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.

Social Issues

Howard PortnoyDecember 11, 2012
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Louis Farrakhan to black parents: Deny existence of Santa because he’s white

No, Virginia, there is no Santa Claus, but there is a Grinch, and his name is Louis Farrakhan. More properly…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyDecember 10, 2012
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Would-be burglar calls 911, complains victim is holding him at gunpoint

What do you do if you wake up in the middle of the night and sense that there is an…
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Media

Howard PortnoyDecember 10, 2012
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Poll shows SC voters want Stephen Colbert to replace outgoing Sen. Jim DeMint

Stephen Colbert is not a conservative, but he plays one on TV. His Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report, is…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyDecember 10, 2012
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Bankrupt Obama-funded green company bought by Chinese

Behold your future and your fate, America. China, a nation that holds 8 percent of all publicly held U.S. debt,…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyDecember 10, 2012
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Swaziland urged to raise witch-doctor tax to avoid own financial crisis

If there is any truth to the adage that misery loves company, you might take solace in the fact that…
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Religion

Howard PortnoyDecember 9, 2012
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One voter bloc that helped Obama win was the ‘nones,’ new poll shows

The Obama campaign got a small taste of the problems inherent in backing a policy like same-sex union, which many…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyDecember 9, 2012
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Raising tax rates on the rich is no guarantee of new revenues

The late comedian George Carlin once quipped: The rich are there to make all the money and pay none of…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyDecember 8, 2012
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Obamacare may drive up health care costs for your pet, too

The results of the latest Rasmussen survey, released on Thursday, show that 50 percent of Americans still favor repeal of…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyDecember 8, 2012
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WaPo joins list of companies that will pay 2013 dividends early to avoid tax man

“[President] Obama has been a friend to business.” So wrote liberal commentator Clive Cook in the Financial Times in July…
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Education

Howard PortnoyDecember 7, 2012
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Family of teen strip-searched in school bathroom sues

A 15-year-old diagnosed with an emotional disorder and learning disability alleges that he was strip-searched last month in a bathroom…
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Howard PortnoyDecember 7, 2012
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Joe Conason says Republicans’ math is bad; look who’s talking

“If President Obama honestly wants to negotiate an agreement with Republicans before the year-end fiscal deadline,” writes liberal observer Joe…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyDecember 7, 2012
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Beneath the November jobs report: 73% of new hires are government employees

The BLS November jobs report is out and the news is good. It shows 146,000 new jobs and the unemployment…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyDecember 7, 2012
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TSA agent busted in sting, accused of stealing iPads

Several weeks ago, it was noted in this space that a cargo handler at New York’s busy John F. Kennedy…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyDecember 6, 2012
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School kills reference to God in first grader’s poem

God is dead, or at least not welcome in school assemblies. That is the message emanating from a North Carolina elementary…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyDecember 6, 2012
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Jersey shore home not destroyed by Sandy destroyed by bureaucrats

The owner of a property on the New Jersey shore recently got some good news and some bad news. The…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyDecember 6, 2012
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Obama was for eliminating charitable deductions before he was against it

Since the fight over the fiscal cliff began nearly a year ago (yes, a year ago!), a number of commentators…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyDecember 6, 2012
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Feminist group: Obama’s cabinet needs to be 50% female

The election is over, and payback season has begun. Voting blocs who turned out in force for Barack Obama are…
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Howard PortnoyDecember 5, 2012
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San Diego restaurant pipes audio of bad reviews into washrooms

File this story under either “Truth in advertising” or “If you can’t beat ‘em, mock ‘em.” The restaurant industry website Restaurant…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyDecember 5, 2012
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Maddow, Sharpton, other MSNBC hosts meet with president at WH

The headline sounds straight out of The Onion. Alas it was BuzzFeed that reported on Tuesday that Rachel Maddow, Al…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyDecember 5, 2012
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College orders construction crew to remove sexist ‘men working’ sign

Don’t sweat the small stuff, the wise man counseled. Er—make that “wise person.” Or “wise other.” Or something. National Review…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyDecember 5, 2012
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Homeless barefoot man who received shoes not really homeless

Jeffrey Hillman, the “shoeless, homeless” man originally immortalized in this now-viral photo, is neither shoeless nor homeless. Discuss. The Daily…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyDecember 4, 2012
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NM woman stole 60 dogs from their homes and gave them to shelters

Generally, the way it works is this: Stray dogs are rescued from the street and housed at animal shelters until…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyDecember 4, 2012
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The fiscal cliff drama could turn out to be the bane of Obama’s presidency

On Monday, New York Times columnist Jeff Zeleny was a guest “all-star panelist” on FOX News Channel’s Special Report with…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyDecember 3, 2012
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Homeless NYC man shoeless again, now demanding ‘piece of the pie’

News-making street denizen Jeffrey Hillman has just begun his third 15 minutes of Warholian fame. Hillman became the poster boy for…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyDecember 3, 2012
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A month after the election, Obama campaign still asking for donations

As Barack Obama sets to work crafting his legacy as the nation’s 44th president, one achievement that is already carved…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyDecember 2, 2012
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Female passenger offers firsthand account of ‘sexual assault’ by TSA

If officers of the Transportation Security Administration are going to continue to “have their way” with female passengers—and it looks…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyDecember 2, 2012
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Man reads human interest story, learns for first time his brother is homeless

Those who worry about the dissolution of the family as a social unit may have something to worry about. Just…
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Media

Howard PortnoyDecember 1, 2012
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Racist Hillary Clinton prefers John Kerry to Susan Rice as replacement

Opposition to President Obama’s putative nomination of Susan Rice to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state can mean only…
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Media

Howard PortnoyDecember 1, 2012
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President uses racial code to demean Romney at White House lunch

Paging Touré! Your keen analytical skills are needed to parse the latest “dog-whistle” incident involving President Obama. For those unfamiliar…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyNovember 30, 2012
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Couple indicted for making/distributing puppy snuff videos

What could be sicker than watching videos of puppies, kittens, and other amimals being tortured and killed? How about making…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyNovember 30, 2012
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Harvard approves campus club dedicated to BDSM and other kinky sex

Obviously, the Hasty Pudding Club wasn’t cutting it for some students at Harvard University, who had—shall we say?—more adventurous tastes.…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyNovember 30, 2012
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The problem with Obama’s call for wealth redistribution

It didn’t take House Republicans long to reject Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s plan for averting the fiscal cliff floated on…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyNovember 29, 2012
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6-year-old airs grievances over gender imbalance

Some combatants in the war on women are of such tender age that they probably haven’t yet heard of male…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyNovember 29, 2012
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Make way for bacon-scented shaving cream

Poor Roland Weary. No matter how much he scrubbed, he always smelled like bacon. That’s how Kurt Vonnegut described the…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyNovember 29, 2012
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AIDS activists stage nude protest at John Boehner’s office; arrests made

The questionable success of nude protests was driven home last week when several dozen protesters descended on San Francisco’s City…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyNovember 29, 2012
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Even if we avoid the fiscal cliff, your taxes are going up next year

Read my headline: Your tax burden will increase in 2013. What’s that: You’re not among the top 2% of earners?…
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