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Classically, the chiropractic idea of deduction is looking at the whole and drawing conclusions about the parts in contrast to induction which looks at the parts and draws a conclusion/inference about the whole. The problem we have always had with induction is our limited knowledge about the depth and breath of the parts and how ... Read more

Years ago Thom Gelardi made the statement that the closer professions get in their objective the more they resemble each other. As I see the general appearance of chiropractic , I can see the problem that the chiropractic community faces today. When gasoline was $.25 a gallon automobiles had an individual and distinctive look about ... Read more

The only equality in life occurs at birth when we are all born with 100% innate intelligence and 0% educated intelligence. After that the former stays the same, the latter increases unequally, making us no longer equal.

The greatest knowledge we have as chiropractors is the understanding of how little we do in the “work of chiropractic”. The more we apply that knowledge in our attitudes, our explanation to the public, the more effective we are as chiropractors.

I would maintain that the correct answer is “Wrong”. A right thing should be done at the right time, in the right manner, and for the right reason. Unfortunately too many have bought into Joseph Fletcher’s Situation Ethics philosophy that the end justifies the means. Telling certain stories in the media which are untrue to ... Read more

A reader wrote (years ago in a personal letter): “When faced with questions from lay people about why under certain circumstances healing sometimes fails to occur in spite of this wondrous innate intelligence we espouse, we fall back on the concept of limitations of matter. I believe it is not matter which is limiting , ... Read more

BJ made many changes during the course of his writing and his lifetime. Perfect example is the Meric system. Why should we conclude that the thinking and developing of the chiropractic philosophy ceased when he died?

A response is the normal innate activity as a result of an abnormal situation. It occurs in the absence of or in the presence of vertebral subluxation. (Just a little better without vertebral subluxation) A reaction is the abnormal activity in the body due to limitations of matter which may or may not be the ... Read more

It’s not enough to just say we are subluxation-centered. We must clearly explain WHY we are. Subluxation-centered only states WHAT we do. Traditional chiropractic seems to me to leave the WHY open and I fear they do that purposefully (in order to justify “getting sick people well”). Objective chiropractic includes the WHY of subluxation correction, ... Read more

B.J.’s last will and testament was signed by him and witnessed by 3 persons in Sarasota Florida on January 11, 1961. He died in May of that year and the document was filed on June 28th 1961. In that will in article III, he directed his Executor to publish “as soon as convenient after my ... Read more