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Jay Stooksberry

No, the Oxford comma didn’t win in court

Despite what you’ve heard, O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy didn’t set a legal precedent for the serial comma.

11 min readJun 5, 2023

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No, the Oxford comma didn’t win in court

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Jay Stooksberry

Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Inanimate Object?

I invited guns, booze, and weed to my house — and the results were frightening.

4 min readApr 27, 2023

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Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Inanimate Object?

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Jay Stooksberry

The Oxford comma is overrated

Alternative title: “Oxford Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Obsessing and Become Ambivalent About the Serial Comma”

13 min readDec 27, 2022

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The Oxford comma is overrated

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Jay Stooksberry

An Open Letter to the Chair of the Delta County Republican Party — and Why He’s Wrong About the…

The chairman of the Delta County GOP wrote about the City of Delta’s charter commission. Here’s why nearly everything he wrote was wrong.

11 min readOct 21, 2022

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An Open Letter to the Chair of the Delta County Republican Party — and Why He’s Wrong About the…

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Jay Stooksberry

Defending against state violence — and why the NAP is crap

Murray Rothbard, John Brown, and Timothy McVeigh walk into a bar — and other reasons why the non-aggression principle is an unfunny…

13 min readSep 12, 2022

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Defending against state violence — and why the NAP is crap

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Jay Stooksberry

The Singular They: Grammar vs. Style

Lately, I’m seeing versions of the following rant: “The singular ‘they’ is grammatically incorrect. If you don’t know the gender of the…

3 min readMar 14, 2022

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The Singular They: Grammar vs. Style

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Jay Stooksberry

Texas Abortion Law: A Quick Rant

Partisans on both sides of the aisle need to take a deep breath, take a step back, and reconsider the recent Supreme Court decision.

4 min readSep 3, 2021

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Texas Abortion Law: A Quick Rant

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Jay Stooksberry

Schrödinger’s Conservative vs. Schrödinger’s Progressive

What happens if we applied Schrödinger’s thought experiment to modern politics?

4 min readAug 22, 2021

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Schrödinger’s Conservative vs. Schrödinger’s Progressive

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Jay Stooksberry

Evicting government from the housing market

Government, whether at the federal or local, is quite the deadbeat tenant when it comes to housing.

4 min readMay 20, 2021

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Evicting government from the housing market

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Jay Stooksberry

We ain’t getting any younger

Our declining birth rate may put the squeeze on younger generations.

4 min readMay 10, 2021

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We ain’t getting any younger

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Jay Stooksberry

Jay Stooksberry

Wisenheimer. Rabblerouser. Regular dude. Literal & figurative hole digger. Grocery sherpa. Doting dad. Bylines: @reason, @cato, @FeeOnline, and others.

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