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.
Progress-A Quote
Thinking Straight
|If things can improve, this means that there must be some absolute standard of good above and outside the cosmic process to which that process can approximate. There is no sense in talking of ‘becoming better’ if better means simply ‘what we are becoming- it is like congratulating yourself on reaching your destination and defining ... Read more
Read More The Cause of Disease
Thinking Straight | 3 Comments
|The question is asked by a reader, “Can we really say that vertebral subluxation is not the only cause of disease?” If we do not purport to get sick people well by correcting vertebral subluxation then can we imply it is one of the causes of disease? Actually, no we cannot, and I’ve probably incorrectly said that at one ... Read more
Read More Consensus
Thinking Straight
|There is no consensus in science. Consensus is relegated to politics. Just as tragedy is relegated to drama.
Read More Redefining Normal
Thinking Straight | 3 Comments
|The governor of New York recently said that jihadist bombings like the one the Boston Marathon experienced is the “new norm,” that we really must get used to these kinds of incidents. I believe that we must reject the idea that we can allow or condone the redefining of normal. Innocent civilian bombings are an ... Read more
Read More Addressing the matter
Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 33 Comments
|All health care professionals address the matter. The practice of medicine addresses the matter for the purpose of changing/improving the matter. The practice of chiropractic addresses the matter for the purpose of changing /improving the force so the intelligence can change the matter.
Read More A Symptom or Sign…
Thinking Straight | 8 Comments
|…is the normal response or the abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation. The former we understand by deduction, the latter we understand by experience. The problem is that rarely can we tell the difference.
Read More Innate Intelligence and the Chemistry of Life
Thinking Straight | 32 Comments
|Some years back the slogan for a large company was “Better Living Through Chemistry.” There is no doubt that chemistry has bettered our lives. From the creation of plastics and synthetic fibers to the fertilizers that help grow our food, chemistry is a vital and daily part of the human experience. We know how important ... Read more
Read More Importance of Philosophy
Thinking Straight | 4 Comments
|Without the philosophy you become frustrated at not getting sick people well and begin mixing.. Still frustrated, more mixing until you decide getting sick people well is not important-making money is or you become medicine… then you are really frustrated.
Read More Limitations
Thinking Straight | 1 Comment
|What are the reasons why the innate intelligence of the practice member’s body would not correct a vertebral subluxation beside poor technique? B.J. seemed to think that the only limitation of matter was the inability of the nerve system to carry a mental impulse and that was due to a vertebral subluxation. Are there others?
Read More Another aspect of our philososophy.
Thinking Straight
|Our philosophy is a way of saying we are free, independent and will not accede to an unreasonable world and life viewpoint.
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