Thinking Straight

Bureaucracy

A bureaucracy is an entity that should be under the control of the legislature but somehow it gains independence from that control and establishes itself as an authority, usually because of the lack of vigilance of the legislature or another branch of government. Bureaucracies, like the rest of the government should be responsible to the … Read more

Are You Hot or Cold?

The last book of the Bible, Revelation, talks about the church in the ancient city of Laodicea that was neither hot or cold. The message to this church was something they could identify with. It had become a city built up around the trade routes between east and west. The problem was that there was … Read more

Purpose

It is never our purpose in chiropractic to succeed at the expense of someone else, whether medicine or mixing chiropractic. But, we have the responsibility to humanity to express our  viewpoint in the arena of ideas.

Objectivity

Objectivity is not making what you think, believe or say what is right but thinking what is an objective standard is right and only that matters,  rather than your opinion. The key is having the right or correct objective standard.

Service

It’s not “well done” because you are a great speaker, a personable chiropractor, a charming individual or a prolific writer. It is well done because you are a “faithful servant.” Your faithfulness in chiropractic is or should be to the principles and the objective.

A thought on cash practice.

In the beginning it was not difficult. There was no insurance in 1967 everyone had a cash practice. I believe the average fee was four dollars when I began in practice. I began a box on the wall fee system, after all how much less than four bucks could someone drop in the box. The … Read more

Energy or Force

Energy/matter-the term coined by Claude, is really energy which has been created by a chemical change in the matter. Activity in the body is really the result of turning chemicals or food into energy by use of instructions/information/innate forces. Energy then, cannot be the same as force.