War Legislation against Alcoholic Liquor and Prostitution

300: Cultural Stereotypes and War against Barbarism

During the era of Bush administration and post-September 11th anti-terrorism discourse, the movie 300 was one of the best exemplar of a close relationship between Hollywood pop culture products and the neo-conservatives’ political discourse of nationalism. From my point of view, 300 is not an example of outstanding artistic films, but a film that more than any other film contains an Iranophobic...

The War against Mosquitos

To the Editor of "The Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,? Many thanks for publishing my letter about Mosquito Brigades. My book on this subject is now nearly out. I enclose a list of our publications, and sent you some days ago my First Progress Sierra Leone Report. Now we send Annett and Dutton's Filaria Report, which you will see is a valuable work. Well, I do not think much has yet been done agai...

Air War Against Pests

T. HE AIRPLANE holds a bright new hope in the farmers' uphill struggle with insects. Since 1922, when Department engineers and entomologists developed a practical method for dusting cottonfields with calcium arscnatc to protect the crop against the boll weevil, commercial airplane dusting has become routine, particularly in cultivated fields that spread over a wide area unbroken by trees or shr...

Medical anthropology against war.

In my 2006 presidential address on “Medical Anthropology at the Intersections,” I attempted to convey all of my high hopes for medical anthropology in the new millennium (Inhorn 2007). We are nearly 50 years old as a discipline, and we are on the verge of numerous, exciting intersections with multiple fields. At the 2007 meeting, I announced our plans for the first independent Society for Medic...

Arguments against helmet legislation are flawed.