The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight: “It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.” —Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

Upright: “Colin [Kaepernick] has to make up his mind whether he’s truly an activist or he’s a football player. If you’re trying to be both — football is commercial. You have owners. You have fans. And you want to honor that, if you’re making that kind of money. … I’m going to give you the real deal: I’m an American. I don’t desecrate my flag and my national anthem. I’m not going to do anything against the flag and national anthem. I’m going to work within those situations. But this is my country, and I’ll work out the problems, but I’ll do it in an intelligent manner.” —Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown

A no-win situation: “[Trump is] going to Texas [today] and there’s real concern that his going there is going to have to divert at least a little bit, some resources away from the rescue effort and toward him.” —MSNBC’s Katy Turn (This isn’t an irrational concern. But if Trump were to postpone his trip even a day, the media would argue his visit came too late. There’s no winning.)

For the record: “Both the white nationalists and Antifa are moral degenerates who use political violence to advance their agenda. Antifa and the white nationalists are, in fact, kissing cousins, just as the Nazis and communists were. … One has a swastika. The other has a hammer and sickle. Both are symbols of repressive, murderous regimes. The only significant difference is that members of the media and much of the political left give Antifa the veneer of moral crusade that no one gives the white nationalists. … The truth is that if the left does not do a better job of vocally condemning Antifa, there really well be less people on the right willing to condemn the white nationalists. And both will, as a result, have breathing room to grow when both should be stamped out.” —Erick Erickson

And last… “All my life, I have known this rule about people: Those who don’t fight the greatest evils will fight lesser evils or make-believe evils. This happens to be the morally defining characteristic of the Left.” —Dennis Prager