As you may have noticed, we launched a new website last week. In May, we also deployed a new email broadcast system.
These improvements have been a long time coming, and they bring a huge sense of relief and accomplishment to The Patriot Post team. We’re thrilled to be celebrating 30 years with significant investments that will pay dividends for years to come.
Still, change can be unsettling.
Because every reader is part of our Patriot community, I’d like to offer some background.
When Mark Alexander and a small team launched The Patriot Post in 1996, the internet was very different. We were among the first organizations to utilize it, and today we remain the oldest online news digest. I say “we,” but full disclosure: In 1996, I was a high school senior.
We know the old maxim: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
But we launched our last major website redesign more than a decade ago. After years of patches, workarounds, and technical debt, our underlying systems were beginning to show their age. Things were beginning to break behind the scenes. We didn’t need another Band-Aid; the technology supporting the editions you rely on needed a modern rebuild.
We’re immensely grateful for the responses we’ve received. Readers love the new, more art-like imagery, and the cleaner, crisper look of both the email editions and our website. We do too.
We also expected some criticism from folks who preferred that things be left alone. We certainly understand that, but these weren’t changes for change’s sake. We aimed to preserve the foundational message of Liberty in a way that will stand the test of time.
After all, imagine if we were still sending editions by fax machine as we did in 1996!
What stayed the same?
The Patriot Post remains the same mission-driven publication you have trusted for three decades.
We still offer the same great analysis, opinion, cartoons, memes, podcasts, videos, Short Cuts, Executive News Summary, and, of course, Alexander’s column.
Our About section includes links to timeless resources such as the Patriot’s Primer on American Liberty, as well as information about our team and the Patriot Foundation Trust.
We remain ad-free. I hope one of the things you love about The Patriot Post is that we do not display advertising. Not only are your senses spared from annoying ads for products you don’t want, but our editorial stance is never informed by backroom deals with advertisers. That’s totally unlike any other commercial website on the internet.
Real people write our content. We don’t outsource our writing or our thoughts to artificial intelligence. Our AI policy is simple: We use emerging technology to build systems and streamline workflows, not to think or write for us or to inform our readers.
What’s different?
Well, it’s simple: Our website is much cleaner and calmer than it used to be, which aligns with our desire to be the one source you need in a media world that feels like a firehose.
We worked to declutter things; to give everything a home. Our Feature sections are easier to distinguish, with fewer distractions competing for your attention.
If you’re missing something, look up or down — not to the sides.
First, simply scroll through the home page, and you’ll find the content you love most. Second, you can use the “Features” link at the top of any page to access the aforementioned content, as well as our various editions, Founders’ Quotes, Historic Documents, and End of Watch tributes.
Our technical “stack” — the structures that power the things you love — is now modernized, with plans in place to iterate more consistently but less intrusively going forward.
We also added some cool features, like the ability to print or listen to the Mid-Day Digest. In fact, by using the “Expand” button at the top of each edition, you can read or hear all of the articles in one place, not just the Executive News Summary. Check it out here.
Email delivery
Managing your subscription has never been easier. Just use the “My Subscription” link in the header, and follow the prompts.
We are continuing to improve our email broadcast system, so bear with us. Thanks to nefarious actors, delivering email has never been more difficult, but we care more about getting the editions you asked for into your inbox than anyone else in the marketplace. For more on email delivery, see our FAQ page.
Most importantly, please help us by saving this address to your contacts:
publishing@mail.patriotpost.us
All things considered, we sincerely hope that all of our readers either already love or come to appreciate our new designs and systems as much as we do. We aim for another 30 years and beyond, appealing to future generations, and we’re grateful to have you with us on the journey.
Nate Jackson
Managing Editor
The Patriot Post
