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.
Q&A # 39
Chiropractic Q&A, Thinking Straight | 61 Comments
|Is a dead body less organized than a living one? Why or why not?
Read More Innate Intelligence is 100%
Thinking Straight | 18 Comments
|When speaking about innate intelligence, 100% does not refer to quantity-but rather perfection. The expression of its forces is dependent upon and limited by matter (Prin. #24)
Read More Polarization
Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 32 Comments
|We are dividing the profession into two camps. The problem is that where we are dividing it is incorrect. It is not subluxation-based v. non subluxation based but the medical objective v. the chiropractic objective.
Read More Innate Expression
Thinking Straight | 23 Comments
|While the innate intelligence is always 100%, its expression (the expression of its forces) may be less than 100%. By analogy: the law of gravity (the attraction of masses) is always 100% (9.8 m/sec.2 ), its expression may be less (an object already lying on the ground or a plane flying at 20,000 feet) or ... Read more
Read More Innate Thot Flashes
Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 20 Comments
|One philosophical criticism I have with B. J. and what causes much conflict between myself and traditional chiropractors is that we are expected to accept the logic of B. J. which is sometimes based upon a premise that is not founded on deduction but based on (faith in) the authority of B.J. I have no problem ... Read more
Read More "The New normal is jihadist bombings"
Future of Chiropractic, Thinking Straight | 4 Comments
|The above quote is attributed to Governor Cuomo of New York. We have redefined “normal”. As chiropractors we must reject the redefining of the idea of normal. especially by politicians. While the above is not a chiropractic issue, how can that idea of redefining normal, and allow others to define normal on issues that affect our health and ... Read more
Read More Insurance and Chiropractic
Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 24 Comments
|If you are taking care of an individual for vertebral subluxation, it is lifetime care. But an insurance company expects that at some point they are going to stop paying for care. Therefore, their idea of vertebral subluxation is not the same as ours. They see it (or its effects) as a condition that will one ... Read more
Read More I've said it before but it bears repeating…
Thinking Straight | 6 Comments
|…practice members may bring in their children for care and still not understand chiropractic, but it is a sure bet that if they do not bring in their children they do not understand it.
Read More Wish I'd Said That
Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 48 Comments
|The core source of knowledge in science is observation-empiricism. The core source of understanding in philosophy is assumption and logic-deduction. The core source of understanding in religion is belief-faith. -David Koch, D.C.
Read More The Future
Future of Chiropractic, Thinking Straight | 11 Comments
|The future belongs to those who can relate the heritage of the past to the realities of the present.
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