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.

Education

Howard PortnoyFebruary 2, 2013
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The cynical reason Obama and fellow Dems are not ‘pro-choice’

It is a point of fascination that even the staunchest advocates of a woman’s unalienable right to abort a fetus…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyFebruary 2, 2013
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WH releases photo of Obama firing rifle

Take that, you cynics on the right! (And that and that and that!) The president of the United States silenced…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyFebruary 2, 2013
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Stallone latest Hollywood denizen to voice support for gun control

It is a lucky thing for actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone that the First Amendment protects the right to free…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyFebruary 1, 2013
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Poll finds majority see fed gov’t as threat to their liberty

A poll released on Jan. 31 by the Pew Research Center marks another first for President Obama. The survey indicates…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyFebruary 1, 2013
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Does Obama still think Hagel is ‘the leader our troops deserve’?

The quote in the title was part of the praise President Obama heaped on Chuck Hagel when he first announced his…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 31, 2013
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Women caught at JFK smuggling drugs in makeshift diapers

Give them an “I” for imagination. Now slap the bracelets on them for attempting to smuggle approximately 6-1/2 kilos of…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJanuary 31, 2013
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Obama to disband Jobs Council

“Ignore your teeth and they’ll go away.” That was the title of a popular ca. 1980s book on gum disease…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 31, 2013
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Bridge too far: 6-year-old expelled for bringing toy gun to school

There have now been some half dozen stories of school administrators overreacting to toy (or imaginary) guns in the wake…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 30, 2013
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Taco Bell ‘anti-veggie’ Super Bowl ad pulled after watchdog group complains

Some advice from Allahpundit, former boss-man of LU Green Room veterans: “If you don’t think it’s true that people will secretly…
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National Security

Howard PortnoyJanuary 30, 2013
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5-year-old suspended from playtime for making toy gun out of Legos

It is a time for a stop-the-lunacy campaign where firearms are concerned. The reference here is not the lunacy that…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJanuary 30, 2013
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Dem strategist says ‘hateful language’ will ‘kill crazy crackers on right’

It’s not the first time a liberal pundit predicted the death of conservatism, but it’s the funniest, if unintentionally so.…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 29, 2013
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Outbreak of food poisoning in 5 states traced to Salmonella-tainted ground beef

At least 16 people have been sickened in five states after ingesting ground beef contaminated with Salmonella, the website sheknows.com reports. The…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 29, 2013
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Has Michelle Obama scrapped anti-obesity ‘Let’s Move’? campaign

Call it an anti-initiative for a second Obama term. Keith Koffler, of White House Dossier, notes (h/t Weasel Zippers): First…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJanuary 29, 2013
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University to sponsor workshop on better orgasms for co-eds

Give Sandra Fluke credit for this one. The former Georgetown law student raised public awareness about the high cost of…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 28, 2013
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Police prostitution sting leads to arrest of 71-year-old hooker

It’s known as the world’s oldest profession, and Sygun Liebhart may be the world’s oldest practitioner. The Smoking Gun reports…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJanuary 28, 2013
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Schumer: Beyoncé has not apologized to me for lip-synching National Anthem

“It was cold and she wasn’t sure how the weather would affect her pipes.” Or, if you prefer: “She didn’t…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 28, 2013
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Government officials can still own assault weapons under Feinstein bill

“Not everyone is exempted from owning military-style assault weapons under new legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein,” the International…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJanuary 27, 2013
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PA man’s last request is honored: Funeral at Burger King

“What do you want on your Tombstone?” That was the catchphrase of an ad campaign for a popular brand of…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJanuary 27, 2013
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Gov’t rules schools must allow disabled students to compete in sports

The president has come a long way since his gratuitous swipe at the Special Olympics two months into his first…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 26, 2013
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NYC police bust men who stole Sandy relief supplies from church

You might think that stealing supplies meant for the victims of a natural disaster represents a low point, but a…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJanuary 26, 2013
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Should obese people and smokers be allowed to just die?

It is a riff on the old joke about how to lose ten ugly pounds. Except in this case, the…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 26, 2013
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Rahm Emanuel urges two major banks to stop lending to gun manufacturers

Rahm Emanuel’s “Chicago values” are on display once again. On Friday, the Windy City mayor released the contents of a letter he…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 25, 2013
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Creditors pose as sexy women on FB to gather info on debtors

Be careful who you “friend” on Facebook, especially if you are delinquent in paying your bills. The website AllFacebook reports…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJanuary 25, 2013
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Obama’s plan for entitlement reform is to do nothing

Among the many polarizing and wrong-headed assertions that Barack Obama made in his second Inaugural Address was one that stands…
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National Security

Howard PortnoyJanuary 25, 2013
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Hillary Clinton’s new specs are to correct vision problems after concussion

Anyone who follows the news would have to be blind not to notice the stylish new eyewear that Secretary of…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJanuary 24, 2013
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Poll finds Obama’s fourth year in office ties most polarized in history

Get ready for another round of finger-pointing and name-calling. The bone of contention this time is a new Gallup poll,…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJanuary 24, 2013
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OH woman arrested after shoveling snow from driveways without permission

It’s hard to imagine how the 911 calls went down, though one expects the exchanges on Wednesday might have gone…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyJanuary 24, 2013
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Member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood demands plane crew stop racy in-flight film

Welcome to the not-so-friendly skies. Al Arabiya News reports that on Wednesday, Ahmed Fahmy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJanuary 23, 2013
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WH defends Hillary’s ‘what difference does it make’ remark on Benghazi raid

One line from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s testimony today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks volumes about this…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJanuary 23, 2013
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Minority report: Advocates sue NYC over ‘racial fairness’ of jumbo soda ban

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has met the enemy, and it is him. The Associated Press reports that a…
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National Security

Howard PortnoyJanuary 22, 2013
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Al Jazeera claims U.S. used ‘Sesame Street’ songs as instruments of torture

This enhanced interrogation is brought to you by the letter I, as in Islamofascism. The website of rock station KROQ…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 22, 2013
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New report released on eve of Hillary Benghazi testimony

Although the administration and its abettors in the mainstream media have done their darnedest to sweep the Benghazi fiasco under…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 22, 2013
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‘Obama Condoms’ sold at Inauguration at engorged price

You may have heard of Obama coffee mugs and Obama mouse pads. You may have even been aware that the…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 21, 2013
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In inaugural speech Obama calls for end to political name-calling (no joke)

Reuters reports that Barack Obama officially kicked off his second term this morning with an inaugural address in which he…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 21, 2013
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CBS political director urges Obama to ‘pulverize’ GOP

Imagine that a prominent Republican strategist advised members of his party to “go for the throat” and “declare war” on…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 20, 2013
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Obama exploiting innocent kids to promote gun control: The movie

What’s that? You missed the president’s shameless stunt at the White House on Thursday in which he carted out four…
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