Chiropractic is based on the theory that if the spinal column is properly aligned, nerve impulses can freely flow along the spinal cord. If the spinal column is out of alignment (a subluxation) the flow of nerve impulses is interrupted and disease (not just back pain) result. This is called the subluxation theory.
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr was the thirty-eighth President (1974-1977). He was the only President who was never elected as either Vice President or President. He became President after the resignation of Richard Nixon over the Watergate scandal. He was born Leslie Lynch King Jr on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother married Gerald Ford, who adopted the boy and gave him his name.
President Gerald Ford was the only man in history to serve as president and vice president without being elected to either post. Madeleine Brand speaks with James Cannon, author of Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History, about Ford's political journey to the White House, and his experience as president.