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Faith & CultureVideo: The Road to Serfdom
by Rod D. MartinNovember 23, 2020 Of all my speeches, this may be my all-time favorite. —...
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Tag: Japan
The Coral Sea: The Mirror Image of the South China Sea
Australia, like China, is militarizing the waters off its eastern coast. by Jacob L....
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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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Why I’m Not Worried About Mass Unemployment Due to Automation
by Patrick Cox September 7, 2018 Many futurists believe that humanity is approaching a period of...
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Japan Wakes Up to Its Aging Apocalypse
by Patrick Cox August 15, 2018 For years, I’ve predicted that Japan would be the first nation to...
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Rebalancing China and Bracing for the Trade War
The only thing more ambitious than Beijing’s goals is its time frame. by Phillip Orchard...
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Aging Is Transforming Our Healthcare System
by Patrick Cox August 5, 2018 Increasingly, my conversations with old friends center on their...
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Anti-Aging Biotechnologies Will Make Social Security and Medicare Obsolete
by Patrick Cox July 31, 2018 Because transfer payments to the aged now make up the biggest part of...
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China Grows Anxious About Taiwan Reunification
June 18, 2018 Tensions between China and Taiwan have reached a decade high, but Beijing is...
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The Crude Math of Geopolitical Risk
The price of oil isn’t arrived at rationally. by George Friedman June 7, 2018 Electric...
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“Right to Try” Is Law, and It Shows Us the Future
by Patrick Cox June 5, 2018 A lot of people were surprised how quickly Right to Try (RTT) became...
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Korea: What Each of the Negotiating Powers Needs to Win
by George Friedman May 1, 2018 The leaders of North and South Korea held talks last week, and that...
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About Rod Martin
Rod D. Martin is a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, hedge fund manager, 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 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.