Lowell Ponte, a
NewsMax pundit and Contributing Editor, worked for 15 years as a Roving
Editor for Reader’s Digest Magazine. More than 117 million people
have read his investigative articles in 18 languages around the world.
He has done
reporting in 33 countries, from Indonesia and Israel to Communist Cuba.
His articles have
appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times
and many other publications.
Lowell’s newspaper
column has been distributed by the Hoiles Freedom Newspaper chain and
McNaught Syndicate. His columns have also been carried by
FrontPageMagazine.com and United Feature Syndicate/United Media. He
has been a frequent reviewer for the Los Angeles Times Book Review
and a Contributing Editor at Reason Magazine, Ideas on Liberty
(formerly The Freeman) and Skeptic Magazine.
A native of Southern
California, Lowell for 17 years hosted radio talk shows in Los Angeles.
Lowell’s nationally-syndicated talk shows have been carried by more than
300 radio stations.
On television Lowell
worked for four years as commentator and reporter on KCET-TV, the West
Coast Production Center of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in Los
Angeles. Lowell has been a guest on the Today Show, Good Morning
America, David Letterman and many other network and syndicated
programs.
Lowell is author of
the book The Cooling (Prentice-Hall), a prophetic investigation of
global climate change and environmental modification warfare (ENMOD) that
has been used as a textbook at the U.S. military’s National Defense
College. Lowell is a former futurist for a Pentagon-consulted think tank,
where he developed scenarios for exotic kinds of warfare and high-tech
terrorism.
In his diverse
background, Lowell has also been a reporter in Washington, D.C., a
legislative aide in the California Assembly, one of two co-owners of a
successful Hollywood public relations firm, a consultant and speaker for
various corporations and trade associations and Dean of a
distance-learning university. Lowell holds the equivalent of a Masters
Degree in International Relations (ABT) and a Ph.D. in English.
Lowell is also the
founder and President of several organizations, including the Jefferson’s
Birthday Committee dedicated to making Thomas Jefferson’s April 13th
Birthday a “National Holiday for Taxpayers.”
Lowell and his wife
Ellen, a screenwriter and veteran script analyst for several major
Hollywood studios, live at the beach in Southern California.
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