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Trump Squeezes Maduro’s Socialist Narco-State
As geopolitical challenges mount elsewhere around the globe, securing America’s own hemisphere seems all the more urgent.
Sep 24, 2025
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The One Legal Tax Haven Washington Can’t Touch
Everyone is writing today about tax deductions, Trump's tax cuts, and the usual advice. But here's a solution you may never have heard of that could cut…
Apr 15, 2025
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Rod D. Martin
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Trump Is Right: The Claim That 2,975 People Died in Puerto Rico is #FakeNews
by Rod D.
Sep 13, 2018
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Rod D. Martin
Hong Kong's Example for the Rest of Us
A look at Hong Kong vs. China through the years, and what that could mean for Brexit and everyone else.
Jul 24, 2017
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The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 2: American Identity and the Threats of Tomorrow
The physical geography of the United States has also impacted the country's human geography.
Jul 6, 2016
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Guest Author
The Geopolitics of the United States, Part 1: The Inevitable Empire
The geography of the United States makes the country uniquely capable of becoming a dominant global power.
Jul 4, 2016
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How the Minimum Wage Helped Wreck Puerto Rico's Economy
$7.25 Devastated Its Economy; Imagine What $15 Will Do.
May 19, 2016
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Guest Author
Why Is Hong Kong Rich, Cuba Impoverished, and Puerto Rico Broke?
In 1955, the islands of Puerto Rico, Cuba and Hong Kong had roughly the same real per capita income. They each took very different economic paths.
Apr 1, 2016
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Guest Author
GAO: Statehood Too Costly for Either Puerto Rico or the U.S.
Puerto Rican statehood may be a good idea, but its time has not come.
Apr 2, 2014
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Rod D. Martin
Courting Disaster in Puerto Rico
Sleepwalking into danger, for everyone involved.
Feb 27, 1998
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Rod D. Martin
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