The Second Amendment, Mass Shootings and Other Atrocities
by Rod D. MartinJune 1, 2022 19 kids at a school is a terrible, terrible thing. You know what is more terrible? Millions of Jews murdered by their government. Millions of Ukrainians murdered by their government. Millions of Cambodians murdered by their government....
Abortion: The Great Moral Evil of Our Time
by Rod D. MartinMay 3, 2022 Slavery was the great moral evil of another time. Abortion is the great moral evil of our time. The Dobbs ruling is like the Emancipation Proclamation: both glorious and incomplete, better than many had dared to hope for and also the best...
It Is Not Just the Southern Baptist Convention That’s At Stake. Here’s What You Can Do.
by Rod D. MartinApril 9, 2022 For many, the Southern Baptist Convention seems like a lost cause. And that’s understandable: every day we hear of some new compromise, some new chapter in an ongoing downgrade. Who wants to be part of such a thing? The problem is, we’re...
The Slow Meltdown of the Chinese Economy
by Thomas J. DuesterbergDecember 22, 2021 China is experiencing a slow-motion economic crisis that could undermine stability in the current regime and have serious negative consequences for the global economy. Despite the many warning signs, Western analysts and...
Yes, “Cultural Christianity” Was a Good thing
by Rod D. MartinDecember 18, 2021 I’m listening to all these wonderful Christmas songs from the 1940s and 50s, probably mostly sung by unbelievers, thinking: How very short-sighted and ungrateful all those pastors and pundits were a few years ago railing against...
Wokeness, Like All Marxism, Is About Power
by Rod D. MartinDecember 2, 2021 Here, Grant Gaines tells us that you're only allowed to support the overturning of Roe v. Wade if you do it for non-Christian reasons. He says that if you oppose abortion because of anything the Bible says, you're a "Christian...
Three Things About Virginia
by Rod D. MartinNovember 4, 2021 First, Virginia was a "lost" state: red-turned-blue and written off by all the "smart people". It was a no-hoper...where we just won back the top three statewide offices and the House of Delegates. Six months ago, or six weeks ago,...
The Hidden Fascism of Big Tech and ESG Investing
by Rod D. MartinSeptember 13, 2021 Rod D. Martin on Economic War Room with Kevin Freeman: The Hidden Fascism of Big Tech and ESG Investing, and How We Can Beat It. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QscvGQces The Hidden Fascism behind the Hard Left Democrat Party’s...
Trump’s Greatest Accomplishment
by Rod D. MartinSeptember 13, 2021 This morning's headline in the Washington Post: "Bill Kristol Endorses McAuliffe in Race for Virginia Governor". Oh wait, no: they called him "Conservative Bill Kristol". Gag. The single best thing Trump accomplished was getting our...
Elon Musk’s Plans for the Moon
by Rod D. MartinAugust 26, 2021 ScienceAlert.com reports this morning that SpaceX Now Claims They Might Return Humans to The Moon Even Before 2024. Jeff Bezos pitched a hissy fit when Elon Musk won the competition to build America’s next lunar lander, at a fraction of...
Jesus is a Capitalist
by Rod D. MartinMarch 29, 2021 Jesus is a Capitalist. Yes, this will come as a shock to your gender studies professor, your hippie uncle, and perhaps even your (non-economically trained) pastor. But it's true. The entirety of Scripture not only assumes but establishes...
“Christian Nationalism”?
by Rod D. MartinMarch 12, 2021 When you ask these guys (by which I mean, reasonably prominent Millennial pastors who support Beth Moore, Russell Moore, et al.) to define their made-up term "Christian nationalism", they say things like: • having a flag in church • or...
Video: The Road to Serfdom
by Rod D. MartinNovember 23, 2020 Of all my speeches, this may be my all-time favorite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFBcTc37j8I&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3gfokt-MSdnEUTta36hHljXhYJvMEw3hjucE6QkC0XCBLJTpAT3Q1sX5k -- The Road to Serfdom originally appeared...
Open Letter: Public Health Measures Must Still Protect Constitutional Rights of Americans
March 24, 2020 Washington, DC Conservatives are troubled by reports that the Department of Justice is seeking additional authorities during the coronavirus pandemic, including the right to detain individuals without trial. The public health crisis facing the country...
Rod D. Martin’s Economic Forecast for 2020 and Beyond
by Rod D. MartinJanuary 1, 2020 It's a new decade, a new year, and an election year to boot, so lots of you have been asking me how I think the economy will fare in 2020. Many were surprised to see markets up a whopping 30% in 2019, particularly after their...
Space News Roundup – December 29, 2018
SpaceX’s Elon Musk: Odds of Starship Reaching Orbit by 2020 are “Rising Rapidly”; plus: NASA Opens the Floodgates for Firms with Planetary Ambitions; Blue Origin Gearing Up for Next New Shepard Test Flight; SpaceX’s Orbit-Ready Crew Dragon Nears First Trip Out to Pad 39A; President Trump Issues Order to Create U.S. Space Command; Why NASA’s Date with a Space Rock Beyond Pluto Matters; and more.