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Is Peace Really Possible With the Muslim World, and More - My Conversation With Frank Gaffney
Frank & Rod discuss Trump's Middle East gambit, paying off the national debt, why Elon's new third party defeats his own worthy purposes, and why the…
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Trump Has Found a Way to Cut Out China
A new frontier has opened in the rivalry between the world’s two largest economies. The struggle is more geopolitical than geoeconomic.
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The America Party Is A Bad Idea...For Elon
Musk's entry into American civic life has been highly positive. But the legalities surrounding his new political party could derail his plans, and his…
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Epstein, Elon, Trump and More: Rod's Interview on AFR
Around the world in an hour: the American Revolution vs. all the others; what happened with Epstein?; the Deep State, the Big Beautiful Bill, and Elon…
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The CIA Report On Russiagate – The Word Is Treason
In the wake of John Ratcliffe's declassifications last week, yesterday's announcement of criminal investigations into John Brennan and James Comey was…
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The Florida Voter Fraud Case That Could Overturn Democrat Cheat-By-Mail
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Military Starship: How SpaceX Is About to Make America Globally Dominant
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USAID’s Shutdown: Trump and Musk’s Nuclear Strike on the Deep State
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Russia Has Lost The Ukraine War. There Will Be Consequences
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The America Party Is A Bad Idea...For Elon
Musk's entry into American civic life has been highly positive. But the legalities surrounding his new political party could derail his plans, and his…
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One Judge to Rule Them All? The Ban on Nationwide Injunction Abuse Restores the Separation of Powers
In Justice Barrett's words, the Supreme Court's ruling doesn't create an imperial executive: it dismantles an imperial judiciary.
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Criminalizing Conquest: 80 Years of the UN Charter’s Abolition of Wars of Aggression
The UN turns 80 today. Awful though it may be, its founding marked an astonishing global milestone: the abolition and widespread rejection of wars of…
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The Unreported Economic Boom, and Why Elon is Wrong about the Big Beautiful Bill
Is the world's richest man wrong to demand more cuts? Heck no: federal spending is a disgrace. But his argument misses the bigger picture.
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15:56
Is Peace Really Possible With the Muslim World, and More - My Conversation With Frank Gaffney
Frank & Rod discuss Trump's Middle East gambit, paying off the national debt, why Elon's new third party defeats his own worthy purposes, and why the…
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Rod D. Martin
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Trump Has Found a Way to Cut Out China
A new frontier has opened in the rivalry between the world’s two largest economies. The struggle is more geopolitical than geoeconomic.
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Epstein, Elon, Trump and More: Rod's Interview on AFR
Around the world in an hour: the American Revolution vs. all the others; what happened with Epstein?; the Deep State, the Big Beautiful Bill, and Elon…
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51:52
The America Party Is A Bad Idea...For Elon
Musk's entry into American civic life has been highly positive. But the legalities surrounding his new political party could derail his plans, and his…
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Rod D. Martin
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The CIA Report On Russiagate – The Word Is Treason
In the wake of John Ratcliffe's declassifications last week, yesterday's announcement of criminal investigations into John Brennan and James Comey was…
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Where Are the Fathers?
When fathers disappear, sons look for replacements. The world has plenty of volunteers. Be the man you wish had raised you.
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He Loved You More Than Life Itself — And It Killed Him
Men love like mountains, and fall like them too.
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What Happened at The Southern Baptist Convention? - My CrossPolitic Interview
The direction of America's largest Protestant denomination is...mixed. But there's more encouraging news than not.
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We’re Commanded to Love Our Neighbors, Not to Make Them Feel Loved
If feelings are the standard, then there is no standard, and Jesus is a sinner.
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An SBC Post-Mortem: New Calvinism Was the Trojan Horse They Said it Was
The leaders of the Reformed Resurgence were also leaders of something else...the Woke Revival. A Calvinist writer says "We were warned. We didn't…
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Where Are the Fathers?
When fathers disappear, sons look for replacements. The world has plenty of volunteers. Be the man you wish had raised you.
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Why It Worked: 'Make America Great Again' as a Winning Republican Metanarrative in 2016 and Beyond
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Third Party Myths; or, Why You'd Be Nuts to Leave the GOP
Dividing efforts just keeps the RINOs, and Democrats, in power.
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Our Entire Theory of Aging Has Been Wrong. There's A Lot of Hope in That.
The epigenetic model of aging has transformative implications for how we treat disease, and how long we may be able to live. It may also mitigate the…
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Was the American Revolution Sinful?
Were the Founding Fathers in sin when they rebelled against King George? Or was there a theological foundation for their acts?
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Postscript: Jimmy Carter's Iran
He betrayed one of America's closest allies. He gave us the Ayatollah. We’re still trying to clean up his mess.
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The Christian Worldview of “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”
Contrary to its modern detractors, the Declaration of Independence is one of the most Christian documents in human history.
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VICTORY! Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and Its Permanent Tax Cut Will Change the World
The bill is the capstone of years of work to create a pro-growth tax policy that will make the American economy so strong we'll leave Europe in the dust…
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How Iran War Exposed Limits of Chinese Influence in Middle East
Beijing and its BRICS "alliance" have been shown to be a paper dragon, as China allowed Iran to twist in the wind. And now President Trump is moving…
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15:56
Is Peace Really Possible With the Muslim World, and More - My Conversation With Frank Gaffney
Frank & Rod discuss Trump's Middle East gambit, paying off the national debt, why Elon's new third party defeats his own worthy purposes, and why the…
 • 
Rod D. Martin
 and 
Guest Author
The America Party Is A Bad Idea...For Elon
Musk's entry into American civic life has been highly positive. But the legalities surrounding his new political party could derail his plans, and his…
 • 
Rod D. Martin
4
Third Party Myths; or, Why You'd Be Nuts to Leave the GOP
Dividing efforts just keeps the RINOs, and Democrats, in power.
 • 
Rod D. Martin
4
Our Entire Theory of Aging Has Been Wrong. There's A Lot of Hope in That.
The epigenetic model of aging has transformative implications for how we treat disease, and how long we may be able to live. It may also mitigate the…
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Guest Author
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Was the American Revolution Sinful?
Were the Founding Fathers in sin when they rebelled against King George? Or was there a theological foundation for their acts?
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Rod D. Martin
2
The Christian Worldview of “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”
Contrary to its modern detractors, the Declaration of Independence is one of the most Christian documents in human history.
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Rod D. Martin
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Five Myths About America's Founding Fathers
Much of what is commonly believed about the men who shaped the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution is simply…
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One Judge to Rule Them All? The Ban on Nationwide Injunction Abuse Restores the Separation of Powers
In Justice Barrett's words, the Supreme Court's ruling doesn't create an imperial executive: it dismantles an imperial judiciary.
 • 
Rod D. Martin
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15:56
Is Peace Really Possible With the Muslim World, and More - My Conversation With Frank Gaffney
Frank & Rod discuss Trump's Middle East gambit, paying off the national debt, why Elon's new third party defeats his own worthy purposes, and why the…
 • 
Rod D. Martin
 and 
Guest Author
51:52
Epstein, Elon, Trump and More: Rod's Interview on AFR
Around the world in an hour: the American Revolution vs. all the others; what happened with Epstein?; the Deep State, the Big Beautiful Bill, and Elon…
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Trump's Iran Strike: No, He Didn't Just Start World War III
Full analysis: of the strike, of the lead-up, and of why Trump's attack will not become a regional, much less general war.
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Rod on Capitol Report: The CCP's 2020 U.S. Election Interference Exposed
As Kash Patel declassifies a stunning FBI report Biden suppressed, and Donald Trump calls for a Special Prosecutor, Rod explains how the CCP attempted…
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What Trump's Critics Don't Get About His Iran Strategy
The President has made his position clear since years before he ever ran. He's not being dragged along by Israel: he's the one leading. And he's going…
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The Iran War, & the China Trade Surrender - My Conversation With Frank Gaffney
Israel begins the systematic dismantling of Iran's nuclear program (and air defenses), while Donald Trump scores a stunning victory in the trade war…
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43:40
What Happened at The Southern Baptist Convention? - My CrossPolitic Interview
The direction of America's largest Protestant denomination is...mixed. But there's more encouraging news than not.
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Why Elon is Wrong About the Big Beautiful Bill, PLUS The Counterrevolution - Rod on "Securing America with Frank Gaffney"
The dustup over the One Big Beautiful Bill is rooted in a decades-old subterfuge: the Deep Staters at the CBO always lie. I explain how and why, and…
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