From the Hawk’s Nest
Wisdom, informed choice, and the whole person.
Observations, musings, and more — on health freedom, integrative care, and the policies that shape the choices families are able to make.
A dear friend once told me I was like a hawk flying above the fields — able to take in the big picture and, in the same moment, zero in on the one small thing that matters most. The Hawk’s Nest is where I share what I see, evidence I have gathered, and assessments drawn from inquiry.
What guides my work
Five Principles for Our Health Care System, One Purpose: A Patient-Centered, Fully Inclusive Optimized Health Care System
Informed consent
Every person is entitled to complete, accurate, understandable information about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of any health intervention — before they decide.
Patient autonomy
Health decisions belong to patients and families, supported — never replaced — by the clinicians they trust. It is not the role of any government body — local, state, or federal — to stand between a patient and provider in the decision-making process of health care.
Whole-person health
Body, mind, nutrition, movement, and environment. Non-drug approaches, including chiropractic care, Ayurveda, and all systems of healing and complementary and integrative approaches, belong at the table alongside allopathic medicine.
Equal standing
All licensed health professions deserve fair and equitable inclusion in health programs, policy discussions, and publicly funded research and services programs.
Respect
We have the inalienable right to have our philosophical and religious beliefs respected by local, state, and federal governments and health care providers and systems.
A shared goal
Turning the tide on chronic illness.
I support the goals of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative to reduce the burden of chronic disease — especially through non-drug, lifestyle-centered, patient-controlled approaches, including regular chiropractic care, good nutrition, movement, and prevention.
From the public record
Oversight that put the questions on the record.
From 1998 through May 2003 I led health-care oversight work for the House Committee on Government Reform under Chairman Dan Burton — investigations and hearings on complementary and alternative medicine, dietary supplement regulation, vaccine injury compensation and vaccine safety and policy issues, autism, cancer, and ADHD medication overprescribing.
I have gathered the official hearing records and committee reports in one place, each linked to its source so you can read it for yourself.
The information on this site is offered for education and public-policy discussion and is not individualized medical advice. Health decisions are best made through informed consent, in partnership with the licensed clinicians you choose.