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AUGUST 2005

August 6, 2005

This morning we drove out to Oak Brook Illinois, and dropped off Lael, who is going to be starting the Oak Brook College of Law this week. The college is mostly distance learning, but they have a one week orientation in Oklahoma City.    Lael is driving out to the orientation with a couple of people who are going from this area.     We will pick him up from the Oak Brook center next Sunday.    Also if you are not familiar with the ministry of the Institute of Basic Life Principles, (from which the college was birthed) you should look at their website.  

Posted by Joel Weinberger |

August 4, 2005
Witherspoon School
Last week I was privileged to attend the Witherspoon School of Law and Public Policy with my father and brother. This tremendous conference, organized by Doug Phillips and the Vision Forum, does a superb job of applying a presuppositionally Biblical worldview to the areas of law and government.  Since I can’t say enough good things about it, I won’t try to right now. Instead, I would like to share some of our photos from the Witherspoon School with you.

The Witherspoon School is held in the Mimslyn Inn, Luray, Virginia, in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.  It is the very place that my grandparents (on my father's side) had their honeymoon almost sixty years ago!

It was great to meet other Witherspoon attendees upon arriving at the Dulles Airport.  We seemed to naturally find each other. 

Doug Phillips addresses the assembly.

With Justice Tom Parker of the Alabama Supreme Court (left to right, my father David Weinberger, me, Justice Parker, and my brother Joel).  This remarkable man worked for Chief Justice Roy Moore, and was fired along with him in 2003 for supporting the acknowledgement of God with the Ten Commandments monument.  Justice Parker then ran for and won a position on the Supreme Court himself.  It was simply wonderful to meet this man who is doing much to restore Biblical foundations to our legal system.

Matt Chancey (left), me, and Joel.  Mr. Chancey was campaign manager for Justice Parker's successful race for the Alabama Supreme Court.

Dr. Paul Jehle addresses the assembly.

Two former presidential candidates are in this picture.  You may not have heard of these men before, but you should definitely find out about them.  Standing in the center is Michael Peroutka, and seated at right is Howard Phillips (father of Doug).  Both are Godly, honorable men, who stand on principles against the pragmatic relativism of our time.

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore delivers a speech on the battle for the acknowledgement of God by government.

Brian Howell confers with Justice Parker.  Mr. Howell does an excellent job in the demanding position of Director of Conferences for Vision Forum.

Nathaniel Darnell and his brother Joseph (both homeschool graduates and founders of Valor Visual Media) filmed the conference.

One of the greatest joys of this conference was spending time personally with the wonderful people there, speakers and attendees.  It was great to be around so many like-minded men, to make new friends and see old ones.

One final note: to get a sample of Witherspoon, be sure to check out the audio series available from Vision Forum.

 

Churchill Wasn’t Talking About Iraq
My musings (July 21) about what Churchill might have thought about Iraq prompted a response from my good friend Christopher Triebold. He highlights the differences between Iraq in the 2000s and Germany in the 1930s:

    “I do not think a constitutional monarchy would work. Because of the tri-racial society (Kurd, Sunni, Shiite) it would be impossible to chose a fair monarch; only a democracy could fairly represent all parties. Also the difference between Germany and Iraq is great; the race, religion and history are all very different. [I do not think that these differences, great as they are, are necessarily for the better – Lael.] The Germans were bitter towards the foreign invaders, on the other hand millions of Iraqis were willing to risk their lives just to vote, and over one hundred thousand have volunteered to fight for their county against the terrorists (in fact I believe over half of the casualties in the coalition forces are Iraq security forces).”

| Posted by Lael Weinberger |