Bob Conner

Bachelor's in business administration, a health care retiree with a passion for true health care and education reform, an end to congressional deadlock and continued improvements for the socially disadvantaged. </

Merry Christmas to All Our Readers, Contributors, and Staff!

Merry Christmas. I Hope your holidays are filled with music and your new year is filled with love, light, and laughter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_MGWio-vc&

By Bob Conner

December 25, 2013

NSA Response to Snowden Scandal Does Little to Ease Public Concern

For the NSA, Edward Snowden seems to be the gift that keeps on giving. He is a gift of “retirement” for NSA’s Director, General Keith Alexander, and Deputy Director

By Bob Conner

December 18, 2013

10 Costly Programs Congress Should Cut from the Budget

In today's congressional atmosphere, suggesting ten costly programs that could be reasonably cut from the budget is analogous to placing warring siblings in a room with one toy

By Bob Conner

December 11, 2013

A Timeline and History of Voting Rights

The history of voting rights in the U.S. has been a long battle of disharmony and disenfranchisement since the country’s formation and although freedom and voting are frequently

By Bob Conner

October 22, 2013

Study: Some Corporations Actually Increasing Profits After Taxes

With our national debt at $17 trillion and growing and another crisis looming in January 2014, Congress and the White House must come together and find a way to either

By Bob Conner

October 21, 2013

Over-Hospitalization: Average American Visits Hospital over 4 Times per Year

W.E. Messamor’s article, “Seven Creative Solutions to the National Debt Crisis,” proffered some salient ideas for reducing federal debt. When our elected officials finally decide to perform the

By Bob Conner

October 14, 2013

Media, Lawmakers Dismiss Major Consequences of Government Shutdown

Government Closed // Credit: Whitehouse.gov While federal officials wallow in denial and finger-pointing, precipitating a government shutdown; while they fight a fight simply for the sake of obstructing one

By Bob Conner

October 4, 2013

Mass Shootings ; There’ll Be No Magic In The Number Twelve

University of Texas Tower // Credit: Larry D Moore 1980 Wikidpedia Nor is there magic in 950; the approximate number of victims of mass shootings in the US since 1982 alone

By Bob Conner

September 17, 2013

From Murrow to Murdoch: Why Media is Failing Consumers

And now, an editorial comment: First, let me say; while I love to see words form a coherent and logical statement appear before me, as I lust for an understanding

By Bob Conner

September 3, 2013

Military Action in Syria

Predictably, media outlets worldwide are taking the debate of military action in Syria to the press and airwaves and just as with the responses from individuals, the various media outlets

By Bob Conner

September 1, 2013

Global Climate Change is Now Inevitable Either Way

So! Where do you sit on the issue of global climate change; on the right side of the table or on the other side? Whichever side you choose, there’s

By Bob Conner

August 11, 2013

Global Climate Change as an Anthropomorphic Phenomenon

Dramatic change in the area of the Great Salt Lake over the past 25 years. Left: August 1985. Right: September 2010. The lake was filled to near capacity in 1985

By Bob Conner

August 10, 2013