Catching my eye: morning A through Z

Here’s what’s caught my eye this morning:

  • Have you seen the poster from the “World Without Zionism” conference at which Iranian President Ahmadinejad delivered a call to “wipe Israel from the face of the earth”? Are you sure? Check out this must-read post from A Daily Briefing on Iran.

    There are four major strains in American foreign policy thought: Hamiltonian (economic nationalists), Wilsonian (internationalist idealists), Jacksonian (populist nationalists), and Jeffersonian (isolationists). Our policy in the Middle East was a Hamiltonian one for many years. An attack on U. S. forces or interests would no doubt be seen as the complete failure of the Wilsonian policy that’s currently being pursued there. If the Iranian regime’s words are more than just bluster, presumably they’re counting on a Jeffersonian response. I think a Jacksonian response is far more likely.

  • Even from something as grim as the Iranian threat humor can be drawn. Check out this cartoon from Dry Bones. Hat tip: Davids Medienkritik.
  • Caffeine, pho, and facial piercing. Gerard Vanderleun of American Digest is back again posting from his new home in Seattle.
  • Gary Farber of Amygdala is posting up a storm again, too, with movie reviews, observations about White House cookbooks, and comments about the Libby indictment.
  • Boudicca, who recently weathered Hurricane Wilma, lays into those who refused to plan and are now whining to be taken care of.
  • Lawrence Solum of Legal Theory Blog has posted another installment in his ongoing “Legal Theory Lexicon”. This time his subject is deontology.

That’s the lot.

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