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.

Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 18, 2015
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FBI says it may be able to recover at least some Clinton email data

The FBI reported this afternoon that it may be able to recover at least some data from Hillary Clinton’s private…
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Education

Howard PortnoyAugust 18, 2015
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Meet the Human Rights Campaign’s gender-inclusive classroom guide

It’s the first day of school. The teacher, sporting an ear-to-ear smile, looks out at the fresh young faces of her…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 18, 2015
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Hillary to BLM: What does difference does it make (if you feel victimized)?

A dialog that is beginning to gain traction between Hillary Clinton and the Boston chapter of #BlackLivesMatter has emerged on YouTube. The…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 18, 2015
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The more the elites dump on Trump, the stronger he gets

I don’t know if D.C. Comics is currently working on a superhero who pronounces “huge” as “yooj,” but one has…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 17, 2015
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Number of Hillary emails flagged for containing classified info now at 60 … and counting *UPDATE*

The old question was how low Hillary Clinton could go in her attempts to cover up what was clearly an act that…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyAugust 17, 2015
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Video: Prager U on the most important question about abortion

Is abortion right, or is it wrong? It’s the big question that’s lost in a societal debate that’s mostly focused…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 17, 2015
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Will Obama come down as hard on Hillary as he did on these two intelligence agents?

The Espionage Act is a 1917 law passed shortly after the United States entered World War I. Its original intent was to prohibit…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyAugust 17, 2015
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Feel good story for a Monday: NFL player returns sons’ ‘participation’ trophies

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison doesn’t know the meaning of “quit.” Harrison said in May, the month he turned 37, that…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyAugust 16, 2015
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Daycare staff leaves 5-year-old boy behind at AT&T Stadium for hours

Daycare horror stories, as the headlines appearing below under “Related Articles” attest, are nothing new. Neither are the shock and outrage these…
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Email Featured

Howard PortnoyAugust 15, 2015
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Cop pistol-whipped with own gun gives stunning explanation for why he failed to defend himself

Last Monday, LU ran a story about a white police officer who was beaten unconscious and bloody by a black…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 15, 2015
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Hillary Clinton seeing the humor in her little email server snafu

It’s called whistling past the graveyard. And since Hillary Clinton has tried everything else to divert attention from her inexorably growing email…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyAugust 14, 2015
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New York pizzeria accused of racism for ingredients, name of pizza slice

One man’s rations is another’s racism. That’s what a Manhattan pizzeria named Pizza by Certé discovered when passersby noticed the sign…
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Email Featured

Howard PortnoyAugust 14, 2015
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Flashback: Planned Parenthood lobbyist argues for killing babies born alive after failed abortion

[The following is a reprise of an article that ran at LU in March 2013, around the time that Philadelphia…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 14, 2015
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Hillary not the only Obama administration official in hot water over private emails

Apparently, whatever character flaw led Hillary Clinton to the decision to conduct affairs of state using a private non-governmental email server is…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 13, 2015
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Shoplifter conceals filched steaks in location as novel as it is disgusting

The art of concealment, if it can be called an art, requires ingenuity. However, even in the most imaginative of smuggling…
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Email Featured

Howard PortnoyAugust 13, 2015
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Hillary’s emails shows she sought advice on how to delete emails permanently

Some might wonder that she didn’t write the book. According to ABC News, the most recent batch of emails from Hillary…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 13, 2015
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HuffPo Arabic edition infuriates libs by criticizing gays, atheists, selfies

This is what is often called a “teachable moment.” You discover that a news source you’ve admired for its ethical…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 12, 2015
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Tribute to slain NYPD cops offends #BlackLivesMatter

Black Lives Matter needs a motto. One that might serve is “Walk a mile in another man’s shoes.” Although the…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 12, 2015
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California DMV workers handed out driver’s licenses for cash

Full confession: I failed my driving test the first time. We’ll never know if some hundred commercial truck drivers applying for…
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Email Featured

Howard PortnoyAugust 12, 2015
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When worlds collide: Donald Trump calls out Black Lives Matter … hears back

It is the ultimate litmus test of the 2016 presidential race: How will candidates respond to Black Lives Matter? We…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 12, 2015
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Caught with her pantsuit down: Hillary Clinton will turn over private server to federal authorities

For months, former secretary of state and current presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has insisted “there’s nothing to see here” regarding…
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Email Featured

Howard PortnoyAugust 11, 2015
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The latest casualty of the left’s scrubbing of ‘racists’ from America’s past

In 2008, some on the left were indulging themselves in the grandiose fantasy that someday Barack Obama’s likeness would appear on Mt.…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 11, 2015
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Black TX state rep claims ‘mistreatment’ during traffic; see what dash cam saw

One of checks on alleged police brutality that has developed legs in the past year is the use of body…
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Education

Howard PortnoyAugust 11, 2015
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19-year-old coed joins Ferguson protests, but not in the way you might expect

Lexi Kozhevsky, a 19-year-old nursing student at St. Louis University, made the decision Monday night to head over to nearby Ferguson, where angry demonstrators…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 10, 2015
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Carly Fiorina’s 2001 speech praising Islam: Political bombshell or dud?

For some reason, a speech that then-Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina gave on Sept. 26, 2001 — some two weeks after the 9/11 attacks —…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 10, 2015
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Unbelievable comments on social media after police officer left bloody and unconscious

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. And sometimes that reaction is over the top. Last Friday,…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 10, 2015
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Poll: Trump bloody but unbowed after stormy debate, still leads GOP field

In ways, Donald Trump’s 2016 race for the White House is reminiscent of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. No matter what Trump…
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Education

Howard PortnoyAugust 9, 2015
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Another radical Rutgers professor sounds off on social media with a mind-boggling tweet

It’s hard to say which is the most liberal college in the known universe, but Rutgers, the state university of…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 9, 2015
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Tweet of the Day: #BlackLivesMatter honors Michael Brown’s memory … with pig roast

It was exactly one year ago today that Ferguson, Mo., teen Michael Brown died of gunshot wounds following a run-in…
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Email Featured

Howard PortnoyAugust 9, 2015
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Retailer Target knuckles under to pressure from the left, drops gender labels

Cleanup in Aisle 6. On Friday, Target, the Minneapolis-based budget retail chain, announced on its website that it will dispense with its…
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Email Featured

Howard PortnoyAugust 8, 2015
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Black pastors petition Smithsonian to remove bust of Planned Parenthood founder

The question raised by the above headline is not whether the Smithsonian Institution will comply with the demand in a letter…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 8, 2015
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‘Color-coding’ police: An idea whose time has yet to come

It’s a “fix … so simple that we’re kicking ourselves for not having thought of it before,” writes Eugene S. Robinson at Yahoo.com. When…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 7, 2015
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Lesbians who torched own house, alleging it was ‘hate crime,’ lose lawsuit

Carol Ann Stutte and Laura Jean Stutte went to great lengths to prove themselves the victims of anti-gay discrimination. The…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 7, 2015
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If last night’s GOP debate made you sad Obama is leaving, Dems have a balm for you

According to TimeandDate’s official countdown, Barack Obama will be leaving office in 531 days. (And 15 hours, 45 minutes, and 24 seconds,…
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Education

Howard PortnoyAugust 6, 2015
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This ‘poetry’ lesson resulted in teacher being pulled from classroom

Confusing doggerel and poetry is nothing new in American schools in the age of political correctness and inclusiveness. But one…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyAugust 6, 2015
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Introducing new Android game titled ‘Beat Up and Insult the Arab’

Yesterday in a statement defending his administration’s nuclear deal with Iran, Barack Obama claimed — no doubt with his fingers crossed behind…
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Howard Portnoy

FBI says it may be able to recover at least some Clinton email data

Meet the Human Rights Campaign’s gender-inclusive classroom guide

The more the elites dump on Trump, the stronger he gets

Number of Hillary emails flagged for containing classified info now at 60 … and counting UPDATE

Will Obama come down as hard on Hillary as he did on these two intelligence agents?

Hillary Clinton seeing the humor in her little email server snafu

New York pizzeria accused of racism for ingredients, name of pizza slice

Hillary not the only Obama administration official in hot water over private emails

Shoplifter conceals filched steaks in location as novel as it is disgusting

Hillary’s emails shows she sought advice on how to delete emails permanently

HuffPo Arabic edition infuriates libs by criticizing gays, atheists, selfies

California DMV workers handed out driver’s licenses for cash

Caught with her pantsuit down: Hillary Clinton will turn over private server to federal authorities

Carly Fiorina’s 2001 speech praising Islam: Political bombshell or dud?

Unbelievable comments on social media after police officer left bloody and unconscious

Poll: Trump bloody but unbowed after stormy debate, still leads GOP field

Another radical Rutgers professor sounds off on social media with a mind-boggling tweet

Tweet of the Day: #BlackLivesMatter honors Michael Brown’s memory … with pig roast

Retailer Target knuckles under to pressure from the left, drops gender labels

Black pastors petition Smithsonian to remove bust of Planned Parenthood founder

Lesbians who torched own house, alleging it was ‘hate crime,’ lose lawsuit

If last night’s GOP debate made you sad Obama is leaving, Dems have a balm for you

This ‘poetry’ lesson resulted in teacher being pulled from classroom

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