NEW JERSEY EAGLE FORUM HOSTS SUCCESSFUL MEETING. On short notice, about 60 New Jersey Eagles rallied to attend a special morning event on May 1 at the Chester Public Library to hear Eagle President Phyllis Schlafly discuss the exciting and important projects in which Eagle Forum members are engaged. She told about Eagle Forum battles on immigration and supremacist judges. She also reminded the group of Eagle Forum's many educational projects, including the two radio programs, the Education Reporter, Eagle Forum University where over 7926 people have taken courses on the internet, the upcoming Collegians Summit to be held in Washington July 10-11, and the Library and Archives at the Center in St. Louis. She urged all to join Eagle Forum's Alert system so they can be a part of grassroots action.
PHYLLIS SPEAKS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. Phyllis's visit with New Jersey Eagles was made possible because she was a speaker at Columbia University in New York City on the evening of April 30. Sponsored by the Columbia Political Union, the event was billed as "Friendly Fire with Phyllis Schlafly." The format was for a Columbia Professor of History to ask Phyllis questions for an hour, followed by Q&A from the large roomful of students. Most of the questions were about feminism, but other questions concerned immigration and national sovereignty. The surprising format made for a very interesting evening.
MERCK GHOSTWRITERS + DISTINGUISHED DOCTORS' NAMES = EASY CREDITABILITY? While the problem may be widespread in the pharmaceutical industry, Merck is specifically pointed out for first allowing employees to draft dozens of research studies on Vioxx and then asking prestigious doctors to add their names before submitting the articles for publication. "It almost calls into question all legitimate research that's been conducted by the pharmaceutical industry with the academic physician," said Dr. Ross from The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Merck's pain drug Vioxx was pulled from the shelf in 2004 after it was linked to causing heart attacks; Merck also developed the HPV vaccine Gardasil.
NYTimes.com, 4-16-08.
NEW EAGLE FORUM ARCHIVES WEBSITE. The new website caters to students and researchers who are engaged in primary document research.
Eagle Forum's archives are not accessible online, but the website allows researchers to view the types and series of documents in the Eagle Forum
Collection located at the Education Center in St. Louis. http://www.eagleforumarchives.org/
NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. You've heard about Obama's big victory, but you probably won't see in the mainstream media that John McCain got only about 70% of Republican votes. Almost 30% chose Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee, Alan Keyes, or 'undecided.'
EAGLE OF THE WEEK
Carole Griffin, Florida Eagle Forum President, reports another victory over ERA. The feminists attempted to persuade the Florida State Legislature to pass ERA (even though the Supreme Court has declared it dead). Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-CO) moved to Florida and has been assisting this project. A hearing was held on April Fool's Day, at which a half dozen
feminists made their usual phony arguments about American women being mistreated. Carole, who had only one-third as much time as the feminists, testified against ERA, making our usual powerful arguments. On May 2, the Florida Legislature adjourned for the year without taking any action on ERA. Thank you, Carole, for standing guard, year after year.
EAGLE COLLEGIAN WINS FREE SPEECH VICTORY AT GEORGIA TECH. Ruth Malhotra, Eagle
Collegian, won a lawsuit against Georgia Tech's "Safe Space" program filed by
the Alliance Defense Fund on Orit Sklar's and her behalf. A federal judge ruled
that the university's pro-homosexual "Safe Space" policy favored one religion
over another, making it unconstitutional. AllianceDefenseFund.org,
5-1-08.
TRAINING UP THE NEXT GENERATION. Do you know any college students with leadership potential? Make sure they don't miss this year's Eagle
Collegians Summit in Washington D.C. The Summit is free except for a $10 seat registration fee. Scholarship for travel is available, but the deadline is May
15! Visit EFCollegians.org for more info.
RECRUITING IN UNUSUAL PLACES. The Marines are now placing ads in magazines marketed torwards young women such as Shape, Self, and Fitness
for the first time. They have also started placing ads in La Raza newspaper, a Spanish newspaper sympathetic to illegal aliens. NYTimes.com,
4-21-08.
GRAB AN EAGLE FORUM ALERT STICKER! Eagle Forum has formed a partnership with CapWiz, an online advocacy system that offers users an
easy way to contact your federal elected officials. Help spread the word about issues important to Eagle Forum by placing an Eagle Forum Alert Sticker on your
website. The Alert Sticker will instantly update your website when we post a new alert. Your users can click through our alerts to an area where they can send an
email (pre-written or uniquely your own) or get contact information to call Members and talking points written by Eagle Forum staff. The Eagle Forum Alert
Sticker code may be found here: http://capwiz.com/eagleforum/remotecontent/remotesticker
LISTEN TO PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY LIVE. Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 12 noon (CST) on 40 stations across the country. Also accessible on the Internet: at Bott Radio Network. This week, Phyllis will talk with John Corcoran about literacy being crucial to our children's future success. Please join us at 1-800-736-3202.
POLITICKLES
by F.R. Duplantier
RUN FOR THE ROSE GARDEN
In her desperate bid for the crown,
She has found herself trailing Big Brown;
At the end of the race
Is a lame second place
And the prospect of being put
down."
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