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From 2011 through 2017, after 28 years of publishing The Pivot Review, Dr. Strauss  instead began blogging thoughts and articles. We hope you are stimulated, challenged, and inspired by this collection of of over 1000 thoughts and articles.

A Rose By Any Other Name…

I’m personally not hung up on the term “innate”, not attached to it. Some want to get rid of it. Some would be satisfied if we would ignore it or use terms like mother nature, the wisdom of the body, viz medicatrix naturae, terms that the public already knows and understands… but not as we ... Read more
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Quote-Planned Parenthood's Recent Incident

I think BJ said, “As long as it is profitable to search for a cure for disease no cure will ever be found”.
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Engrafting

Originally the word engrafting in the Greek had the connotation of being impregnated, that is, taking on a whole new character but still maintaining some or many of the qualities or characteristics of the original organism. DNA testing for paternity establishment is perhaps the best modern example of the concept. I’ve told the story before ... Read more
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Substance

Definition: 1.The essential nature, essence or essential part. 2.The ultimate reality that underlies all outward manifestations and change 3b. The matter of particular property The substance between the metaphysical law of gravity and the metaphysical force of gravity is matter. You cannot experience the expression of that universal force unless you drop your keys or ... Read more
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I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.- author, C.S. Lewis
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An Historical Observation

Part of the problem in the history of chiropractic was that before it could evolve,develop, grow into and be presented as what it should be (based upon the 33 principles), it was appropriated and grafted into the practice of medicine by those in chiropractic who were not willing or unable to give up their outside-in world ... Read more
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Natural Law

There are a number of approaches to natural law and it is helpful to understand each of them. They include: Anti-teleological naturalism. This is the predominant view. It hold that natural functions are purely blind natural causes with no end purpose. Methodological naturalism. This view holds that there may be more to life than just ... Read more
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We not called to be successful; we are called to be faithful.-Mother Teresa
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The Division between Traditional Chiropractic and Objective Chiropractic

The Division between Traditional Chiropractic and Objective Chiropractic and everything else for that matter is pretty simple. What Are We Really All About? What is the objective of the chiropractor, not only with regard to the individual practice member but with regard to the world as a whole? Chiropractors have been seeking an answer to ... Read more
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Psychosomatic Disorder

A psychosomatic disorder is not necessarily the imagining of a medical problem, or imagining the symptoms of a medical problem. It is the matter of the educated brain affecting the matter of the rest of the body. There are examples of it in a normal state. One is purposely holding your breath.
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