Jay is writer and editor, based in western Colorado. His work has appeared in Newsweek, The Washington Post, 5280, Reason, the Cato Institute, the Foundation for Economic Education, The Denver Post, Fatherly, Independent Voter Network, The Daily Sentinel, Colorado Politics, Delta County Independent, Ink 19, and The Montrose Monitor.
The president-elect uses conditional grammar to craft self-fulfilling speculative historical fiction.
Populism’s pronoun usage taps into the darker elements of the human condition.
How U.S. presidents habitually use—and abuse—pronouns to deceive.
Despite what you’ve heard, O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy didn’t set a legal precedent for the serial comma.
I invited guns, booze, and weed to my house — and the results were frightening.
In her sixth book, Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond, author and ska historian Heather Augustyn asks a simple question: In a movement so dedicated to principles of racial equality, why did gender equality flop in the ska scene?
Alternative title: “Oxford Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Obsessing and Become Ambivalent About the Serial Comma”
I didn’t know Paige Pierce, the woman shot and killed by a Delta County Sheriff's deputy. But I did know Richard Arreola. And I think his story may be helpful in light of recent events.
How this made-up judicial doctrine protects buffoonery, brutality, and everything in between.
Hard to believe that we are debating sex ed in my community, but here we are.
There is no immunity to scientific illiteracy or bad policies.
What if the arguments used to refute gun control were applied to immigration restrictions? Because what’s good for the Glock might be good for the Greenlander. (Or the Guatemalan, the Ghananian, or many other non-alliteration-based nationalities.)
Studies suggest that some gun-control policies are, at best, cartoonish.
Tales from the frontline of cancel culture by an easily spooked white dude.
Our obsession with the White House is misguided and the presidency is vastly overrated.
Conservatives and progressives seem to agree on one thing: the First Amendment is confusing.
I once thought that Lauren Boebert could be an ally for libertarians. That changes when I hosted her for a libertarian meetup.
What happens when cities and counties have their own ideas about a law that authorizes the seizure of guns from people who are mentally ill?
Posting “Finna be lit” on Snapchat shouldn’t have gotten Nathan Myers thrown out of school.
The latest attempt to undermine TABOR—Prop CC—is appropriately named because it is a double-down of the lies that were used to passed Ref. C in 2005.
Without legal mechanisms in place, the only option for arbitration in the black market is violence.
One of society’s most vulnerable groups is young people. And the only environment where young people can get help is one that is centered on legalization, acceptance, and treatment—not prohibition, fearmongering, and moralizing.
When his children needed to learn the truth about “Bart,” he pretended that he was “Brett” all along.
I am exhausted, but I will be forever thankful for the reasons why. Not realizing their grandeur would be foolish and selfish on my part.
The outcome of this case may bring clarity to the property rights of Americans living in the shadow of police militarization.
I could easily hang humanity out to dry for the actions of one man trapping my cats, but then I would be ignoring the overwhelming amount of people who helped me to find them.
Tuition markup, predatory lending, and moral hazard of higher education.
Online culture and politics can be a toxic combination, but it doesn't have to be if you follow these best practices.
