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	<title>Rod D. Martin</title>
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		<title>The Islamist War on Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 06:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lee Habeeb reports in National Review that there continues to be an all too real &#8220;war on women&#8221;, and that American feminists couldn&#8217;t care less. The world is upside down when it comes to how our leaders and our media elites address the abuse of too many Muslim women around the world. One Christian preacher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to Capitalism&#8217;s Critics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several commenters have replied to my piece concerning the Pope&#8217;s attack on capitalism.  The strongest of these point out the tendency of some capitalist economies (particularly ours, of late) toward monopolies, government enterprises, and a general &#8220;bigness&#8221; that colludes with government. My response is that all these things constitute a perversion of capitalism, not its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Women Less Ambitious? Confessions of a Corporate Dropout</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/are-women-less-ambitious-confessions-of-a-corporate-dropout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Jennifer Wortham posted to Facebook this article called &#8220;Are Women Less Ambitious?  Confessions of a Corporate Dropout&#8220;.  A very good read in its own right, she introduced it as follows: For my sisters who think the numbers tell a story of oppression. No. It&#8217;s everything but. Let women be who they want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pope&#8217;s Error</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pope&#8217;s comments on capitalism today were unfortunate and wrong, albeit well-intentioned.  He seeks the alleviation of poverty and the mindfulness of the wealthy toward the poor &#8212; I couldn&#8217;t agree more &#8212; but he attacks the only means through which those things are possible. Now, for a Southern Baptist, I&#8217;m a pretty big fan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warp Drive, Coming Soon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Space.com reports today not only that Einstein&#8217;s general relativity may permit FTL (faster than light) travel after all, but that NASA is actively working on it in a laboratory at the Johnson Space Center. The story is a bit long, but well worth reading to the bottom. It should go without saying that, if true, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Becoming a Police State?</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/are-we-becoming-a-police-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These thoughts were originally part of a Facebook discussion, but they bear repeating here.  Much verbiage is being expressed of late concerning the worry that we are becoming a police state.  Indeed, leftist mouthpiece Bill Maher, clearly off-script, kicked off the latest with his statements about the Boston PD&#8217;s actions during the recent Tsarnaev manhunt. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love Your Neighbor, Change Your World</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/we-need-to-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need to remember &#8212; and some of us just need to learn &#8212; how sensitive some people still are about race: not in the &#8220;chip on shoulder&#8221; sense many imagine (and sometimes encounter), but in the downtrodden, fear of rejection sense that wearies the soul and brings lifelong hurt. You&#8217;ll see what I mean. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guess Who Thinks We Won the Iraq War?</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/guess-who-thinks-we-won-the-iraq-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Despite all the problems of the past decade, the overwhelming majority of Iraqis agree that we&#8217;re better off today than under Hussein&#8217;s brutal dictatorship,&#8221; said Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.  In what publication?  Yes:  the liberal Washington Post. ============== The Washington Post Nouri al-Maliki: The U.S. has a foreign-policy partner in Iraq By Nouri al-Maliki,April 08, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go See &#8220;42&#8243;</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/go-see-42/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obviously, most people will feel obligated to at least say they&#8217;re going to see 42, the Jackie Robinson movie. But you really should go see it.  Twice or more.  With as many friends as you can take with you. 42 shows much more than the integration of baseball, or the struggles and successes of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are the Republicans of Today the Democrats of 150 Years Ago?</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/are-the-republicans-of-today-the-democrats-of-150-years-ago/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/are-the-republicans-of-today-the-democrats-of-150-years-ago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 02:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rodmartin.org/?p=27611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over on Facebook I was asked: Some people seem to think that a Republican 150 years ago would be a Democrat today. I&#8217;ve also heard that Pres. Kennedy would have been considered a Republican today. What are your thoughts Rod? Kennedy was for a strong defense, intervention in Vietnam to contain Communism, and cutting taxes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Atlanta the New Silicon Valley of Breakthrough Cures</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/video-atlanta-the-new-silicon-valley-of-breakthrough-cures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/video-atlanta-the-new-silicon-valley-of-breakthrough-cures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Video: Atlanta the New Silicon Valley of Breakthrough Cures</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/video-atlanta-the-new-silicon-valley-of-breakthrough-cures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/video-atlanta-the-new-silicon-valley-of-breakthrough-cures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gil Amelio and Rod D. Martin interviewed by Dennis Kneale of MarketsNow on Fox Business, on the emerging biotechnology sector in Atlanta, Georgia. They discuss the advantages in Atlanta, exciting breakthroughs toward a cure for fatty liver disease happening now, and how the best in biotechnology is centering on Atlanta, right now. &#160; Gil Amelio is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Atlanta the Silicon Valley of Breakthrough Cures</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/making-atlanta-the-silicon-valley-of-breakthrough-cures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Gilbert F. Amelio and Rod D. Martin &#124; America’s Founders sought to unleash the creative energies of every citizen, not just the privileged few.  They created a system designed to encourage and protect commerce and innovation; and indeed, many of them were entrepreneurs and inventors themselves. Alexis de Tocqueville described the new nation essentially as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Are North Korean Rockets a Threat to the U.S.?</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/are-north-korean-rockets-a-threat-to-the-u-s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/are-north-korean-rockets-a-threat-to-the-u-s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rod&#8217;s interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business. Dr. Martin spoke about the North Korean threats against the United States, and what that means for businesses in the target zones. *** Editor’s Note: This interview with Rod D. Martin was recorded on March 29, 2013 in Pensacola, Florida. It aired at 8:00 p.m. on Fox Business. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Take: What&#8217;s at Stake in the Prop 8 Debate?</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/quick-take-whats-at-stake-in-the-prop-8-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/quick-take-whats-at-stake-in-the-prop-8-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several people have asked me what the issues are as the Supreme Court hears arguments regarding California&#8217;s Proposition 8, by which the people amended their state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman (i.e., the position of pretty much the entire civilized world for the last couple thousand years or so). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gingrich: Pioneers of the Future and Prisoners of the Past</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/gingrich-pioneers-of-the-future-and-prisoners-of-the-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It just so happens that I was speaking on some of these things Saturday, addressing the national board of directors of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA).  Newt is one of only a handful of political minds in this country &#8212; of either party &#8212; who actually understands the implications of an accelerating rate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Rod D. Martin on the Conservative Commandos Radio Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NFRA President Rod D. Martin&#8217;s interview with JD Miniear on the Conservative Commandos Radio Show, March 6, 2013.]]></description>
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		<title>Galectin Therapeutics Receives FDA Approval for Clinical Human Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/galectin-therapeutics-receives-fda-approval-for-clinical-human-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/galectin-therapeutics-receives-fda-approval-for-clinical-human-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Joe Young at Benzinga.com: &#8220;Aegis Capital published a report Tuesday on Galectin Therapeutics (NASDAQ: GALT) that reiterated its Buy rating and $7.00 price target after the receipt of FDA approval.&#8221; This followed a report from analysts at Aegis Capital Corp: Galectin Receives Approval To Begin Phase 1 Trial Phase 1 Testing To Begin Shortly. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rod Martin en la UFM</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/rod-martin-en-la-ufm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rod Martin, emprendedor y capitalista de riesgo, visitó la Universidad Francisco Marroquín el 28 de enero de 2012. Martin es fundador y presidente de The Vanguard Project, una plataforma de activismo que utiliza tecnología de punta; y fue consejero de Peter Thiel, fundador de PayPal, durante el inicio de esa empresa. Rod Martin vino acompañado [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ronald Reagan: Remarks at the Johnson Space Center, Sept. 22, 1988</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/ronald-reagan-remarks-at-the-johnson-space-center-sept-22-1988/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/ronald-reagan-remarks-at-the-johnson-space-center-sept-22-1988/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reminded of this marvelous speech by my good friend Mark Klugmann, who once upon a time wrote such things for President Reagan.  In it, the President celebrates the return to flight of the Space Shuttles following the Challenger disaster, but also lays out his vision for scramjets, commercial space development, exponential entrepreneurship, exploration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Know They Are Killing Children &#8212; All Of Us Know</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/we-know-they-are-killing-children-all-of-us-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/we-know-they-are-killing-children-all-of-us-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have written extensively on the subject of abortion and often on anniversaries of Roe v. Wade (how odd that, through these many years, I, like many others, get to be friends with &#8220;Jane Roe&#8221; (Norma McCorvey), now a redeemed Christian and a crusader for the unborn).  But nothing I could write matches the simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GALT Announces Potential Cure for Diabetic Kidney Disease and Kidney Fibrosis</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/galt-announces-potential-cure-for-diabetic-kidney-disease-and-kidney-fibrosis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/galt-announces-potential-cure-for-diabetic-kidney-disease-and-kidney-fibrosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear All, Attached is a press release that was issued this morning. It reports that GR-MD-02 is also effective in treating diabetic kidney disease, including the fibrosis that occurs in this disease.  While we are not directly pursuing clinical development in this disease, it adds to the diseases for which the drug may be effective.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roe Caused Baptists to Embrace Life, Reject Liberal Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/roe-caused-baptists-to-embrace-life-reject-liberal-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/roe-caused-baptists-to-embrace-life-reject-liberal-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern Baptist Convention is the only major denomination ever to go liberal and come back.  Perverse as it may seem to some, Roe v. Wade in a very real sense started &#8220;the Conservative Resurgence&#8221; which removed the liberals from power and their agendas from the mission field and our seminaries.  The short history below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese PM Shinzo Abe: The Security Diamond of Japan, India, Australia and America</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/japanese-pm-shinzo-abe-the-security-diamond-of-japan-india-australia-and-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/japanese-pm-shinzo-abe-the-security-diamond-of-japan-india-australia-and-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extremely encouraging, spot-on counsel from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe regarding maritime freedom in East Asia and the alliances needed for the 21st Century. &#8212; RDM ============ January 7, 2013 In the summer of 2007, addressing the Central Hall of the Indian Parliament as Japan&#8217;s prime minister, I spoke of &#8220;Confluence of the Two Seas&#8221; - a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did House Republicans Sell Us Out?</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/did-house-republicans-sell-us-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/did-house-republicans-sell-us-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following post was originally published as a letter to the membership of the NFRA at www.RepublicanAssemblies.org. &#124; Nothing better demonstrates the need for an NFRA [ed. -- "National Federation of Republican Assemblies"] and a robust Republican Assembly movement in every state than the &#8220;fiscal cliff&#8221; deal just passed. Note well:  nearly all the House Republicans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Belafonte to Obama: Imprison Opponents &#8220;Like a Third World Dictator&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/harry-belafonte-to-obama-imprison-opponents-like-a-third-world-dictator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/harry-belafonte-to-obama-imprison-opponents-like-a-third-world-dictator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading actor and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte &#8212; who is also a strong supporter of Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara &#8212; calls on Obama to imprison his opponents &#8220;like a third world dictator&#8221;.  Worse:  he&#8217;s dead serious.  Even worse:  MSNBC host and alleged civil rights leader Al Sharpton says nothing even suggesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moore Urges Biblical View of Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/moore-urges-biblical-view-of-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/moore-urges-biblical-view-of-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very important.  The Gospel IS adoption:  the New Testament repeats this again and again.  Christ did not die to make us servants only, but sons and daughters, of whom He Himself is the first, the &#8220;only begotten&#8221; (or natural) Son.  We are co-heirs with Christ, we have access to the Father which is precisely like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case for Palestinian Independence</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/the-case-for-palestinian-independence-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/the-case-for-palestinian-independence-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel&#8217;s case against a UN-sanctioned Palestinian independence isn&#8217;t wrong. The initiative all but scuttles the Oslo peace process and, newly reinforced by a Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egypt, very likely scuttles Camp David as well. It is not a two-state, but a one-state solution the Palestinians have in their sights. Doubters need only listen to Palestinian Authority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libertarians, Fiscal Conservatives and Third Party Fantasies</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/libertarians-fiscal-conservatives-and-third-party-fantasies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/libertarians-fiscal-conservatives-and-third-party-fantasies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been about ten minutes since the election and already, here come the cries for a third party. I have written and spoken extensively on why third parties are a delusion at best and a one-way ticket to wiping out our own side for a generation (or more:  check out 1912) at worst.  A good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things the Election Meant</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/things-the-election-meant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/things-the-election-meant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not entitled this op-ed “What the Election Meant”.  That might be a bit grandiose for the day after.  But November 6, 2012 definitely taught us some things we must not ignore. First and possibly foremost, stuff happens. In this case it was a hurricane.  Sandy kept Mitt Romney off TV for five crucial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Age Upon Us</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/the-golden-age-upon-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/the-golden-age-upon-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is the op-ed I had ready to go in case of a Romney win.  The problem with that statement, of course, is that &#8220;in case of&#8221; meant &#8220;when&#8221;, as, like nearly everyone on our side, I was pretty darn certain of victory.  So we intended for this to run on Election Day or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So Why Didn&#8217;t Obama Prepare for Sandy?</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/so-why-didnt-obama-prepare-for-sandy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/so-why-didnt-obama-prepare-for-sandy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an honest question for our liberal friends:  Given all you had to say about Katrina, why didn&#8217;t Obama&#8217;s FEMA know to stockpile gasoline, food, water, medical supplies, etc. in the entire week they had from the time they knew Sandy was coming until this unfolding nightmare? Possible answers: (1) Barack Obama is an utter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Why Zombies Matter&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/why-zombies-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/why-zombies-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southern&#8217;s Russ Moore takes a look at zombies, what they represent, and why they matter.  A read worth remembering and passing on. &#160; LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) &#8212; Zombies are everywhere. Ever since the classic &#8220;Night of the Living Dead,&#8221; the undead have shown up in movies. Zombies now are featured in top-rated cable TV shows, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Bayonets and Horses&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following was originally posted as part of a Facebook discussion. It is just a fact that we today deploy 3X as many bayonets as in the time stated, just as it is a fact that our Special Operators led the conquest of Afghanistan in October-November 2001 from horseback. And it wouldn&#8217;t really matter if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annabelle Elizabeth Martin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 3:30 am this morning, we welcomed the very first Martin grandchild, daughter of our son Archer and his practically perfect wife Elizabeth, our beloved Annabelle Elizabeth Martin. She faces a markedly hostile world. A recent study reported that 98% of the now-rampant sex-selection abortions in China are aimed at exterminating girls. In Afghanistan, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By The Numbers: Does Obama Deserve Re-Election?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook has been filled lately with charts and graphs making the case for Mitt Romney or for Barack Obama, and some of them I find quite compelling, such as: and this one: By contrast, Business Insider recently posted a set of charts making the opposite case, a case with which my friend Patrick Breitenbach concurs.  He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scripture Speaks: Voting for &#8220;The Lesser of Two Evils&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two days ago, I posted an excellent piece by Dan Phillips on whether Christians should vote for Mitt Romney (duh!), or rather sit this one out (i.e., support Obama) or vote third party (again, i.e., support Obama). We keep coming back to this issue of &#8220;the lesser of two evils&#8221;, a strawman if there ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Christians Refuse Support to Mitt Romney?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier, I posted an excellent piece by Dan Phillips on whether Christians should vote for Mitt Romney (duh!), or rather sit this one out (i.e., support Obama) or vote third party (again, i.e., support Obama). It was originally sent to me as an email, and in that email, comments were requested. Here are mine, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Phillips Nails Why Christians Must Vote for Romney</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/dan-phillips-nails-why-christians-must-vote-for-romney/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rodmartin.org/dan-phillips-nails-why-christians-must-vote-for-romney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mean no disrespect to my Mormon friends, but I don&#8217;t think it will surprise any of you that we don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re orthodox, since you certainly don&#8217;t think we are.  It probably won&#8217;t surprise you either that some of those we do consider orthodox have serious issues with Mitt Romney, either because he&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Green&#8221; Energy Harms the Poor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So no sooner did I blog this story about the new Stanford University study debunking organic food and virtually all the claims made for it, than up pops this item, showing plainly how Obama&#8217;s &#8220;green&#8221; energy policies are devastating the poorest among us. So yet again:  the Earth Worship movement is for the hippie flower-child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Illusions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Stanford study finds that &#8220;organic&#8221; food is bad for the environment and either no-better or positively worse for you.  Oh, and the main arguments against conventionally-produced food turn out to be propaganda. &#8220;So, when a study finds no differences in nutritional value after 70 years of hybrid seeds, 60 years of chemical fertilizers, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Peak Oil&#8221; and the &#8220;Death&#8221; of &#8220;Fossil Fuels&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.rodmartin.org/peak-oil-and-the-death-of-fossil-fuels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So very much is wrong &#8212; or at least potentially wrong &#8212; in that title.  I wrote the following this morning on Facebook in response to some goofball&#8217;s confident assertion that &#8220;fossil fuels are dead&#8221;, followed by a comment from a similarly-minded person about &#8220;Peak Oil&#8221;, or the idea that we have now shot past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Call for Compassion on Women Who Abort</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; (The following was originally a Facebook comment.) Please don&#8217;t be too hard on these mothers. You&#8217;re certainly correct in what you&#8217;re saying, but the sad reality is that far too many of these women are really just scarred little girls, frequently forced and all of them lied too. No one thinks of this side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Obamacare&#8217;s a Tax, We Have a Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first blush, Chief Justice John Robert’s defection to the Dark Side on Obamacare looks every bit the tragic treason of Anakin Skywalker:  the end of health care as we know it, and perhaps the end of the Republic. But as conservatives take a deep breath and consider, they may realize the Chief just handed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s In a Name? Meet the Great Commission Baptists.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The revolution Paul Pressler and Paige Patterson wrought reached its culmination last week, in the (ever-so-quiet) changing of Baptists’ name.  We are “Great Commission Baptists” now. If you didn’t get the memo, don’t be surprised.  A name-change was not popular with many Baptists, holding tightly to tradition as people are prone to do, and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;We Must Be Willing to Die For Words&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 14:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking at this year&#8217;s Together for the Gospel (T4G), the ever brilliant Al Mohler, President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, challenged his audience, saying, &#8220;we must be willing to die for words.&#8221; Well said. Very well said. And yet. The most common persecutor of the church is not a mob but the state. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doug Wilson Is Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Doug Wilson, a not-insignificant leader in the Reformed community, counsels his followers to sit out Election 2012, because Mitt Romney doesn&#8217;t live up to his standards. Well, I can&#8217;t think of many of my standards Mitt meets either.  But Doug is wrong, and dangerously so. The argument (this year and every other year of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Conservatives Oppose Obamacare, What Do They Support?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone asked: if conservatives are against Obamacare, what are they for? And how do we take care of the truly poor in a market-based system? 1. Recognize that the current (pre-Obamacare) system is almost as socialist as Obamacare. 2. Tear down the system of government price controls which, in the first year after implementation, tripled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santorum Sweeps the South. What Next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newt had a big day last week.  In Georgia.  And his comeback this week in Alabama and Mississippi didn&#8217;t quite come off. So where do things stand now? The facts are simple &#8211; 1. Newt won almost as many delegates yesterday as if he&#8217;d come in first place; but 2. Rick is catching fire, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology, Energy and the National Debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod D. Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As with every topic in Washington, the National Debt, if thought about at all, is thought about with precisely zero creativity.  Democrats are worse:  they see a never-ending need to spend, combined with a never-ending need to tax.  Republicans are a little better, having after decades of refusal finally accepted in the 19990s Reagan, Gilder [...]]]></description>
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