May 11, 2021

Tuesday Short Cuts

Notable quotables from Matt Walsh, Paul Krugman, Jeffrey Zients, and more.

Insight: “The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual’s private rights.” —Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780)

Editorial exegesis: “‘The government,’ wrote Frederic Bastiat, ‘is that great fiction by which everyone endeavors to live at the expense of everyone else.’ This incisive, tongue-in-cheek definition of the state, beloved by libertarians everywhere, is especially appropriate this week. Big COVID-era government, the data now demonstrate, has put millions of workers in a position in which their incentive is not to report to work and produce something of value in exchange for a wage, but rather to stay home and collect money from taxpayers for not working. In short, poor decisions by Democrats have created a larger-than-life version of what Bastiat described, at least for people at lower income levels.” —Washington Examiner

Tongue-in-cheek: “I just want to live in a country where Michell Obama, Oprah Winfrey, LeBron James, and Meghan Markle are no longer oppressed.” —Matt Walsh

Grand delusions: “Nobody is quite sure what lies behind the April jobs miss.” —NY Times columnist Paul Krugman

The BIG Lie: “Most of these Republicans have stood in front of a Rotary Club or a Kiwanis Club and given a speech about how we need to fix our bridges, roads, our highways, our infrastructure. People stand up and give speeches all the time about how people should have affordable childcare. It’s basic, basic things that we’re putting forward. And, again, I think they should have bipartisan support.” —White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain

Leftist rule of men: “The CDC guidance across time will allow vaccinated people more and more privileges to take off that mask.” —White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients

Non compos mentis: “Tim Scott has to switch parties. Join the Democrats, senator. Why? The South Carolina Republican senator told the truth when he said America is not a racist country. And that truth requires him to say that if white supremacist thinking, as inspired by former President Trump, becomes any stronger in the GOP, we risk becoming a racist country. He can’t give it a free pass without facing the charge that he is being used to cover up racism in the party of Trump.” —Juan Williams

And last… “You can’t assume gender but all cops are racist murderers.” —Kevin Sorbo

Who We Are

The Patriot Post is a highly acclaimed weekday digest of news analysis, policy and opinion written from the heartland — as opposed to the MSM’s ubiquitous Beltway echo chambers — for grassroots leaders nationwide. More

What We Offer

On the Web

We provide solid conservative perspective on the most important issues, including analysis, opinion columns, headline summaries, memes, cartoons and much more.

Via Email

Choose our full-length Digest or our quick-reading Snapshot for a summary of important news. We also offer Cartoons & Memes on Monday and Alexander’s column on Wednesday.

Our Mission

The Patriot Post is steadfast in our mission to extend the endowment of Liberty to the next generation by advocating for individual rights and responsibilities, supporting the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and promoting free enterprise, national defense and traditional American values. We are a rock-solid conservative touchstone for the expanding ranks of grassroots Americans Patriots from all walks of life. Our mission and operation budgets are not financed by any political or special interest groups, and to protect our editorial integrity, we accept no advertising. We are sustained solely by you. Please support The Patriot Fund today!


The Patriot Post and Patriot Foundation Trust, in keeping with our Military Mission of Service to our uniformed service members and veterans, are proud to support and promote the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, both the Honoring the Sacrifice and Warrior Freedom Service Dogs aiding wounded veterans, the National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program, the Folds of Honor outreach, and Officer Christian Fellowship, the Air University Foundation, and Naval War College Foundation, and the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. "Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

★ PUBLIUS ★

“Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” —George Washington

Please join us in prayer for our nation — that righteous leaders would rise and prevail and we would be united as Americans. Pray also for the protection of our Military Patriots, Veterans, First Responders, and their families. Please lift up your Patriot team and our mission to support and defend our Republic's Founding Principle of Liberty, that the fires of freedom would be ignited in the hearts and minds of our countrymen.

The Patriot Post is protected speech, as enumerated in the First Amendment and enforced by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, in accordance with the endowed and unalienable Rights of All Mankind.

Copyright © 2024 The Patriot Post. All Rights Reserved.

The Patriot Post does not support Internet Explorer. We recommend installing the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.