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.

Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJune 15, 2014
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Video: Watch doctors remove cell phone from man’s mouth

OK, if no one else is going to ask, then I will: Say, fella, how’d you get that cell phone…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyJune 15, 2014
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Tweet of the Day: Palestinian people ‘party’ over kidnapping of Israeli teens

For me, one of the most vivid and galling memories of Sept. 11, 2001 was news footage of reactions on “the…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 14, 2014
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DOJ insider shoots gaping holes in Lerner’s ‘dog-ate-my-emails’ claim

Let’s assume that the tale of a computer crash “eating” her homework goes no higher up the food chain than former IRS…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJune 13, 2014
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Tweet of the Day: Weiner should delete his Twitter acount

“Weiner pulls another Twitter boner,” quips a New York Post headline. The Weiner in question is the beleaguered former New York congressman…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 13, 2014
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When the going gets tough, the president gets golfing

A short time ago, President Obama made a statement on the South Lawn of the White House about the growing…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyJune 12, 2014
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Obama then: ‘We’re leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq’

And Obama now: __________. Actually, that’s not fair. The White House does have a response to the current situation in Iraq. The…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJune 12, 2014
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Video: Teacher says he helped write Common Core to end white privilege

Campus Reform reports that David Pook, a professor at Granite State College who had a hand in drafting the Common…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJune 12, 2014
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Obama: ‘A lot of young men of color aren’t doing well’

If it were anyone other than Barack Obama, a casual observer might wonder how he has enough time on his…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 11, 2014
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Bombshell book: Hillary Clinton told Secret Service agent to ‘get the f**k away from me’ *UPDATE*

Hillary Clinton is many things (some of which can be safely described in a family publication). She is a former…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJune 10, 2014
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Picture of the Day: ‘This is they’re [sic] story’

Need evidence that there is trouble in the Windy City? The premise of that question can be borne out in many…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 10, 2014
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Liberal apologist argues Bergdahl didn’t desert army; army deserted him

It sounds like a Yakov Smirnoff joke, but the observation is not by Smirnoff and it’s not meant to be funny,…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyJune 6, 2014
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D-Day vet refuses Obama’s invitation to a private photo op at the White House

Will this come as another shock to the president? It seems fairly obvious that the commander-in-chief expected his announcement in the…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 6, 2014
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WH, Dems creating unforced parallels between Benghazi and Bergdahl

Except in the most tangential sense — both “Benghazi” and “Bergdahl” begin with the same letter pair — there is…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 5, 2014
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TV news in Central America advises ‘Now is a good time to enter U.S. illegally’

“Go to America with your child, you won’t be turned away.” That advice, according to ABC affiliate KRGV, is being broadcast…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJune 4, 2014
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Teen who clocked another student after queefing during bus sex cops plea

A female teen who earned the unflattering nickname “Teen LaQueefa” after expelling wind from her vulva while having sex on a school…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyJune 4, 2014
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Video: Watch Taliban video of Bergdahl’s release to U.S. personnel

It doesn’t really add much to the unfolding narrative of Bowe Bergdahl’s putative desertion and “capture” by the Taliban, nor does…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJune 4, 2014
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Bergdahlgate: When will Obama’s supporters accept the reality he’s not presidential timber?

Sucks to be an Obama apologist in the media these days. (It probably sucks most days, but here, nearly halfway…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyJune 4, 2014
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Video: John Kerry caught napping on the job

No one said the job of Secretary of State would be easy. Or interesting. At least when John Kerry was…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 3, 2014
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Two more restaurant chains say no to guns

Amid a growing chorus of anti-Second Amendment types, two more restaurant chains, Sonic Drive-In and Chili’s Grill & Bar, have…
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National Security

Howard PortnoyJune 3, 2014
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Video: Newly freed Taliban warmly greeted

Isn’t that nice? The newly freed members of the Taliban were warmly greeted when they reached Qatar. Reuters reports the five…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyJune 3, 2014
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Far left’s spin machine in overdrive over Obama’s deal with the devil for Bergdahl release

News and opinion travel fast on today’s information superhighway. No sooner does a feckless Barack Obama jubilantly announce in the…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyJune 2, 2014
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Video: Obama’s Rose Garden remarks on release of Bowe Bergdahl

Note: An earlier edit, which included the phrase now struck through in the second paragraph, was based on a viewing…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 2, 2014
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SF benefit for gun control cohosted by former gun enthusiast, Crips member Snoop Dogg

California is serious about gun control. So serious that despite already boasting some of the most rigid gun laws in the country, the…
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Education

Howard PortnoyMay 30, 2014
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‘Incendiary’ questions on Chicago standardized test pulled after complaints of political bias

Two popular liberal pastimes — claiming falsely to have been the victim of bigotry and poisoning the minds of the…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyMay 30, 2014
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State Dept. smirker: ‘Obama doesn’t give himself enough credit for his foreign policy’

If Barack Obama had a daughter — OK, another daughter — she would be State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki. Not that Psaki,…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyMay 29, 2014
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Video: WH under bipartisan fire over VA

Stonewalling and foot-dragging, two strategies that have served the Obama administration well on Benghazi, the IRS, and other scandals, are not…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyMay 29, 2014
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Obama then and now: American exceptionalism edition

In his curiously defensive commencement foreign policy speech yesterday at West Point, Barack Obama said at one point, “I believe in American exceptionalism with…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMay 28, 2014
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If Obama and the Dems are winning the Obamacare war, I’d hate to see what losing looks like

No one likes Obamacare. OK, that’s an exaggeration. According to a new CNN/ORC International Poll conducted earlier this month, 12% of Americans…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMay 28, 2014
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The consensus is in: Barack Obama is an appalling failure

Something — some unseen force — has kept President Obama’s approval ratings from seeking their natural rock-bottom level. This is…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMay 27, 2014
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GA Senate candidate Michelle Nunn doubled salary while laying off 100 employees

At first blush, Georgia Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn has all the makings of the ideal Democratic candidate. The bio at her…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyMay 27, 2014
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Columbia University to spend $5.7 million in taxpayer money on ‘climate change games’

“Games and game-like approaches motivate exploration and learning of complex material.” That, according to Campus Reform, is the wording in the…
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Quick Takes

Howard PortnoyMay 27, 2014
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Handcuff key gets lodged in woman’s vagina during ‘sex play’

The most interesting takeaway from this story, culled from the Huffington Post, is that the Learning Channel felt a need to…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyMay 26, 2014
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Man killed by mob for allegedly making another man’s penis ‘disappear’

A word of friendly advice to any males of the species who may be reading this: If you are planning…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMay 26, 2014
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Bombshell: WH rules employers can’t dump workers into health care exchanges

Robert Pear, NYT
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyMay 25, 2014
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In response to UC Santa Barbara killings, let’s ban everything

They come in different sizes, there are automatic and non-automatic versions, and they were used by UC Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger in the…
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Email Featured

Howard PortnoyMay 25, 2014
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Who’s ready for more talk of reparations?

Here we go again. Ta-Nahesi Coates, who frequently writes on racial inequality, has penned a long (very long) essay that is…
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