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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...
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...
I Closed My PayPal Account Today. You Should Too.
by Rod D. MartinOctober 10, 2022 I absolutely cannot believe this (for me, heartbreaking) day has come. I had to close my PayPal account today. PayPal has announced that their new AUP was a "mistake", but of course that's a lie (and their stock is down from $90.17 to...
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...
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...
Solving the Crisis of Big Tech, Privacy, and Censorship
by Rod D. MartinMay 8, 2021 I hear from many people concerned that Big Tech has fully and finally killed both privacy and the freedom of speech. And they have a legitimate, if terrifying, point. We've certainly seen what's possible in China, with the Communist Party's...
Rod’s Dead Men Walking Appearance: “To the Moon and Back”
by Rod D. MartinOctober 3, 2020 My appearance this afternoon on Dead Men Walking. Technology and the Creation Mandate, Capitalism and the Golden Rule, Sinfulness and the Gospel. https://youtu.be/CAcB8itYRqs -- Dead Men Walking Appearance originally appeared as a...
Big Tech, Censorship, and Why Big Business Leans Left
by Rod D. MartinJuly 28, 2020 From one of my appearances at the Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center Summit in Washington, D.C. this week. https://youtu.be/yrVInSrJ6ec
Trump, “Free Trade”, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves
by Rod D. MartinJuly 20, 2020 I have been asked recently about my thoughts on free trade in light of recent events with China, and also Brexit. I thought I'd share them with you. First, lest we be unclear: I deny that any deal the United States has ever signed other...
Space: The Future is Almost Here
by Rod D. MartinJuly 19, 2020 While we're thinking deeply about seemingly random things, here's something you really need to understand from Matt Pickering, in answer to a Quora question, "Will SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 or Boeing's CST-100 Starliner influence...
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...
The New Space Age
by Rod D. MartinJuly 20, 2019 For millennia, man dreamed of sailing among the stars and touching the face of the Moon. Fifty years ago, Americans achieved that once-unthinkable dream, one of the greatest accomplishments in all of human history. Perhaps even greater...
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