U.S. pursues Arctic claim, 5-13-08

The United States is spending $5.6 million this year on scientific research in support of a claim to large amounts of oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean that it does not have the legal right to make.

The money is being spent to prove that the foot of the U.S. continental slope off Alaska's coast extends beyond the 200-nautical-mile limit that any country can claim as part of its territory under the U.N. Law of the Sea treaty — which the U.S. Senate has never ratified.

"Because of [climate] changes, everyone wants to understand what the implications are," said Claudia A. McMurray, assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs.

The recent ice-melting in the Arctic has made the region's natural riches more accessible, and the race to lay claim to those resources is in full speed. But the politically charged U.S. debate over ratifying the agreement raises questions about the U.S. ability to keep up in the race.

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Pro-Life Congressman Will Head Up Republican Convention Platform Committee

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-life Congressman has been selected to head up the Republican Party's platform committee at its upcoming convention. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a freshman California lawmaker, will lead the panel the last week of August to craft the party's positions on abortion and other issues.

Read entire article, 5-02-08

Jessica Echard on Fox News, 5-07-08

Jessica Echard discusses Newt Gingrich's comment on Republican Party reform with Shepard Smith.

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Statement on Phyllis Schlafly's honorary degree, 5-06-08

May 6, 2008 -- Over the years, Washington University, like many universities across the nation, has chosen to grant honorary degrees to noted individuals from around the world, as well as those alumni and members of the University community who have become a part of the broad public discourse on vital issues of the times — whether or not the majority of those within its community agree with the views expressed by those individuals.

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Good News: University Defends Decision to Honor Phyllis Schlafly

Faced with threats of protests, Washington University officials are standing by their decision to honor Phyllis Schlafly, founder and president of Eagle Forum, with an honorary doctorate.

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Conservative Groups To Send Letter Asking Bush To Revive Domestic Family Planning Gag Rule, 5-07-08

Nearly 80 conservative groups have signed a letter that will be sent to President Bush Tuesday, asking him to ban federal funding for family planning groups that provide abortion referrals or share facilities with abortion providers, according to Tom McClusky, vice president of government affairs at the Family Research Council, The Hill reports. Concerned Women for America and the Eagle Forum are also involved in the push. Former President Reagan first issued regulations more than 20 years ago, which were in effect only briefly. Former President Clinton rescinded the ban soon after he took office in 1993.

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Poverty bill could cost taxpayers billions, 5-07-08

A media critic is warning that a Senate bill sponsored by Barack Obama that purports to fight global poverty amounts to an unfunded mandate on federal government.

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Eagle Collegian speaks out in support of Schlafly

While a group of Washington University students oppose the University's decision to award Eagle Forum President Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree, Eagle Collegian and Washington University student Rachel Wisdom spoke out in support Mrs. Schlafly and the University's decision.

Wisdom, an intern last summer at the Eagle Forum Education Center, started her own FacebookSchlafly. She was quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch saying: "I think the controversy is absolutely ridiculous. If students claim to be open-minded and tolerant, they shouldn't care." STLToday.com, 5-6-08.

Choose Life License Plates available in MO

Jefferson City, MO (LifeNews.com) -- After a long and successful legal battle, Missouri residents are now able to support adoption efforts with the purchase of a Choose Life license plate. Plate supporters unveiled the artwork for the plate in a capital reception surrounding by leaders of pro-life groups and state legislation. LifeNews.com, 5-2-08.

Missourians can get a Choose Life license plates by going to the Choose Life of Missouri website at http://chooselifemissouri.org/.

President of Eagle Forum Phyllis Schlafly says: "It is wonderful that Missouri now has the Choose Life license plate. I am sure that all pro-life and pro-adoption Missourians will enjoy

proclaiming the Choose Life message on their car! I know I will!"

Phyllis Schlafly shelled by college flak, 5-06-08

Eagle Forum founder, advocate for mothers, wives draws opposition

More than 1,200 people are expressing outrage at a university decision to honor Phyllis Schlafly with an honorary doctorate of humane letters for her national leadership of the conservative movement and are calling for the college to withdraw its invitation.

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ProEnglish Sends Letter to President Bush Signed by 15 Organizations Condemning Mexican Truck Drivers' English Waiver as a Safety Hazard, 5-05-08

ARLINGTON, Va., May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ProEnglish, an
Arlington, Va.-based national organization that advocates for official
English, released a letter to President Bush today, urging him to order
U.S. Department of Transportation to stop allowing Mexican truck drivers
involved in the NAFTA demonstration project to demonstrate their
"proficiency in English" by answering questions in Spanish.

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Hillary Clinton Puts American Families in Danger: 'I will not enforce laws against sanctuary cities.', 5-02-08

WASHINGTON, May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic presidential
contender Hillary Clinton finally agreed to appear on the highly-rated Fox
News show The O'Reilly Factor. Her interview, which was taped earlier this
week while she was campaigning in South Bend, Indiana, was broadcast on The
Factor over two consecutive nights. Last night, part two of "Hillary in the
No Spin Zone" aired, and she was asked questions on the topics of foreign
policy, the War on Terror, and illegal immigration. When Bill O'Reilly
turned to the immigration debate, he asked, "Will you shut down sanctuary
cities?" Hillary responded, "No, I will not."

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Border fence fiasco

Last week Customs and Border Protection officials reported that two months after Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff approved a $20 million virtual fence along a 28-mile stretch in Arizona (called Project 28), the fence was scrapped as impractical and ineffective.

Is anyone really shocked by this security fence fiasco? Another government solution bites the dust.

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Washington University to award Phyllis Schlafly honorary degree at 147th Commencement , 4-28-08

Schlafly, a native St. Louisan and two-time Washington University graduate, has been a national leader of the conservative movement since the 1964 publication of her book, "A Choice Not An Echo." With 3 million copies sold, it is listed as one of 10 best-selling conservative books of the past 50 years.

A prolific writer, Schlafly is the author or editor of 20 books on subjects as varied as the judiciary, family and feminism, nuclear strategy, child care and education.

She earned a bachelor's in political science in Arts & Sciences from Washington University in 1944; a master's in political science from Harvard University in 1945; and a juris doctorate from Washington University School of Law in 1978.

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H-1Bs: Still Not the Best and the Brightest

In pressuring Congress to expand the H-1B work visa and employment-based green card programs, industry lobbyists have recently adopted a new tack. Seeing that their past cries of a tech labor shortage are contradicted by stagnant or declining wages, their new buzzword is innovation. Building on their perennial assertion that the foreign workers are “the best and the brightest,” they now say that continued U.S. leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hinges on our ability to import the world’s best engineers and scientists. Yet, this Backgrounder will present new data analysis showing that the vast majority of the foreign workers — including those at most major tech firms — are people of just ordinary talent, doing ordinary work. They are not the innovators the industry lobbyists portray them to be.

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Patent Bill Should Die, 4-22-08

The so-called Patent Reform Act is fundamentally flawed. It combines many bad provisions. Some of the worst parts of the bill include a new, administrative route to challenge patents after they are granted, the ability to infringe a patent without having to pay back what the patented product is truly worth, giving a patent to the first party to file an application rather than the traditional first-to-invent standard, and forcing publication of patent applications at 18 months.

A group of the largest high-tech firms is pushing this legislation, which certain lawmakers are all too eager to accommodate. In short, though, S. 1145 and H.R. 1908 would destroy what the Founding Fathers put into the Constitution with the specific intent of stimulating invention.

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Pro-lifers urge passage of legislation, 4-25-08

What would it mean to Tennessee if SJR 127 passed the House of Representatives?

Some people think it would mean all abortions in Tennessee would instantly become illegal.

In fact, it would mean that Tennessee voters would be allowed to vote on whether the amendment should become part of the Tennessee Constitution, according to David Fowler, of Family Action Tennessee. He is a former state senator.

Read entire article, 4-25-08

Rosalind Kress Haley, 'true southern belle,' dies at 97

Rosalind "Ros" Kress Haley, who has been hailed as a vigorous force for the conservative movement and deemed a "true southern belle," admired for her elegance and resolve, died early Wednesday in Midland Memorial Hospital's Hospice Midland Inpatient Unit after suffering a series of strokes. She was 97. MyWestTexas.com, 4-24-08.