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by Rod D. MartinSeptember 4, 2021 A snippet from our African Development Summit at Liberty...
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Trump’s UN Address: America’s Policy of Principled Realism
This is the lecture world leaders deserved to hear. After the effrontery of laughing at first,...
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Free Enterprise Is Making the World Better
by Marian L. Tupy September 6, 2018 One of the biggest and most pernicious myths about economic...
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Only The Rule of Law Can Break the Poverty Cycle
by Marian L. Tupy August 31, 2018 How do you stimulate economic growth in poor countries with...
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What Are the Exceptions to Human Progress?
While the world is getting better as a whole, individual countries can and do regress, sometimes...
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The United States Withdraws From the UN Human Rights Council
by Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley June 21, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlqrK5V17k4 [These...
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Western Capitalist Countries are the Best Places to be Born a Woman
by Daniel Fernández Méndez May 4, 2018 Many times, when a social problem is closed to being solved...
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18 Spectacularly Wrong Predictions Made Around the Time of the First Earth Day In 1970
The prophets of doom were not simply wrong, but spectacularly wrong. by Mark J. Perry April 22,...
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Donald Trump, Tragic Hero
His very flaws may be his strengths by Victor Davis Hanson April 17, 2018 The very idea that...
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The Most Important Graph in the World
by Marian L. Tupy March 10, 2018 Jonathan Haidt, the well-known psychologist from New York...
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Africa is Finally Growing, Thanks to Capitalism
by Marian L. Tupy March 9, 2018 Sub-Saharan Africa consists of 46 countries and covers an area of...
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The Rise and Fall of the Islamic State
This Islamic State may not last, but there is the possibility of a future Islamic State in the...
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About Rod Martin
Rod D. Martin is a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author and conservative activist from Destin, Florida.
Praise for Rod Martin
Peter ThielPayPal, Founders Fund, Facebook, PalantirRod 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.