The Power of Prejudice

Recently on November 1, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart had a parody with comedian, John Hodgman, who defended “moneyed Americans” against attacks by the poor. He admitted there are “acceptable prejudices,” which certainly registered on my radar as a...

The Conflicted Dr. Gupta

The Conflicted Dr. Gupta   Sanjay Gupta, MD, is the multiple Emmy®-award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN who rubs elbows with US presidents, such as President Obama who proposed him as Surgeon General and, more recently, he was asked by former...

Washington Awakens

“There is a smoking gun and it is the prescription pad.The training and the ammunition is provided by the pharmaceutical companies.” Robert Lynch, DC,  Maine Board of Chiropractic Examiners Rosa Parks, the patron saint of the civil rights movement, ignited this...

Overcoming Chirophobia

Events during the last two weeks of April, 2014, were shocking for the chiropractic profession when defamatory articles appeared in two national publications, Forbes and USA Today. The scandalous Forbes article was laden with blatant bias on the status of chiropractic...

Spine Surgery Moratorium Part 2

Needless to say, Part 1 in my call for a Moratorium on Back Surgeries met a flurry of mixed reactions. Chiropractors and other CAM providers relish their long-overdue ascension in the guidelines from the outhouse to the penthouse. Finally some positive press!  ...