Howard Portnoy

Howard Portnoy has written for The Blaze, HotAir, NewsBusters, Weasel Zippers, Conservative Firing Line, RedCounty, and New York’s Daily News. He has one published novel, Hot Rain, (G. P. Putnam’s Sons), and has been a guest on Radio Vice Online with Jim Vicevich, The Alana Burke Show, Smart Life with Dr. Gina, and The George Espenlaub Show.

Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMarch 14, 2013
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Man carries stun gun used on ex-girlfriend through airport security

It’s the perfect solution for disposing of evidence used in a crime: Carry the weapon through porous and inept TSA…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyMarch 14, 2013
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Barack Obama will be keeping kosher on Israel visit

In a poll conducted last October, a reported 18 percent of Americans said they believed that President Barack Obama is…
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Media

Howard PortnoyMarch 14, 2013
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MSNBC dumps Ed Schultz from primetime lineup, replaces him with Chris Hayes

The powers that be at cable “news” network MSNBC apparently believe Ed Schultz wasn’t leaning forward enough — or more…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyMarch 14, 2013
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Mother leaps from high rise apt holding infant to her chest, child survives

A distraught Manhattan women who had been arguing with her husband leaped to her death from the window of their…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyMarch 14, 2013
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Another Carnival cruise ship is in trouble

Power outages and overflowing toilets don’t sound like ingredients of a “dream” vacation, the vessel’s name notwithstanding. They will sound…
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Media

Howard PortnoyMarch 13, 2013
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Michael Moore: Let’s release bloody photos of Newtown corpses

Regardless of which side of the ideological divide you’re on, there have to be times when you are grateful that a…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 13, 2013
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Over 300,000 fed employees owe $3.5 billion in back taxes, says IRS

Did you know that you were in arrears to the federal government for $3.5 billion? Actually, you aren’t, but your…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyMarch 13, 2013
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WH tours to resume; Obama tells ABC idea to cancel them not his

First the good news. The White House (aka, “the people’s house”) will be opening its doors to school group tours…
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National Security

Howard PortnoyMarch 12, 2013
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Anti-terrorist ad campaign on SF city buses called ‘Islamophobic’

It is clearly a case of fighting fire with fire. Following a publicity campaign earlier this year by the Council…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMarch 12, 2013
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Man erroneously kept on ‘Most Wanted’ list for months sues cops, city

Imagine walking into a post office and seeing your picture plastered on the wall next to that of Mugsy McGriff.…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyMarch 12, 2013
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CNN anchor: ‘Is accepting some anti-Semitism needed for change in Mid-East?’

Into each life some rain must fall. Replace “rain” with “anti-Semitism” and you have the gist of an outrageous question…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 12, 2013
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To force Obama’s hand on Keystone, NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman urges lawlessness

Incivility. It is a word that tripped off the lips and pens of liberal commentators great and small after the…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMarch 11, 2013
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Judge blocks Bloomie's big gulp ban

Ah, the best-laid plans of mice and “independent” politicians who govern from the far left! New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
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Media

Howard PortnoyMarch 11, 2013
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NBC scrubs SNL’s Chavez send-up

Did you happen to catch Justin Timberlake’s mock musical tribute to recently deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez on “Saturday Night…
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Media

Howard PortnoyMarch 11, 2013
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Boston Globe duped by satirical story that Paul Krugman had filed for bankruptcy

How does the Boston Globe react after publishing a bogus report based on a satirical news account? By scrubbing the…
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Education

Howard PortnoyMarch 11, 2013
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80% of NYC HS grads need help with the 3 R's to get into city’s community colleges

How bad are New York City public schools? A report filed by CBS New York provides a frank and sobering answer to…
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Education

Howard PortnoyMarch 11, 2013
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MD law would force schools to stop overreacting to perceived violence

The “Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act” is what The Daily Caller dubs it. The actual name of the bill is “The…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 11, 2013
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Chris Matthews asks when Obama’s ‘going to credit for amazing economy’

In case you missed it, the February jobs report on Friday contained some encouraging news. National Journal’s Michael Hirsh wrote…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyMarch 10, 2013
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Corrections officer busted for trading cookies for sexual favors

A “cookie for nookie scheme” is how The Smoking Gun headlines the story of a corrections officer who got his…
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Education

Howard PortnoyMarch 10, 2013
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MI elementary school sounds alarm over cupcakes adorned with toy soldiers

It’s a birthday that 9-year-old Hunter Fountain won’t forget but for the wrong reasons. The problem was not that the…
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Media

Howard PortnoyMarch 10, 2013
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Jokester-in-chief cracks wise on Woodward accusations at Gridiron Dinner

Reporters who have missed the president’s rapier-sharp wit got a healthy dose last night at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner…
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Education

Howard PortnoyMarch 9, 2013
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Daily Kos salutes trashing of NYC ‘Cost of Teen Pregnancy’ PSAs

There is little that conservatives and liberals seem to agree on, but you would expect that one cause common to…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyMarch 9, 2013
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How did State Department fail to vet Samira Ibrahim?

Samira who? That is more-or-less the result returned by a search of the State Department’s web page naming the winners…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyMarch 9, 2013
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Drunk driver who killed two suing restaurants that served him booze

The envelope, please: And the award for this year’s Galling Abdication of Personal Responsibility goes to James Ruiz of Santa…
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Media

Howard PortnoyMarch 8, 2013
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Lawrence O’Donnell goes ballistic over Rand Paul’s filibuster

If you’re going to hurl insults petulantly at someone whose politics you disagree with, it helps if (1) you have…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMarch 8, 2013
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Despite pat-down, TSA inspector with bomb in pants waved through security

Is that a bomb in your pants, or…? The TSA isn’t laughing this morning, not when a major daily newspaper…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 8, 2013
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Jay Carney guardedly optimistic about WH Easter egg roll

From all indications, President Obama’s conciliatory dinner with “the enemy” on Wednesday was the PR triumph administration planners intended. Naturally,…
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Education

Howard PortnoyMarch 7, 2013
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School suspends 6-year-old for talking about toy gun

See no evil, hear no evil, and — whatever you do — speak no evil. It was this last sin…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMarch 7, 2013
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Pelosi: ’I hope the Democrats will use the filibuster sometime’

A number of commentators were favorably predisposed toward Sen. Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster on Wednesday. On FOX News Channel’s “Special…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyMarch 7, 2013
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University displays billboard-sized naked vaginas in pro-abortion exhibit

The University of Cincinnati is a public university. As of this morning, it is also a pubic university. The College Fix reports: Nearly a…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyMarch 7, 2013
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Millions of locusts swarm Jewish homeland

Passover seems to come earlier each year. The New York Times reports that Israel has been on ‘locust alert’ since Monday, when…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyMarch 6, 2013
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LI man busted for laughing out loud

Did you hear the one about…. Er, maybe as a courtesy we should top right there. You can never tell…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyMarch 6, 2013
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Liberal talking head: If we ‘tell men not to rape,’ women won’t need guns

The problem with people on the right is that they never ask “What if?” What if, for example, instead of…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 6, 2013
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The problem with Obama’s problem with special treatment for rich fat cats

To hear the president explain it, the nation’s debt could be wiped out entirely if only the “well-to-do” (the latest…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyMarch 5, 2013
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Red tape sends adopted baby in U.S. back to S Korea, where she is unwanted

It would be one thing if the Chicago couple who adopted her were unfit parents. Or if the mother in…
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Media

Howard PortnoyMarch 5, 2013
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Study finds media unfairly stereotype obese people

“Short people got no reason to live,” sang Randy Newman. And if you listen to the mainstream media, which have…
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Howard Portnoy

Man carries stun gun used on ex-girlfriend through airport security

Barack Obama will be keeping kosher on Israel visit

MSNBC dumps Ed Schultz from primetime lineup, replaces him with Chris Hayes

Another Carnival cruise ship is in trouble

Michael Moore: Let’s release bloody photos of Newtown corpses

Over 300,000 fed employees owe $3.5 billion in back taxes, says IRS

WH tours to resume; Obama tells ABC idea to cancel them not his

To force Obama’s hand on Keystone, NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman urges lawlessness

Judge blocks Bloomie's big gulp ban

NBC scrubs SNL’s Chavez send-up

Boston Globe duped by satirical story that Paul Krugman had filed for bankruptcy

80% of NYC HS grads need help with the 3 R's to get into city’s community colleges

MD law would force schools to stop overreacting to perceived violence

Chris Matthews asks when Obama’s ‘going to credit for amazing economy’

Corrections officer busted for trading cookies for sexual favors

MI elementary school sounds alarm over cupcakes adorned with toy soldiers

Jokester-in-chief cracks wise on Woodward accusations at Gridiron Dinner

Daily Kos salutes trashing of NYC ‘Cost of Teen Pregnancy’ PSAs

How did State Department fail to vet Samira Ibrahim?

Lawrence O’Donnell goes ballistic over Rand Paul’s filibuster

Despite pat-down, TSA inspector with bomb in pants waved through security

Jay Carney guardedly optimistic about WH Easter egg roll

Pelosi: ’I hope the Democrats will use the filibuster sometime’

Millions of locusts swarm Jewish homeland

LI man busted for laughing out loud

The problem with Obama’s problem with special treatment for rich fat cats

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