Recently, an Objective Straight Chiropractic (OSC) antagonist who has a good understanding of objective straight chiropractic philosophy wanted to know what our vision was. It got me thinking, “Where would we like to go with this profession?” In a real sense, we have no vision, no clear picture of where we would like to see … Read more
Science has no principle, therefore it can never come to a knowledge of truth, but merely demonstrate facts. The assumption that all the facts we have are all that are necessary to come to a knowledge of truth sufficient to precipitate action is arrogance. v20n2
If you have no practice objective, chiropractic is pretty much anything you want it to be. v20n2
With the upcoming presidential and congressional election a good deal of attention within the chiropractic profession has been focused on who are the better candidates for the chiropractic profession. I think we are terribly selfish as a profession if we judge who is best to serve the country by who is best for our profession. … Read more
Are we really impacting the world with our chiropractic message? I guess we really cannot be sure. But one thing I am sure of, we cannot say we are by the number of people coming into our offices or the type of people coming in the offices. I recently surveyed some straight chiropractors to see … Read more
Until the mid-seventies, insurance was never an important issue among straight chiropractors. First, there were relatively few insurance plans that covered chiropractic and second, the straight chiropractic community had yet to clearly define itself by its objective. While insurance inclusion of chiropractic has begun to wane there are still many chiropractors who participate in insurance … Read more
We have had some interesting discussion on the vaccination issue and I appreciate the position of the EB chiropractors See Sidebar but I saw the entire discussion taking a drastic turn when the discussion moved toward our children and ourselves (vaccination and flu shots). In other words, when we move from a general discussion to … Read more
We never seem to come to a resolution between the mechanistic chiropractors and the vitalistic ones. They say, “Prove your metaphysical assumptions empirically and we will accept your concept of innate intelligence and its ramifications. Until you do, you are nothing more than a quasi-religion.” We respond that they should disprove our metaphysical foundations, knowing … Read more
I cannot remember ever reviewing a book for the straight chiropractic community before. That may be because I am pretty much the only person who writes books for the straight chiropractic community and it is considered poor taste to review you own book! My first inclination is to not review this particular one, The Spiritual … Read more
I must have missed something! I realize there are short periods when I am busy writing a book, immersed in my practice, or involved in my personal life to the point of ignoring what is going on in the profession. For that reason I am sure that I was off somewhere when the profession got … Read more