What Makes Archimedes Tick?

People ask me all the time why I think the Archimedes Movement is different and what we are doing to help get legislation passed. For me the answer is simple – we’ve created a place for dialogue where everyone has a place at the table; we’re...

Hope, Expectations and Helping

“…nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.” 
— Barack Obama, 2008 speech in New Hampshire Across this nation and around the world people watched the election of our nation’s new president. Hope and...

My Mom’s Story

On September 30, 2008, Liz Baxter testified before the Oregon Health Fund Board. The Archimedes Movement’s comments were delivered by David Pollack, representing our Community Leadership Council. That left Liz free to tell this story as a way of emphasizing that...

Why Americans are No Longer the Tallest

NaturalNews.com has an interesting article on average height as an indicator of overall population health. I had assumed humans had continually gotten taller over time, but that is not the case. The main takeaway is that it appears that trends in height for a certain...