Dr. Rice lectured on the Natural Law and his great concern about the current state of our nation as to constitutional powers and the will to power.

We got started at about 7:15 with more than 700 in Auer Hall.

Jim Howard stressed the rule of law over the rule of men. (Lex Rex not Rex Lex)

Father Glenn Kohrman focused upon the heart of the Church's historic teachings as to balancing power and the proper goal of political power.

The crowd thinned a bit as the evening progressed.

Mike Kline took these fine pictures for us and thoroughly enjoyed the symposium.

Eager to hear from the four panelists

Dr. Clark Butler presented a paper that he had been working on that discussed the role of dialogue in the promotion of human rights and constitutional liberties.

Many are commenting that they really enjoyed the panel discussion.

The ginormous screen behind the panelists changed often, allowing all in the hall to multitask.

The Spring symposium's panel discussion will be longer than the lecture portion.

AS

We announced a Spring Symposium at our event last Friday night. The tentative title is “Mass Media in the Age of Obama … have we the right to disagree?” It will focus upon the duty to tell the truth in Mass Media and the headwinds against doing just that arising out  the doctrines of political correctness and governmental/corporate alliances.

This Symposium will take place in late February or early March.

We have two experts already lined up. One local, one from Paris. (As in France, not Indiana).  All who serve on the panel for this Symposium will be connected to the Mass Media or resistance to  the official political correctness movement at a high level.

How can you help?

By advising us.  If you were at the event last Friday night, what worked, what did not work?  Format, venue, final title, almost everything is on the table.

If you were not at the event but noted our publicity, what worked, what did not work?

If you did not hear about our event in time to come, what could we have done differently to get word to you?

Any insights, words of wisdom, thoughts to share?

Email them to archangelinstitute@gmail.com

Call them into (260) 423-1771 or (800) 399-4620

Or drop us a line at 827 Webster Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802

P.S.  Dr. Clark Butler has kindly filed his paper presented Friday night with us.  Email us to receive a copy of his address, which placed symposiums like last Friday’s at the top of the list of things that we can be doing to improve Human Rights and build society.  (Thanks again Dr. Butler)

Thanks to the more than 700 who attended our symposium last night.

Thanks even more to Dr. Clark Butler, Dr. Charles Rice, Jim Howard, Esq. and Fr. Glenn Kohrman.

(Listed in order as they presented)

The event was captured by Access Fort Wayne thanks to Sharon Kuhn, Christine Shrock and others on that fine team.

The event was also recorded by Huntington College thanks to a grant from a local pro-lifer.

More details on all the above to come.

Stay tuned …

If Moses was barred from the promise land for striking a Rock, how much trouble might we get in for bombing the Moon?

(Looking for Dr. Rice information?  Click here and/or keep paging down.)

Happy 79th Birthday to John R. Brown, great benefactor of the ArchAngel Institute and co-pilot (under President, Berenice) of the Donegal Corridor.

Neither would be off the ground without the leadership of this religiously motivated political dissent.  Thanks for living up to your namesake, Dad. 

This post ends with a big announcement, and then an interesting p.s. 

As the website demonstrates, the ArchAngel Institute is now charging full speed ahead.

I (Bryan) am lining up speaking engagements for the fall as well as some other very exciting opportunities.

I have been working with the Hoosier Patriots Coalition to channel the Tea Party zeal into God-fearing and Constitution-honoring productive avenues.  The Sept 11 March on DC was fantastic!  My pictures (and much more) are posted at www.hoosierpatriots.blogpsot.com

ArchAngel is putting on the Dr. Charles Rice event.  Senator Lugar cannot be on our symposium.  No word yet from Senator Bayh or Congressman Souder.  We have other invites outstanding, and some we yet asking.    I called Joan Uebelhoer and had a quite enjoyable conversation.  She would be on the panel if not for a prior appointment.  (Pray for Joan’s health.  She has hit 80 with a sharp mind and wit, but her body could use a Divine touch.) 

I have also written the Fort Wayne Free Thinkers and asked them to put one of their atheists on our panel.  No word yet.  Pray for them, too.

I have also asked other local politicians.  If you have a good recommendation, now is the time to share it.

We have some great panelists from the Right, just having a difficult time getting commitments from the Left.  Could be they think that now that they control almost all of the government there is no need for dialogue.   Sounds much like a chapter from Animal Farm, no?

OK, with no further adieu, here is the big announcement.  Save December 8, 2009, Tuesday on your calendar for a very special evening with the ArchAngel Institute.   We are putting together an event that our friends will not want to miss.  It is a guaranteed interesting evening. 

p.s.  I am still neck deep in my now 30 month old application to join the Indiana bar.  (By way of comparative example, I just read a case from Montana in which the character and fitness committee rejected an applicant in three … get this … weeks.)  More on that subject on December 8. 

Some are concerned that the title for Professor Rice’s lecture and our symposium is a tad bit too radical … or disrespectful.

The Constitution in the Age of Obama? 

Was it wrong for Newsweek’s to entitle a lead article “The Age of Obama” last year?

Gwen Ifell, that paragon of  objectivity, would not think so!

How about this event, happening next weekend at a prestigious Virgina University?

First African and African American Studies Conference

“African Identities in the Age of Obama”

To provide a critical forum for the continuedexamination of African identities, the African and African American Studies(AAAS) Program at George Mason University (GMU) proposes a multidisciplinaryconference entitled “African identities in the Age of Obama.” This internationalmeeting of scholars and students will be held on October 8-10, 2009, on themain GMU campus in Fairfax, Virginia….Contributions that engage critically with notions of Africanidentity in the age of Obama are especially welcome.

Or finally, how about this work (available on Amazon) that asks the same questions as we are, albeit in a foriegn policy framework.  (Cover at right)

Bottomline:  Be Not Afraid!

Go forth BOLDLY and SEIZE THE DAY!

October 1, on the 60th anniversary of dialectical materialism’s greatest triumph (see picture of the Empire State building lit red and gold to celebrate Chairman Mao’s victory) Senators Evan Bayh, Richard Lugar and Congressman Mark Souder received the following invitation to appear on the panel of our Rice Lecture symposium.  None of our elected federal officials have yet answered our invitation.  We post this so that you, the people, might also invite them to join us in  this important discussion.

October 1, 2009

[Federal elected official]

We at the ArchAngel Institute, Inc. would be honored to have you on our panel of distinguished commentators at our October 16, 2009 event at Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, and thus are asking that of you.

Details on the event can be found at www.archangelinstitute.org

We are hosting Dr. Charles Rice, Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law at Notre Dame University, for a lecture entitled “The Constitution in the Age of Obama.”  We are hosting this event due to our concern about the rampant growth of our federal government over the past decades, but especially in 2009.

We are concerned that this growth of the federal government threatens ancient doctrines of subsidiary, and thus the rights of all other governments in our social order, from the family, to local governance and to state governance.  We are also concerned that this rapid growth of the federal government seems bent on displacing many activities that were traditionally managed by the private, and even familial, sector of our society.

On this day in which the world is marking revolutionary change in Asia we find ourselves concerned about potentially revolutionary changes taking place in America.

We are thus bringing Dr. Rice to Fort Wayne to discuss these themes in the Rinehart Music Center, Auer Hall, on the IPFW campus at 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 16, 2009.  The lecture will be followed by a moderated panel.  We are pleased that the moderator will be Andrew Downs, Director of the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics.  We look forward to an interesting and diverse discussion after Dr. Rice’s lecture.

To meet that goal we are seeking out distinguished panelists who can speak authoritatively to the most pressing issues confronting our nation. Few in our community can do that better than yourself.  Thus we are inviting you to serve on our panel and add your comments to Dr. Rice’s to enrich us all with a better understanding of the challenging times in which we live.

We at the ArchAngel Institute thank you in advance for considering this request.

Sincerely,

Bryan J. Brown

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You might want to contact these federal officials and request that they to join us on the evening of  October 16:

Senator Evan Bayh:  http://bayh.senate.gov/

Senator Richard Lugar:  http://lugar.senate.gov/

Congressman Mark Souder: http://souder.house.gov/