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The Huckabee You Should Have Known

by Rod D. Martin on 24 May 2011

Named the Sixth Most Interesting Daily Caller Op-Ed of 2011.

The “Invention” of Palestine

December 12, 2011

Newt Gingrich may have unnerved Mitt Romney by saying “Palestinian” is “an invented nationality”. But he spoke the truth. “Palestine” (from the Greek for Philistine, the deadly enemies of ancient Israel) was a creation of the World War I Allies after they severed it from the Ottoman Empire, or Turkey. It was largely empty, and [...]

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America Is Not An Empire

October 22, 2011

The left and the libertarian portion of the right (a moniker they would strongly contest) agree on several things, but among the most significant is this: that America has become an empire. Not all who espouse this position, of course, think that it is a bad thing. The brilliant Niall Ferguson actively argues for it, [...]

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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

October 5, 2011

The world has been changed many times over by the brilliance of Steve Jobs. I could not begin in these short moments after his death to estimate his impact on me and mine. But a few thoughts deserve jotting down. I first encountered Jobs in the pages of Fortune magazine, in 1982, wherein I first [...]

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After the Downgrade: The Suze Orman Election

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 Suze Orman. She’s that nice, perky lady on CNBC. The one who likes leather and writes all those personal finance books on [...]

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Cut, Cap and Balance: Seven Reasons the GOP Must Hold the Line

July 27, 2011

The passage of “Cut, Cap and Balance” in the House of Representatives is a game-changer. It is also the ground on which the GOP must stand, fight and win, especially now that a July 18-21 CNN poll shows that two-thirds of Americans support the House’s approach. Cut, Cap and Balance allows the debt limit to [...]

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Video: The Best GOP Field Of Our Lifetimes

June 24, 2011

Rod’s interview with Kimberly Guilfoyle on FoxNews.com Live. Dr. Martin analyzes the current field of Republican candidates for President and what he says might surprise you – there is hope for the GOP! Enjoy! Rod D. Martin, founder of The Vanguard Project, is a leading futurist, technology entrepreneur and conservative activist from Destin, Florida. [...]

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The Best GOP Field Of Our Lifetimes

June 21, 2011

I don’t have a candidate yet. But I have a field. The legacy media – the folks who in 2008 gloated openly about being “in the tank for Obama” while their viewers and readers melted away before our eyes – tells us that the Republican presidential field is horribly weak, unknown, uninspiring. Already, I hear [...]

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An Aging Hippie Meets Reality

June 8, 2011

Okay, I hate to refer to the great Steve Jobs as “an aging hippie”, but it is what it is, and after all, this is a man who put Al Gore on his board. So it was pretty amusing to see this tidbit buried in a story about Apple’s planned new campus in Cupertino. One [...]

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Why the Right Fails Online: Lessons From History

April 25, 2011

If you think the Internet revolution encompasses only areas like business, advertising, publishing and entertainment, you are sorely mistaken. In less than a decade, starting from nearly nothing, left-wing powerhouse MoveOn.org created a force that can put a million volunteers on the ground, can raise $30 million in small donor contributions every cycle (several times [...]

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Finally, The Right Gets Organized

April 1, 2011

By Monty Warner | In 2006, Democrats rode a wave of discontent with the Iraq War and the Bush administration’s Katrina response to a resounding, power-shifting victory. Republicans were demoralized, disorganized and rudderless, and fundraising for many right-leaning causes plummeted. After four years of Democrat stimulus packages, “green jobs,” nutty cash-for-clunkers proposals, et al, Republicans [...]

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The Right Needs Better Grassroots Infrastructure

February 2, 2011

By Heyward Smith and Monty Warner | With the 2010 electoral successes of the GOP cemented in a sworn-in House majority, the outlook for conservative and pro-market causes seems bright. However one doesn’t have to look too far back in political history to temper that enthusiasm. Two short years ago, the media was writing conservatism’s [...]

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Response to a Death Tax Supporter

September 23, 2010

Dear _______: There is a place for regulation, albeit not necessarily with the specific regulations under which we live. Adam Smith himself said that never do two businessmen so much as meet together in a pub without their conversation turning to the restraint of trade; and so we institute governments in no small part to [...]

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Anger, Technology Shake Up Political Landscape

April 22, 2010

By Chuck Raasch | WASHINGTON — If you’re angry or frustrated at the government, you’re not alone. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press just reported that 21% of respondents to a March poll said they were mad at their own government. And 56% said they were frustrated. Pew called it the highest [...]

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