Public Information
Chiropractic seems to continually move between being a low information, a wrong information and a no information profession. Will we ever get it right?
Incorrect Thinking
You cannot keep the power of incorrect thinking under control unless the majority, or at least a significant percentage of the people of a nation, community, organization or group making the decisions adhere to correct thinking. Limiting incorrect thinking is why our country originally wanted to limit the voting franchise to male citizens, 21 years or older, who owned property … Read more
Our Professional Dilemma
We have many of the finest technicians (those capable of LACVS) in the history of the profession and some of the most philosophically ignorant chiropractors. The sad thing is that many chiropractors fit into both categories.
The 600 Pound Gorilla in the Room-A Theory
Lately, I have been trying to clarify and reconcile the difference between traditional chiropractic (TSC ) and objective chiropractic (OSC) and, more important, understand why those who espouse them both think that what they do is straight chiropractic. I have come up with a theory. I believe that B.J. did not accept the idea of … Read more
Progress
If things can improve, this means that there must be some absolute standard of good above and outside the cosmic process to which that progress can approximate. There is no sense in talking of ‘becoming better’ if better means simply ‘what we are becoming’-its like congratulating yourself on reaching your destination and defining destination as ‘the … Read more
A Little History
When for the last 100+ years the medical profession has attacked us by (correctly) asserting that we were not competent at treating disease, we claimed that was not what we were doing. All the while we were working to become competent at doing just that. Today, we (or at least a significant part of our profession) say … Read more
Why do you love chiropractic?
The current president of the U.S. does not love this country because of what it is or what it has been but because of what he expects to transform it into. Do you love chiropractic because of what it has been, because of the philosophy it has espoused for the past 100 years and what that … Read more
"The New normal is jihadist bombings"
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
The Future
The future belongs to those who can relate the heritage of the past to the realities of the present.
Authoritarianism
There is nothing wrong with living in an authoritarian society…. as long as you have the right authority. The authority for the human being is the innate intelligence of the body and the free will of the person who owns that body. We must resist the efforts of those, particularly in government, who would usurp that … Read more