Why Film History Should Not Repeat Itself

Does history repeat itself in medicine?

AGAINST NATURE ? WHy ECOLOGISTS SHOULD NOT DIVERGE fROM NATURAL HISTORy

– A sort of dichotomy pervaded ecological studies in the last decades. On the one hand, an important part of ecologists had the diffuse perception that the observational approach of natural history had to fade away in favour of more formal experimental or modelling approaches. Others, on the other hand, had an increasing perception that these formal approaches were dismissing important cultural...

Flawed trials, flawed analysis: why CBP should avoid rating itself.

The views expressed in this editorial are in part derived from discussion that took place during March, 2006, among the individuals who make up the Technique Consortium. This is an intercollegiate group, consisting of technique department chairs and technique instructors, that meets once a year under the auspices of the Association of Chiropractic Colleges. Despite the benefit provided by the i...

Why History Repeats Itself in Eastern DR Congo

Observers of ten agree that ‘history repeats itself ’[1] in Eastern Congo – f rom the slavery condit ions imposed by Belgian King Leopold over Mobutu’s predatory state, to today’s armed milit ias. The reason why these ghosts come haunt ing Congo’s present is primarily related to unending compet it ion over the ‘right to protect ’ unfree populat ions; under the circumstances, this protect ion ra...

Why context should not count

John Agnew has performed a real service by writing an interesting paper and delivering an eloquent presentation on the topic at the annual meetings. His 'state of political geography' paper clearly and forcefully explains where the discipline is and should be in the near future. For the most part, I do not disagree with the many interesting points John Agnew makes. Indeed. I wish to be counted ...