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Faith & CultureThe Switch That Never Happened: How the South Really Went Republican
This article is adapted from Dinesh D’Souza’s new book Death of a Nation, out July 31 from St....
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The Moon Landing and Our Lost Half-Century
by Newt Gingrich July 21, 2018 Forty-nine years ago, today, we had every reason to believe that...
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Is Spygate Worse Than Watergate?
by Michael Barone June 5, 2018 Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE...
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Putting China on the Defensive: Trump, Taiwan and an Uproar
by George Friedman December 5, 2016 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the telephone with...
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The Greatest Political Scandal in American History
by Jack Kelly October 4, 2016 As a young reporter for the Dallas Times Herald, I covered the...
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Happy 40th, Prison Fellowship!
Chuck Colson Never Forgot by John Stonestreet August 18, 2016 Forty years ago, Chuck Colson...
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The Southern Strategy and Today’s GOP
by Rod D. Martin October 31, 2015 Democrats who pretend their party never fought a Civil War to...
Read MoreAfter the Downgrade: The Suze Orman Election
by Rod D. Martin August 8, 2011 The downgrade is a deep humiliation for the United States. But it’s a debacle for the Democratic Party. They just haven’t yet realized why. This just became the Suze Orman election. You know...
Read MoreDefeat in Iraq Means Economic Disaster
by Richard Poe March 27, 2007 Defeat in Iraq would spell ruin for the U.S. economy. Our past experience in Vietnam makes this clear. Under pressure from anti-war Democrats, President Richard Nixon began withdrawing U.S. troops...
Read MoreDeath of the Last RINO President
by Rod D. Martin January 2, 2007 Many others have said plenty this week about Gerald Ford’s virtues, and about them there is surely much to be said. But perhaps the most significant thing for conservatives to note is that Ford...
Read MoreThe Space Elephant Meets the Gazelle
by Rod D. Martin August 26, 2005 How many problems does it take for “one of the most sophisticated systems ever produced by man” to become just another white elephant? A lot of people have been asking that about the Space...
Read More“Compassionate” Communism: 30 Years After Pol Pot
by Rod D. Martin April 18, 2005 It has been three decades since one of Jane Fonda and John Kerry’s favorite “enlightened peasant movements”, the Khmer Rouge, swept to power in Cambodia and, in just under three...
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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.