Odious And Cerberus: An American Immigrant's Odyssey And His Free-Speech Legal War Against Smithsonian...

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Odious And Cerberus

An American Immigrant's Odyssey And His Free-Speech Legal War Against Smithsonian Corruption...

Julian Raven, Gloria Raven, Michelle Shelfer

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Julian Raven
27 May 2022

The Arts: General & Reference; Organisation & management of education; Government powers

"For more than 170 years, Americans have been enriched by the Smithsonian Institution's incredible archive of artifacts, displays, and knowledge in every field. This excellent resource was bequeathed to the American people by a mysterious English benefactor. However, today the Smithsonian is curated by some whose motives are not in harmony with the benefactor's will or the people the Institution was intended to serve. What began as a project ""for the increase and diffusion of knowledge"" has become yet another tool of ideologues who, along with mainstream media, academia, the arts, and other institutions, are dedicated to shaping our knowledge with an invisible hand to further an un-American cultural end.

Institutional transparency and clarity of mission are essential in protecting against those corrupt deeds that thrive under cover of darkness and confusion. In the case of the Smithsonian Institution, we find a conundrum of identity resulting in smoke and mirrors that enables a culture of corruption. It is uniquely ill-defined as a legal entity, which has been an open door for opportunists since its founding. Due to the efforts of dedicated members of Congress seeking Smithsonian accountability, we have been given a glimpse into some of the more recent examples of this corruption. We have good reason to be concerned, considering the bloated budget and influence of the Smithsonian.

In the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution, the founders spelled out a protection for the people of the United States against restricted speech. At the time of its writing, Americans had just broken free from England and declared their independence as a new nation. On the heels of this cataclysmic new birth, the founders looked not to government but to God and natural law as the highest source of authority in guarding freedom of thought, expression, and conscience. Congress shall make no law abridging free speech.

You are about to read a quintessentially American story about one man, an immigrant from England, and his struggle against a powerful institution. Was Raven's unalienable right of speech abridged-forbidden by Smithsonian curators with a political axe to grind-and his right to due process curtailed? This is a story about every American who seeks fairness, free speech, and due process of law. Raven's story cuts to the very heart of America's founding values of liberty for all. What will Lady Justice say in the contest between the influential, moneyed, and conveniently ill-defined Smithsonian Institution and one man backed by the Bill of Rights?

Craig Shirley is an acclaimed historian and the author of six books on President Reagan, including Reagan Rising, Rendezvous with Destiny, Reagan's Revolution, Last Act, and also the New York Times bestseller December 1941, and his most recent book April 1945: The Hinge of History. He is a regular commentator throughout the media and a contributor to national publications and was hailed by the London Telegraph as ""the best of the Reagan biographers."""

By: Julian Raven
Edited by: Gloria Raven, Michelle Shelfer
Imprint: Julian Raven
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 839g
ISBN: 9780578982236
ISBN 10: 0578982234
Pages: 506
Publication Date: 27 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julian Raven is an artist and author of the book 'Odious and Cerberus', which is a detailed account of a significant chapter in the life of an American immigrant. As a Naturalized American Citizen, Raven

Reviews for Odious And Cerberus: An American Immigrant's Odyssey And His Free-Speech Legal War Against Smithsonian Corruption

"""Julian Raven has written a wonderful book about his own Pilgrim's Progress confrontation with America's cultural and legal elite-a funny, revealing, and entertaining story of one man's struggle against overwhelming odds. ""Odious and Cerberus"" is in itself a work of art, as a self-portrait of the artist as Protestant Pilgrim. Must reading for anyone interested in America, Art, Law, Politics or Religion-or just in search of an entertaining read."" Laurence Jarvik, Author of expose'- 'PBS: Behind the Screen' ""Brilliant!"" Bill Donohue, the Catholic League (Smithsonian Art scandal in the book also.) ""Anyone who enjoys David versus Goliath stories should read Julian Raven's Odious and Cerberus...he won the war of principle."" -Scott Douglas Gerber, Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University and author of, among other books, A Distinct Judicial Power: The Origins of an Independent Judiciary, 1606-1787 ""Julian tells an epic tale of a vision quest and the tangled path endured in attempts to bring it to fruition. Part Odysseus, part Don Quixote, he tells an immigrant's tale of love for his country and reveals the opportunities it offers. Part memoir, part current events, sprinkled with doses of history and jurisprudence, it tells of Julian's tenacious efforts to bring his quest into full light."" Professor Emeritus, Coker College and Artist Jim Boden ""Bold! Entertaining!...Raven's love for God and country are inspiring."" Dr. Cary Shaw, Head of School at Twin Tiers Christian Academy, Breesport, New York ""Julian Raven is an 18- wheeler crashing through our timorous barriers. Odious and Cerberus is a forceful love letter to America, ...A book such as this could only be written by an unabashedly religious man with an extraordinary and catholic appreciation of the world."" Ashok Panikkar, Founder, MetaCulture ""Odious and Cerberus: is as timely a book as any can be. For it reveals exactly how Janus-faced one of our most revered 'governmental' institutions can be in its ideological, legal, and political maneuverings...should one run afoul of certain 'apparatchiks' therein for holding or painting or publishing the ""wrong"" perspective, watch out. Do let Mr. Raven tell you what that warning means by reading his book. I know that once you do, the Castle on the National Mall will remind you far less of James Smithson and far more of Franz Kafka."" Dr. Richard Von Sternberg, Evolutionary Biologist, 'Expelled- No Intelligence Allowed' by Ben Stein"