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My Quick Take on Paul Ryan’s Departure
by Rod D. Martin April 11, 2018 My quick take on Paul Ryan's departure. The conventional wisdom (as well-summarized at Axios) is that Republican donors and Washington insiders will take Ryan's retirement as a sign that the House is lost, and that funding must shift to...
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...
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...
The Stormy Daniels “60 Minutes” Interview
by Rod D. Martin March 26, 2018 Oh, and since several of you have asked, here's my take on the #StormyDaniels "60 Minutes" interview. I am now, for the first time, convinced Daniels never had sex with Donald Trump at all (note that even she claims she only slept with...
The Rod Martin Report – February 24, 2018
The Rod Martin Report - February 24, 2018 Dear Friends, As you know, the Rod Martin Report normally provides in-depth analysis of several of the week's key events and how they fit into the "bigger picture". But every so often, one event is of such great...
Reusable Rockets: Dawn of the Real Space Age
by Rod D. Martin February 21, 2018 When Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos began testing reusable rockets, few really understood the significance of what they were seeking to achieve. Now that SpaceX is routinely re-launching used Falcon 9 boosters – not to mention this month's...
Oil is Vastly More Plentiful Than Anyone Has Thought (Except Us)
by Rod D. Martin January 25, 2018 This article confirms my thesis for almost two decades at RodMartin.org: that oil is vastly more plentiful than anyone has thought, that American energy independence (or as President Trump now seeks, "energy dominance") is completely...
The Rod Martin Report – January 19, 2018
The Rod Martin Report - January 19, 2018 Trump's First Year and Winston Churchill A Note of Grave Caution DACA, S***holes, and the Real Immigration Debate A Government Shutdown? The Fakies! Battles We're Winning (But the War's Not Over) ...
Trump’s Medical Report and the Left’s Alternate Reality
by Rod D. Martin January 18, 2018 Listening to a decent number of my liberal friends on Facebook, and reading the comments from their liberal friends, it has become all too clear to me that the uproar over Donald Trump's medical report is not as it appears to the rest...
Sh*tholes, Race, and Merit-Based Immigration
by Rod D. Martin January 12, 2018 Dick Durban says Donald Trump called several countries "sh*tholes". The entire Democrat-Enemedia complex immediately labeled that proof of "racism". For the sake of argument, assume Trump said it (he denies it). Does the race card...
Jamie Dimon Predicts 4% GDP Growth. What Does That Mean?
by Rod D. Martin January 9, 2018 In his final year, while bragging about all of his supposed success with the economy, Barack Obama managed 1.6% economic growth. The post-WWII average is 3%. Jamie Dimon is now predicting 4% for 2018. What do those numbers mean? Well,...
The Rod Martin Report – January 6, 2018
The Rod Martin Report - January 6, 2018 Dear Friends, Happy New Year, and Happy Epiphany! 2017 was a whirlwind, most of it far beyond our hopes. The best is yet to come. We began with a vacant Supreme Court seat, previously held by the departed giant Antonin...
What Roy Moore’s Loss Means, for Republicans and for Christians
by Rod D. Martin December 13, 2017 The sun comes up, and today is another day. So what about Alabama? On the technical side, our better pollsters underestimated the Democrats' ability to turn out its voters by about the same margin that Monday's Fox News poll...
The Never Trumpers Strike Again
by Rod D. Martin October 18, 2017 Some people just don't know when to give it a rest. That has certainly proved true for a lot of last year's #NeverTrumpers, who appear to be clinging to the word #Never no matter how foolish it makes them look (or perhaps for some,...
What We Owe Capitalism, In One Graph
by Rod D. Martin October 4, 2017 Many today have an inadequate appreciation of what Capitalism has done for humanity. Perhaps this graph will help. This graph charts two very different things. First, it shows the number of people living in extreme poverty. As you can...
The Rod Martin Report – September 9, 2017
The Rod Martin Report - September 9, 2017 The North Dakota Speech and "Energy Dominance" The DACA Decision: Why It Matters, What's Next What Do "Dreamers" Dream? Trump Smacks Ryan and McConnell Why The North Korean H-Bomb May Force a War Schadenfreude Section:...
Should the President Bargain on DACA?
by Rod D. Martin September 4, 2017 Should the President bargain on DACA? Short answer from this red-meat conservative: probably. Let's start with the obvious: DACA is horribly illegal and unconstitutional, an example of Barack Obama's rule by "pen and phone", which is...
The Rod Martin Report – September 2, 2017
The Rod Martin Report - September 2, 2017 Hurricane Harvey, Katrina, and Global Warming "Superstorms" The State Church of the Left Rapidly Growing Leftist Violence SPLC, Google and RICO Trump Victories, Dem Defeats The Truth about VJ Day and "Indigenous Peoples...
How to Separate Sense From Nonsense in Economics
by Richard Rahn August 30, 2017 Why is it that many politicians and journalists can quickly grasp the idea that if the tax on cigarettes or soft drinks with sugar is increased, the demand for them will decline, but seem unable to understand that increasing a tax on...
Cortez and the Aztecs
by Rod D. Martin August 13, 2017 While I'm thinking about it, today is the 496th anniversary of Hernan Cortez's liberation of Mexico from the Aztecs. Yes, I know you're all going to question the term "liberation". But you shouldn't. You've been told that Cortez and...
Thoughts on Charlottesville
by Rod D. Martin August 13, 2017 I have some friends who love Dr. Michael Hill, the founder of the League of the South, one of the organizers of yesterday's "rally". Hill is a former history professor, and sucked a lot of otherwise sensible people into his...
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