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.

Religion

Howard PortnoyMarch 5, 2013
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‘Female’ transgender student with male plumbing sues school for expulsion

Is that a stethoscope in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? ABC Los Angeles affiliate KABC…
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National Security

Howard PortnoyMarch 5, 2013
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Passenger jet pilot reports drone sighting over JFK Airport

How pervasive is the Obama administration’s drone program? A report by ABC News suggests the answer might be “very”: [An]…
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Education

Howard PortnoyMarch 4, 2013
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Teacher questions student’s emotional stability over photo of BB gun

It’s high time someone coined a name for the sickness that is running rampant through our nation’s school, skewing the…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 4, 2013
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Top Obama aides make three times the average wage of Americans

Despite the president’s dire predictions leading up to the sequester, including the 4-Pinocchio-grade whopper that the Capitol janitorial staff would…
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Religion

Howard PortnoyMarch 4, 2013
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Baby delivered after his parents were killed in car crash also dies

The question of who will raise a baby whose parents were killed early Sunday in a car crash on the…
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Media

Howard PortnoyMarch 4, 2013
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Reporter claims to have received profanity-laced email from White House

An article in Monday’s U.S. News & World Report by Ken Walsh, a veteran journalist who covered five presidencies, notes…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 3, 2013
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SNL skewers Obama over sequester, handling of economy

It’s been a rough week for President Obama. On Friday, the usually sympathetic Washington Post Fact Checker gave the commander…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyMarch 3, 2013
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Artwork using artist’s sperm banned as potential health hazard

A controversial piece of art gives a new definition to “seminal work.” New York Magazine reports that a Master of Fine…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 3, 2013
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WH admits ‘putting forward’ idea of sequestration

Pigs really can fly — almost. On Sunday, exactly one day after President Obama’s most recent assertion that the GOP…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyMarch 3, 2013
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Couple on way to hospital to deliver first baby killed in crash; baby survives

The birth of a child early Sunday in New York City is being hailed as something of a miracle. The…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyMarch 2, 2013
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Grisly new photos released of man who dismembered mom, including ‘trophy’ pic

Seeing is believing. And for those skeptical of reports that a clearly unhinged New York man took a snapshot of…
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Education

Howard PortnoyMarch 2, 2013
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School suspends 7-year-old for accidentally biting breakfast pastry into shape of gun

Maryland educators have struck again. In their quest to become stewards of the safest schools in the country, administrators in…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 2, 2013
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State Dept report says Keystone pipeline won’t harm environment, 'party of science' calls shenanigans

A report released on Friday by the U.S. State Department contains potentially good news for the economy and dreadful news…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMarch 1, 2013
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Michelle Obama takes undeserved credit for drop in child obesity rate

First Lady Michelle Obama was in Mississippi on Thursday, the Associated Press reports, to congratulate the state for a more…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyMarch 1, 2013
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Horsemeat found in Taco Bell, Bird’s Eye in UK

If you’re planning a trip across the pond any time soon, you may want to grin and bear the weighty…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMarch 1, 2013
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Obama’s ‘balanced plan’ includes $300B in revenues that he calls ‘cuts’

Despite his having once struck a Superman-like hands-on-hips pose, standing before a statue of the Man of Steel, no less,…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyMarch 1, 2013
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Man who carved mom to pieces took photo of himself holding severed head

A Bronx man accused of killing and dismembering his mother, then stuffing her body parts into garbage bags, played show…
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Media

Howard PortnoyFebruary 28, 2013
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Woodward not the only political commentator ‘threatened’ by WH

Let’s see the White House explain this one away. The Daily Caller reports that a second political commentator — former…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyFebruary 28, 2013
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Video du jour: Maxine Waters claims 170M jobs could be lost under sequester

And here you thought Obama was overplaying his hand when it came to pronouncements of doom and gloom over the…
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Education

Howard PortnoyFebruary 28, 2013
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HS student goes undercover to catch backpack thief, nabs teacher

Many schoolteachers supplement their income with jobs outside the school. But for one California teacher, the extra cash was strictly…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyFebruary 28, 2013
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Latest self-defense advice from VP: ‘Fire the shotgun through the door’

What is the best way to defend yourself and your loved ones against a real or perceived threat of bodily…
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Media

Howard PortnoyFebruary 28, 2013
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WH plays down threat senior staffer made against Bob Woodward

Late yesterday, Bob Woodward — the journalist who was instrumental in blowing the lid off Watergate and has since proved…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyFebruary 27, 2013
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Amber alert for missing toddler and infant brother ends in tragic murder-suicide at hands of grandma

An Amber alert for two missing Connecticut children was called off at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, but the outcome was anything…
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Education

Howard PortnoyFebruary 27, 2013
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Misguided teacher bans wearing of Marine T-shirt, citing crossed rifle logo

Semper fuhgeddaboutit. A middle school reading teacher unnecessarily created a stir on Tuesday when she ordered one of her students…
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Religion

Howard PortnoyFebruary 27, 2013
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Meet Micah’s Rule, Christian band whose members are L, G, and T

A teaser for an article at TheBlaze begins “A gay man, a lesbian and a transgender….” It sounds like the…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyFebruary 26, 2013
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Gov’t claims sequestration will hurt federal agency (despite fact it closed last year)

It appears there is something to the president’s warning that the sky will fall on Friday if sequestration is allowed…
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Media

Howard PortnoyFebruary 26, 2013
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ABC edits out First Lady’s false claim Chicago teen killed by ‘automatic weapon’

Let’s go to the tape, as sportscaster Warner Wolf used to say. But first let’s go to the web —…
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National Security

Howard PortnoyFebruary 26, 2013
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To prove border security threat, WH releases illegal immigrants from detention

On Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned that if the sequester was permitted to take effect on Friday, her…
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Media

Howard PortnoyFebruary 26, 2013
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WH sells access to president to high rollers who donate $500K

For Bill Clinton it was access to the Lincoln bedroom. For Barack Obama it is access to his ear four…
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Religion

Howard PortnoyFebruary 25, 2013
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9th Circuit Appeals Court upholds inmate lawsuit demanding Wiccan chaplain

Ah, religious freedom! Syndicated columnist Debra Saunders writes at Jewish World Review: In its wisdom — and yes, I am…
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Media

Howard PortnoyFebruary 25, 2013
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White 9-year-old driven to suicide by ‘Asian bullies’

However you slice it, the following story reported on Monday by the U.K. tabloid The Sun is tragic: The devastated…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyFebruary 25, 2013
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WH releases state-by-state impact of sequestration

With apologies to Mark Twain, “Everybody talks about sequestration, but nobody does anything about it.” And nobody talks about it…
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Media

Howard PortnoyFebruary 24, 2013
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Obama administration told press secretary ‘not to acknowledge’ drone warfare to press

It’s a bit of a shocker, this revelation coming today from one-time White House press lesson for the most transparent…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyFebruary 24, 2013
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Wal-Mart seeks felony indictment against worker who stole a few cookies

It’s a familiar story at least on a metaphorical level. An employee dips his hand into the “cookie jar” and…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyFebruary 24, 2013
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Florida Medical Association reports worsening doctor shortage

And so it begins. An article in the Sun-Sentinel grimly advises Sunshine State residents: Brace yourself for longer lines at…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyFebruary 23, 2013
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Man dies on way to wife’s memorial service

A not-so-funny thing happened to an upstate New York man on his way to his wife’s wake: He died. Reuters…
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Howard Portnoy

Passenger jet pilot reports drone sighting over JFK Airport

Teacher questions student’s emotional stability over photo of BB gun

Top Obama aides make three times the average wage of Americans

Baby delivered after his parents were killed in car crash also dies

Reporter claims to have received profanity-laced email from White House

SNL skewers Obama over sequester, handling of economy

WH admits ‘putting forward’ idea of sequestration

School suspends 7-year-old for accidentally biting breakfast pastry into shape of gun

Obama’s ‘balanced plan’ includes $300B in revenues that he calls ‘cuts’

Man who carved mom to pieces took photo of himself holding severed head

Woodward not the only political commentator ‘threatened’ by WH

Video du jour: Maxine Waters claims 170M jobs could be lost under sequester

HS student goes undercover to catch backpack thief, nabs teacher

Latest self-defense advice from VP: ‘Fire the shotgun through the door’

WH plays down threat senior staffer made against Bob Woodward

Gov’t claims sequestration will hurt federal agency (despite fact it closed last year)

WH sells access to president to high rollers who donate $500K

WH releases state-by-state impact of sequestration

Obama administration told press secretary ‘not to acknowledge’ drone warfare to press

Wal-Mart seeks felony indictment against worker who stole a few cookies

Florida Medical Association reports worsening doctor shortage

Man dies on way to wife’s memorial service

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