April 6, 2018 Dear John, You’re going to preside over the imminent Iran policy debate, and I’m sure you’ll do it the way we used to do it in the Reagan White House: bring the president the fullest possible picture of the disagreements among the...
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Rod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
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.
The future of technology is the future of America. Rod Martin sees that future clearly, and also sees how to shape it for the betterment of all. He is firmly rooted in the traditions of faith and patriotism that have made America great. That’s why he has made, and will make, so many outstanding contributions in so many areas.