Believe or Understand

Academic DemagogueryFSU Fiasco by JCS  Two of the stated goals of the AMA Committee on Quackery’s goon squad were 1) the distribution of propaganda to the nation’s teachers and guidance counselors to discourage students from seeking a career in chiropractic, and 2)...

Intellectual Dishonesty

Intellectual Dishonesty By JCS   The supermarket of care for spinal disorders just got more confusing with the release of an RCT by WC  Peul et al. (Prolonged conservative care versus early surgery in patients with sciatica caused by lumbar disc herniation: Two-year...

Battling Tyranny

History & Highlights   Battling Tyranny   Holding the ACA’s 50th Anniversary in our nation’s capital is the perfect location for this celebration. This event marks the occasion when, in May of 1963, the NCA and a handful of ICA board members formed the new ACA as...

Bad for Business

Bad for Business, but Good for People By J.C. Smith, MA, DC After attending the 1995 Chiropractic Centennial celebration in Washington, D.C., one experience in particular has stayed with me from the visit to our national capitol. At the Lincoln Memorial was imprinted...

Back Surg. Scam

Abstract Medical iatrogenesis is at an all-time high with increasing deaths, disability, and costs compounded by unnecessary and ineffective surgeries despite the warnings from WHO, the US Public Health Service, and the Institute of Medicine. One area, in particular,...