Thomas Bonsell is a former newspaper editor (in Oregon, New York and Colorado) United States Air Force cryptanalyst and National Security Agency intelligence agent. He became one of American journalism's leading constitutional experts through years of study at Georgetown University Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C., and tries (without much success) to be patient with people who argue endlessly on subjects they have never studied. He is the author of "The Un-Americans: Trashing of the United States Constitution in the American Press", a critique of the mainstream media for ignorance of, or disdain for, our constitutional principles of self-government. He left newspaper work years ago, disgusted at the direction the Fourth Estate ~ under the mismanagement of ineffectual, out-of-touch, can't-do executives ~ was taking away from honest responsible journalism and the observation that there was no place in the mainstream media for a progressive, or liberal, constitutional "expert". Bonsell is an honors graduate of Woodbury College (Los Angeles, California) with a bachelor of business administration degree. He is profiled in Marquis Who's Who in America. (Self-portrait, above, was handled to make author/artist appear prettier than he actually is.)
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 1:19:52 PM
Diary : "Pledge Allegiance Battle Just Won't Die"
STAY TUNED
Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 1:19:25 PM
Diary : "Whining About Taxes & Bailout By Tax Avoiders Just More Nons"
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 2:26:37 PM
Article : "Most Miserable City in America: My Home Town"
CHIN UP
Monday, March 16, 2009 at 7:35:42 PM
Diary : "The Right's Hatred of Communism Considered"
PUZZLED
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 5:40:50 PM
Diary : "I Need A Lesson In Economics"
ERROR ALERT, ERROR ALERT
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 4:15:37 PM
Diary : "Continuing "Oxymoron" discussion of yesterday ...."
MORE READING
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 4:02:03 PM
Diary : "I Need A Lesson In Economics"
STOCK MARKET
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 7:27:40 PM
Article : "A New Innovative Commenting and Comment Flagging System"
NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 7:11:54 PM
Article : "An Oxymoron: "Marxist Communism""
'TAINT WRONG
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 5:24:10 PM
Article : "An Oxymoron: "Marxist Communism""
A LOT OF PEOPLE CLAIMED TO BE MARXISTS
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 5:10:29 PM
Article : "An Oxymoron: "Marxist Communism""
SORRY-
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 5:03:33 PM
Article : "A New Innovative Commenting and Comment Flagging System"
BETTER, BUT
Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 1:08:00 PM
Article : "Proposals to Save America, Part II"
FREE TRADE
Monday, March 2, 2009 at 1:09:28 PM
Article : "Vitamin D Prevents Common Cold and Flu"
HADN'T HEARD OF THIS
Monday, March 2, 2009 at 12:49:53 PM
Diary : "Venezuela: The Iron Fist of Socialism"
GO EASY ON DARREN
Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 1:47:23 PM
Quicklink : "Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was A Bold-Faced Lie - Digs Hole"
WHY, WHY, WHY?????
Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 8:10:10 PM
Article : "Proposals to Save America, Part I"
ANOTHER IDEA
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 6:17:23 PM
Article : "Open letter to Governor Bobby Jindal"
LET'S PLAY FAIR
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 6:01:49 PM
Diary : "Does every article with more than four responses have to hav"
WORTH OBSERVING
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 6:32:34 PM
Article : "Reconciling the Contradiction of Social Programs"
STILL DON'T GET IT, DO YOU
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 5:19:05 PM
Diary : "Liberal Versus Conservative Elitists"
MISLEADING
Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 1:11:53 PM
Quicklink : "Soros: World Financial Turbulence Worse Than Great Depressio"
YOU MISS THE POINT
Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 12:56:27 PM
Quicklink : "Soros: World Financial Turbulence Worse Than Great Depressio"
INTERESTING
Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 12:50:30 PM
Article : "The Disconnect Between The Left's Socialist Goals and Reason"
MISSING ALL POINTS
Friday, February 20, 2009 at 7:11:26 PM
Article : "The Disconnect Between The Left's Socialist Goals and Reason"
SOCIALISM
Friday, February 20, 2009 at 6:49:21 PM
Article : "From one assault on the Constitution to another"
Constitutional Rights
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 1:28:43 PM
Diary : "'Failure' of the New Deal"
READ MORE
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 12:16:30 PM
Diary : "'Failure' of the New Deal, Part III"
HMMMMM
Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 1:20:59 PM
Article : "A History of Recession in the United States 1950 to 2008"
MUST BE A TYPO
Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 12:48:20 PM
Diary : "'Failure' of the New Deal"
SOURCES
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 6:27:53 PM
Diary : "'Failure' of the New Deal, Part II"
I DEAL IN FACTS
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 4:53:53 PM
Article : "Why Can Sen. Judd Gregg See What Obama Can't?"
ANOTHER TACK
Friday, February 13, 2009 at 12:31:20 PM
Diary : "'Failure' of the New Deal, Part II"
DO MY BEST
Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 5:52:20 PM
Diary : "'Failure' of the New Deal"
DIDN'T SAY THAT
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 12:50:17 PM
Diary : "'Failure' of the New Deal"
MISSED THE POINT, AGAIN
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 12:07:24 PM
Diary : "'Failure' of the New Deal"
RIGHT ON
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 3:52:58 PM
Article : "Kevorkian: The Right to Die and Other 9th Amendment Freedoms"
PS
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 2:10:28 PM
Article : "Kevorkian: The Right to Die and Other 9th Amendment Freedoms"
ON THE FEDERALIST PAPERS
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 1:13:18 PM
Article : "Kevorkian: The Right to Die and Other 9th Amendment Freedoms"
ERROR ALERT, ERROR ALERT
Monday, February 9, 2009 at 3:31:11 PM
Article : "Kevorkian: The Right to Die and Other 9th Amendment Freedoms"
BILL OF RIGHTS
Monday, February 9, 2009 at 2:57:11 PM
Article : "Kevorkian: The Right to Die and Other 9th Amendment Freedoms"
NOT TRUE, FALSE, IN ERROR
Friday, January 23, 2009 at 1:14:53 PM
Diary : "Another (Trivial) Inauguration Gaffe"
MORE TRIVIA
Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 5:51:14 PM
Article : "Joseph Farah, Distorting Christ for His Own Political Ends"
FARAH PROVES A POINT
Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 1:12:51 PM
Article : "An Economy On Life Support Is Not Recovering"
THEY HAVE TO LIE
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at 3:52:39 PM
Article : "An Economy On Life Support Is Not Recovering"
GIVE US SOME FACTS
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 12:44:31 PM
Diary : "How much time do you spend on OEN"
ON YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION
Monday, January 12, 2009 at 5:30:40 PM
Article : "Krugman's War On Liberty"
GOOD WORK, DARREN
Monday, January 12, 2009 at 5:05:19 PM
Article : "Recession and the Economics of Wealth Redistribution"
AGREED, MOSTLY
Friday, January 9, 2009 at 1:09:21 PM
Quicklink : "Putting an End to Global Warming Alarmism"
GOOD POINTS, MAC
Thursday, December 25, 2008 at 1:42:02 PM
Article : "Note to Gov. Paterson: Sarah Palin and Peter King have more"
EXPERIENCE
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 2:33:49 PM
Article : "Revisionist History and False Bravado"
LET'S TRY OBAMA'S WAY
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 2:13:35 PM
Quicklink : "Cooling Is Warming"
EASY TO SEE
Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 7:59:03 PM
Diary : "California's Prop 8: Ken Starr says "Nullify," Jerry Brown s"
SUCH IGNORANCE
Friday, December 5, 2008 at 5:07:28 PM
Diary : "Will Supreme Court take case on Obama's citizenship?"
WELL, DUH
Friday, December 5, 2008 at 2:25:47 PM
Article : "Illegitimate President?"
SO MUCH CRAP
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 1:41:20 PM
Quicklink : "Jeb Bush: GOP Should Set Up "Shadow Government""
NOT SO FAST
Monday, November 24, 2008 at 5:29:53 PM
Diary : "Werewolves In Power?"
NOT SO FAST, MR. SUNSHINE
Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 1:18:57 PM
Diary : "My Open Letter To The Neo-cons"
NOT SO
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 12:59:07 PM
Diary : "My Open Letter To The Neo-cons"
SARCASM??????
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 6:10:05 PM
Diary : "My Open Letter To The Neo-cons"
SAY WHAT?
Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 5:03:20 PM
Article : "What Happened to Mr. Market?"
NOT AGAIN
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 5:35:29 PM
Article : "Socialism Is Not Marxism: Extracts From a Website"
SOME CONTRARY VIEWS
Monday, November 10, 2008 at 4:04:50 PM
Diary : "Preparing for the Hard-Left State"
WOW
Friday, November 7, 2008 at 6:31:01 PM
Diary : "Say hello to; "No Jobs and a Deep Depression""
GET REAL
Friday, November 7, 2008 at 6:19:54 PM
Diary : "Preparing for the Hard-Left State"
TOO LATE
Friday, November 7, 2008 at 6:15:07 PM
Diary : "President Obama and UFOs"
KUCINICH AFFAIR EXPLAINED
Friday, November 7, 2008 at 5:53:22 PM
Article : "Advice for Republicans"
NITS TO PICK
Friday, November 7, 2008 at 5:33:43 PM
Article : "A Call to Arms Against the Mormon Church. End Its Tax-exempt"
MATTER UNSETTLED
Monday, October 13, 2008 at 1:10:12 PM
Diary : "Boise Breaks Early Snow Record, Where's the Global warming?"
WARMING IS REAL, UNDERSTANDING IS MISSING
Friday, September 26, 2008 at 5:34:17 PM
Article : "Correlated: presidential preference and intelligence"
INTERESTING
Thursday, September 25, 2008 at 12:54:15 PM
Diary : "Our Constipated Constitution"
WHAT IT SAYS
Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 6:26:00 PM
Article : "Left Vs. Right On The Economy"
STEIN & OTHERS
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 4:48:23 PM
Article : "Evolution & Christianity -Not mutually exclusive"
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT
Friday, August 8, 2008 at 1:09:46 PM
Diary : "Co-Opting the Left"
PS
Friday, August 8, 2008 at 1:05:03 PM
Diary : "Co-Opting the Left"
OTHERS SAID THAT
Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 3:41:39 PM
Diary : "Co-Opting the Left"
NOT QUITE TRUE
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 8:09:27 PM
Diary : "Another Constitutional Issue Examined: the Real 'Implied Pow"
TO DARREN
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 12:51:08 PM
Diary : "Another Constitutional Issue Examined: the Real 'Implied Pow"
WHAT
Monday, July 14, 2008 at 4:39:39 PM
Article : "McCain says you're a disgrace if you receive Social Security"
HOW SO???
Monday, July 14, 2008 at 1:27:14 PM
Diary : "Bush Never Lied About Iraq"
A GOOD TEST
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 2:23:23 PM
Article : "McCain says you're a disgrace if you receive Social Security"
WRONG DISGRACE
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 5:12:02 PM
Diary : "Another Constitutional Issue Examined: the Real 'Implied Pow"
SAME OLD SAME OLD
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 4:35:40 PM
Diary : "Help OEN Re-Design Our Front Page and Beyond"
DITTO
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 12:41:55 PM
Diary : "Another Constitutional Issue Examined: the Real 'Implied Pow"
AGAIN, YOUR ARGUMENTS FALL SHORT
Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 6:32:51 PM
Diary : "Another Constitutional Issue Examined: the Real 'Implied Pow"
TO CLARIFY A POINT
Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 4:54:59 PM
Diary : "Another Constitutional Issue Examined: the Real 'Implied Pow"
YOU ARE CONFUSED
Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 12:39:55 PM
Diary : "Another Constitutional Issue Examined: the Real 'Implied Pow"
SHAREHOLDERS KNOWN
Friday, July 4, 2008 at 1:53:24 PM
Diary : "Please Comment:: A Conversation about Raising the Quality of"
MY QUESTION
Friday, July 4, 2008 at 1:32:16 PM
Diary : "Please Comment:: A Conversation about Raising the Quality of"
ABOUT TRUTHOUT
Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 1:43:32 PM
Diary : "A Call For Honesty at OEN"
AGREED
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 7:59:11 PM
Diary : "A Rebuttal to the Rabbi's View of Guns and People"
GUN CONFISCATION
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 1:35:43 PM
Diary : "Common Misconceptions About Our America"
NEVER SAID THAT
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 6:46:14 PM
Diary : "Why the D.C. Ban was, in fact, Unconstitutional."
GOT SOMETHING RIGHT
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 1:01:55 PM
Diary : "Response to OEN Editor Flag on A Comment"
DIDN'T MEAN THAT
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 12:39:33 PM
Diary : "Common Misconceptions About Our America"
BE HONEST
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 5:22:05 PM
Diary : "Response to OEN Editor Flag on A Comment"
EDITORS ARE STRANGE CREATURES
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 4:56:44 PM
Diary : "Common Misconceptions About Our America"
PS: YOUR COMPLAINT
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 1:39:29 PM
Diary : "Common Misconceptions About Our America"
WRONG
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 1:07:55 PM
Diary : "Common Misconceptions About Our America"
GOT IT BACKWARDS
Monday, June 30, 2008 at 12:49:00 PM
Diary : "Common Misconceptions About Our America"
READ
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