Jay Stooksberry

The history of ceasefires is plagued by continued violence, ranging from "moderate shooting" to full-scale offensives.

With U.S. strikes on Iran underway, Trump allies are carefully avoiding language that could trigger War Powers limits.

From Korea to Iran, the United States has employed countless euphemisms that not only obscure the true nature of its wars but also the constitutional limits designed to constrain them.

Diagnosed with Level 2 Autism, Hope has been nonverbal most of her life, making traditional learning a challenge. And like many students (especially the...

Today marks the beginning of National School Choice Week — an annual reminder that all students deserve schools that best meet their academic needs. Inevitably,...

The Delta County School District (DCSD) board recently voted to hire a third-party recruiter to find a replacement for Superintendent Caryn Gibson. But the search is off to a rocky

Once a neutral term meaning to migrate back or return, "remigration" has evolved into a euphemism for forced deportation.

The Delta County School District appears ready to run headfirst into the culture wars. And it’s going to cost us.

Of all the political issues we endure, childhood hunger — I assumed — would somehow rise above the fray. But I was wrong. Somehow, feeding...

How the Democrat decides on the Republican-backed Education Choice for Children Act will test the party’s bigger waters.

Pennsylvania cyber charters serve about 60,000 students statewide.

The Associated Press recently won in court, challenging Trump's decision to exclude the news organization from the White House press pool

Whatever you do, don't bullshit yourself.

One perk that may materialize from Elon Musk upending the federal bureaucracy is the downfall of the government’s obsessive use of abbreviations.

Though awkward and antiquated, the Second Amendment’s syntax and grammar unambiguously protect gun rights.

The president-elect can't tell political asylum from an insane asylum. But a little linguistic history reveals a more compelling American tradition.

The president-elect uses conditional grammar to craft self-fulfilling speculative historical fiction.

Politicians use first-person plural pronouns (we and us) to insincerely build a collective identity, and use third-person pronouns (they and them) to divide and conquer.

American history brims with executive overuse of first-person personal pronouns.

You have 2 free member-only stories left this month. Sign up for Medium and get an extra one. Despite what you’ve heard, O’Connor v. Oakhurst Dairy didn’t set a legal precedent for the serial comma. “For want of a comma, we have this case.” These are…