September 2025 My dear friends, colleagues and supporters, I simply cannot think of any greater news nor a more exciting announcement. After four years of research, recovery and transition, I am so very pleased to announce that the recently completed (well for now, anyway) OIRF.COM website has gone live! Welcome! My gratitude is unbounding for my tech support, Chad Jerrett of JR Direct IT & Marketing Services in Delta, BC Canada. Chad initially worked for OIRF as my assistant back in the mid-1990s prior to our move to the [...]

Summer Time and Optimism? June 2025 My dear friends, colleagues and supporters, The summer solstice approaches, and our daylight hours will soon begin to shorten. All that light seems to focus on what appears to be the unending upset and chaos throughout our world. As I prepare these articles for posting and publishing prior to my summer break, many world leaders are meeting in the midst of our beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountains to talk about war, trade disputes and political unrest. I must say my fascination with the news [...]

Regarding The WHO’s Disturbing Plans Why on Earth am I going to all the trouble to translate from German and publish in English these two articles with the interview between the medical journalist Robert Hein and the lawyer and expert on the medical industry Beate Bahner? Well . . . first of all do you really think that this kind of information involving the WHO only applies to Germany and is not connected with, or the same as, the experiences here and in all other countries of the world? [...]

13 May 2025 There is one event that I always look forward to each spring, and that is making the journey to St. Louis to participate in Dr. Simon Yu’s Introductory Acupuncture Meridian Assessment seminar and workshop. It’s a long day of travel and flying each direction for me from our beautiful little resort community in the interior of British Columbia – but well worth it. Attended this spring by nearly 20 docs and dentists, this session was exceptional. I was able to present all three of my lectures [...]

Another Turning Point April 2025 Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters, As I’ve wandered through history, famous quotes and the ever changing story of COVID and vaccinations in my previous commentaries, this month I feel as if we are once again going through another turning point – another transition. I do feel however that we will only see a notable shift in policy and application when the public perception of the information they have been force fed over the past many years is recognized for the deceptions included. What I [...]

The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.” – Cicero, 55 BC March 2025 My Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters, Well, that old American shampoo saying of “wash, rinse, repeat” certainly applies today just as that Santanya/Churchill quote about “those who fail to [...]

Transformation into Hope and Optimism 15 February 2025 Dear Friends, Colleagues and Supporters, How quickly time flies when there is activity and transformation around us on a daily basis. And, especially when there is hope and optimism. The past years have been filled with so much challenge for those of us working with natural and biological methods of medicine. So much focus has been on COVID with all its related political, censorship, economic and in particular health and consequential issues that I and many others have simply lost sight [...]

15 January 2025 As usual the post-holiday time brings reflections along with the determination to make changes that improve our family, faith and professional lives. I promised myself I wouldn’t get all carried away with grand rhetoric and inspirational prose. And I will stick with that. Too many situations of chaos and uncertainty surround everyone politically, economically and professionally during this interesting but transformational time. For days, I have remained glued to the television watching the unfolding catastrophe that is the wildfire situation in southern California. Since our Okanagan [...]

December 2024 Dear Colleagues, Supporters and Friends, As this year comes to a close, we are all ready for the holiday break with a chance to spend time with family and to relax a bit. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for your support over this past year – and for many of you over many years. It is now more than six years since I closed the doors to Occidental Institute’s offices and moved into my small home office to continue this work [...]

Remembrance, Gratitude and Commitment 11 November 2024 This is always a solemn day. Always a grey day, with rain or snow accumulating like tears. Whether we celebrate Remembrance Day in Canada or Veterans Day in the USA, it remains another annual day of reflection. A day to experience and voice our gratitude for the many military personnel who have sacrificed so very much. That common American phrase “thank you for your service” repeated so often. Their patriotism, sacrifice and love of country reflect and support the beliefs all of [...]