John Shelton

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | John Shelton

Benji Backer, executive chairman and founder of the American Conservation Coalition, recently took to X in hysterics over the Senate reconciliation bill’s inclusion of the HOUSES Act, a proposal to use a minuscule fraction of our excessive federal land stock to address the housing crisis. In his post, Backer said Senate Republicans were “secretly trying to sell 3 MILLION acres of America’s public land for development.

Aug 9, 2024 | nationalaffairs.com | Steven A. Camarota |Howe Whitman III |Daniel Wiser |John Shelton

August 11, 2024 The chaos at the border in recent years has cast into stark relief one of the central issues surrounding illegal immigration: its fiscal costs. Unfortunately, most discussions on the subject tend to be filled with misconceptions, half-truths, and even outright falsehoods. The evidence indicates that illegal immigrants are almost certainly a net drain on our public fisc — but not for the reasons many activists put forth.

Jun 18, 2024 | nationalaffairs.com | Howe Whitman III |Daniel Wiser |John Shelton |Dean Ball

June 23, 2024 Politics requires building coalitions in order to win elections. For those on the right, this means there is no alternative but to pursue some kind of fusionism among its competing elements. A revitalized fusionism would not look quite like the right's prior successful coalitions, however: It would need to account for 21st-century realities, which means it will need to put family policy at the forefront of its agenda.

Aug 31, 2023 | dockets.justia.com | John Shelton |Erin Moore |Jacque L Pearsall

Plaintiff: Samantha J Wishon Defendant: Oklahoma Department of Public Safety and Oklahoma Highway Patrol Case Number: 5:2023cv00768 Filed: August 31, 2023 Court: US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma Presiding Judge: Bernard M Jones Nature of Suit: Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities - Employment Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1331 Fed.

Jul 19, 2023 | washingtonexaminer.com | Adam Carrington |John Shelton |Dan Newhouse |Jon Miltimore

Despite the many economic challenges people are facing today, including stubbornly high inflation and 401ks that are still reeling from the worst stock market drop since 2008, many contend that we’re witnessing the triumph of “Bidenomics.”The White House has been touting statistics showing 13.2 million jobs have been created during the Biden administration and that the unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in June. Not bad, right?