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.

Howard PortnoyJanuary 20, 2013
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NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushes bill allowing abortions after 24 weeks

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made headlines recently by cramming a gun law through the state legislature that is so restrictive that…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJanuary 20, 2013
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Parents charged with child abuse for exorcism of 10-year-old daughter

As Emily Litella might have asked, “What’s this I hear about parents being arrested for making their child exercise?” The…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 19, 2013
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TSA to do away with ‘nude body’ scanners by June

There goes half the new applications filed by dirty old (and young) men aspiring to become TSA officers because of…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 19, 2013
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Kindergartner suspended for threatening to 'shoot' a classmate with bubbles

She’s forever blowing bubbles, and now a 5-year-old from Mount Carmel, Pa., has been suspended after threatening to turn her…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 19, 2013
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Suspects find ‘no exit’ in botched NYC deli robbery

Here is something for two would-be New York City robbers to ponder as they await their day in court to…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 18, 2013
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19-year-old who torches cats for fun brutally stabs young mother

You can often learn much about a person from his hobbies. Take 19-year-old Tyrik Haynes of Middletown, N.J. One of…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJanuary 18, 2013
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School that teaches ‘white guilt’ class will re-examine curriculum

“If you’re white, you’re oppressing. If you’re non-white, you’ve been a victim.” That is how one parent described a class…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJanuary 17, 2013
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MSM anchors see insulting historical antecedents in gun debate

It’s a game best played lying on the grass on your back, gazing up at the clouds lazily passing by…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 17, 2013
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Obama appoints 8 'citizen co-chairs' to extol his virtues at inauguration

Just when you thought he couldn’t stoop any lower in his efforts at self-congratulation, the nation’s egotist-in-chief has done just…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 16, 2013
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Texas, Missouri, other states respond post-haste to block Obama gun ban

It didn’t take long for the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre to respond to President Obama’s radical pronouncement on Wednesday outlining his…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 16, 2013
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Obama raises hypocrisy bar with 23 executive orders in one fell swoop

In 2007, a U.S. senator appearing on CNN’s Larry King show excoriated then-President George W. Bush for his “tendency ……
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Education

Howard PortnoyJanuary 16, 2013
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Another Maryland 6-year-old suspended for pointing finger like gun

At this rate Maryland will become the safest, if most insular, state in the country when it comes to the…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJanuary 16, 2013
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GOP paying price for being ‘the adult in the room’

When President Obama reveals today which of some two dozen executive orders on gun control he intends to issue, he…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJanuary 15, 2013
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Colin Powell joins the bashing-Obama-is-racist crowd

Et tu, Colin? That’s Colin Powell, a man who once represented all that is good and great about this country,…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJanuary 15, 2013
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400-lb woman falls through sidewalk, survives because of size

Whoever says good things come in small packages hasn’t met Ulanda Williams. Williams, who is 32 years old and tips…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 15, 2013
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Whoops: WH paid female staffers 13% less than males in 2012

Do you remember that oh-so-revealing photo of the president’s inner circle of confidantes, assembled in the Oval Office on Dec.…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 14, 2013
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Celebrities kick off new well-intentioned but misguided anti-fracking campaign

TV actress Fran Drescher, who survived a 2000 uterine cancer diagnosis, released a new public-service announcement on Monday (after the…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJanuary 14, 2013
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Police arrest 14-year-old, 3 others after violent brawl at baby shower

You know how easily these things get out of hand. Everyone is in high spirits, drinks a little too much,…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 13, 2013
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Reddit co-founder, ‘Internet activist’ Aaron Swartz commits suicide

His friends called him a “prolific intellectual” and “a computer geek legend,” but they also acknowledged that he had long…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJanuary 13, 2013
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Today is 12th annual ‘No Pants Subway Ride Day’

Each New Year’s Day, a group of warm-blood humans, members all of the Polar Bear Club, descend on the beach…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJanuary 12, 2013
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After man goes for pants-less stroll, town seeks to amend nudity law

Years ago, a popular TV show called “Candid Camera” spawned a not terribly successful movie titled “What Do You Say…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 12, 2013
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Obama WH finally responds to secession petitions: ‘No right to secede’

It took them inordinately long to formulate an answer to the many petitions to secede filed at whitehouse.gov, but at…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJanuary 12, 2013
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Horror story: 15-year-old girl with low IQ gang-raped in NYC school

A mentally challenged 15-year-old student at a school in New York was reportedly gang-raped beneath her desk while class proceeded,…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 12, 2013
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Is referring to Obama by last name, rather than full title, disrespectful?

Yesterday must have been a slow news day, judging from the outrage du jour over at MSNBC’s The Cycle. The…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJanuary 11, 2013
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Obama pal Bill Ayers joins teachers unions in dumping on Teach for America

Having suffered through two commencement addresses by Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp – the most recent at Dartmouth, where…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 11, 2013
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Bloomberg to restrict Rx painkillers in NYC public hospitals

Michael R. Bloomberg isn’t a doctor, and he doesn’t even play one on television. But that hasn’t stopped him from…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 11, 2013
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Outrage: TSA screener arrested twice for stealing still on the job

How many strikes does it take before the Transportation Security Administration eliminates a bad apple from its ranks? Perhaps the…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJanuary 10, 2013
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Dieting for dummies: ‘Smart’ fork tells you when you’ve had enough

What’s the difference between a pet dog and a compulsive eater? The answer is, “Less than the compulsive eater might…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJanuary 10, 2013
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FOX ‘Five’ fail: Publishing Gawker founder’s personal info a bridge too far

As reported in this space, on Tuesday the website Gawker maliciously published a 446-page list of all the licensed gun…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJanuary 10, 2013
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Eric Holder to stay on as AG as new evidence of his ‘jurisimprudence’ emerges

Oh, goody. Eric Holder changed his mind. Reuters reports that the attorney general, whom it describes as “a lightning rod…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 9, 2013
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WH takes flak for ‘male-centric’ inner circle, publishes revised photo

Let’s test your powers of observation. The image on this page is a recently snapped photo of all the president’s…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJanuary 9, 2013
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Meet Zorbing, deadly thrill-seeking sport, and its latest victim (Video)

From bungee-jumping to planking to couch-surfing: There is no limit on how far thrill seekers will push the envelope, risking…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJanuary 9, 2013
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Has anyone noticed Obama’s entire original economic team has bolted?

Lawrence Summers, Christina Roemer, Pete Orszag, Austin Goolsbee, and – coming soon – Timothy Geithner. All are former (in the…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJanuary 9, 2013
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Prison inmates blame their crimes on booze, sue manufacturers

The inmates are once again running the asylum. The asylum in this case is a prison, the Idaho State Correctional Institution.…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJanuary 8, 2013
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Gawker publishes list of 'all the a**holes who own guns' in NYC

Move over, Journal News! You’ve been “bested,” if that is the right word. The Journal News, for those with short…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJanuary 8, 2013
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New poll shows root canals, cockroaches more popular than Congress

How low is the American public’s opinion of Congress? So much that many say they’d rather endure a root canal…
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