Wealth extraction in America runs on two engines. The first is corporate: wealth generated not by building something of value but by capturing, controlling, or stripping value that others produced. The second is political: governmental authority — legislative, regulatory, fiscal, enforcement — used to move wealth from the many to the few. Separately, each has limits. Together, they form a self-reinforcing system that has been reshaping the American economy for half a century.
Laurel Fitzhugh
Claude Is the Only AI That Refused to Spy on Americans
Claude Is the Only AI That Refused to Spy on Americans The federal government pressured Anthropic — the company that makes Claude — to remove privacy protections and spy on Americans. They refused and paid a real price for it. They deserve our thanks. You can put your name on your personal letter and send … Read more
Oral and Sublingual B12 in Pernicious Anemia
Sublingual B12 raises blood numbers. It has never been shown to protect a single nerve. There is no reason to think it prevents permanent nerve damage.
Hawthorn Extract as a System Modulator
Introduction
Hawthorn appears to function as a system modulator. Its effects extend across circulation, inflammation, pain signaling, central nervous system activity, and protection during tissue injury. These physiological domains are deeply interconnected within a living organism. Changes in one system influence the others through overlapping networks of signaling molecules, regulatory pathways, and physiological feedback loops.
The body operates through interacting regulatory systems that continuously shape one another’s behavior. A change in vascular function can alter inflammatory activity. Inflammation can affect pain sensitivity and neural excitability. Neural signaling can influence immune function and tissue repair. The resulting effects are often larger and more complex than would be predicted by examining any one system in isolation.
My Experience with a Transgender Child
A transgender child is a child, not a political position. Most of us learned XX and XY in school. The biology is considerably more complicated than that- and so are the kids.
DMSO series: The Critical Calculation Medicine Won’t Make
How a simple framework reveals that “proven” therapies often lack value while the “unproven” ones lack only approval A Midwestern Doctor May 23, 2026 Story at a Glance: As decisions always have pros and cons, making the correct one is often quite challenging. One framework, “expected value” (EV), solves this puzzle by calculating the relative … Read more
DMSO series: How DMSO Heals the Spine and Reverses Paralysis
The extensive evidence behind DMSO’s ability to regenerate spinal cord injuries, treat “incurable” back pain, and transform spinal medicine — and how to use it A Midwestern Doctor May 16, 2026 ∙ Paid Story at a Glance: DMSO is an “umbrella remedy” whose combination of therapeutic properties (improving circulation, reducing inflammation, protecting cells, and reviving dying … Read more
DMSO Series: DMSO is a Miraculous Therapy for Chronic Pain and Musculoskeletal Injuries
The Forgotten Side of Medicine DMSO is a Miraculous Therapy for Chronic Pain and Musculoskeletal Injuries The decades of evidence DMSO revolutionizes the practice of medicine A Midwestern Doctor Sep 29, 2024 ∙ Paid Story at a Glance •The standard approach for treating pain and musculoskeletal injuries typically involves giving NSAIDs (e.g., ibuprofen), and in … Read more
DMSO Series How DMSO Heals Nerves and Eliminates Neuropathic Pain
The Forgotten Side of Medicine How DMSO Heals Nerves and Eliminates Neuropathic PainContentsHow DMSO Heals Nerves and Eliminates Neuropathic PainStory at a GlanceCellular ResetsHow DMSO Affects Cellular StructureOpening or Solidifying the Cell MembraneResetting the CytoskeletonPeripheral Nerve Regeneration & ProtectionDMSO-Alone FindingsAxolemmal ResealingLimb RegenerationNeuronal DifferentiationDose-Dependent RegenerationSynaptic Transmission and Neuromuscular FunctionCombination Studies in Peripheral Nerve ModelsVeterinary ApplicationsPeripheral NeuropathiesComplex … Read more
PA and B12 Deficiency Run in Families
Pernicious anemia has documented familial prevalence. First-degree relatives of PA patients carry a risk four times higher than the general population, and among siblings the figure is higher still — roughly six times the baseline rate. This reflects shared genetic architecture that shapes immune function across generations. B12 deficiency more broadly also clusters in families … Read more