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 PortnoyNovember 24, 2013
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Following latest attack, NYC police commish wonders aloud if ‘Knockout’ is urban legend

About the only positive takeaway from the two latest iterations of the ‘Knockout game’ infesting our cities is that there…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyNovember 24, 2013
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Dems, president can run but they can’t hide from Obamacare

It’s not clear what the takeaway was supposed to be from an experiment by late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel,…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyNovember 23, 2013
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Something about the meaning of life (and death)

Forgive this departure from the usual daily grind. I am taking liberties here partly based on the excellent example set…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyNovember 23, 2013
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New ads from Blue Cross Blue Shield mock HealthCare.gov

Good thing the president of the United States is such an easy-going fellow, a guy who lets insults just roll…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 22, 2013
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How long will MSM keep trying to whitewash Obamacare’s failure with anecdotal evidence?

So this is how a hopelessly misguided legislative initiative designed to transfer one sixth of the nation’s economy to the…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyNovember 22, 2013
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Another ‘Knockout’ victim, this one a 78-year-old granny

I don’t profess to be knowledgeable enough about the “game” of “Knockout” to speak with any authority about the scoring.…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyNovember 21, 2013
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The Life of Zoe

Surely you haven’t forgotten Julia? She was the faceless fictional character created by the Obama administration to illustrate how the…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 21, 2013
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Three more ‘Knockout’ attacks reported in Philly

This column is not in the habit of offering advice to the president, who in any case, I suspect, would…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyNovember 21, 2013
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True Confessions: ‘How Obamacare forced my mom to become a whore of the state’

Somehow, despite the recent troubling about-face by one of the human shields Barack Obama used in his Rose Garden standoff against growing…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 20, 2013
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‘Stupid enough’: Hitting Obama where he lives

When called on the carpet about his broken promises last week by CBS News’s Major Garrett, Barack Obama lied (again),…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 20, 2013
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Libs desperate to prove Obamacare will succeed

By most pundits’ reckoning, Obamacare is in serious trouble. Another poll is out today, this one from CBS News, and the…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyNovember 19, 2013
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‘You screwed me over,’ says woman cited by Obama as Obamacare success story

The thrill is gone for Jessica Sanford. If the name fails to ring a bell, it’s because Sanford is a…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 18, 2013
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Why it’s funny that libs and Dems think GOP should help rescue Obamacare

Apparently, when Jamelle Bouie of the Daily Beast was a child, he never read the bedtime story “The Little Red Hen.” For…
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National Security

Howard PortnoyNovember 18, 2013
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Redskins, shmedskins: Palestinians name soccer teams after suicide bombers

Soccer is a violent sport. How violent? Last July, angry Brazilian fans stormed the field of play and stoned a referee…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyNovember 18, 2013
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Healthcare.gov lowers sights: 80% enrollment new measure of ‘success’

The Nov. 31 30 deadline is fast approaching, and in anticipation of missing its pledge that Healthcare.gov would be running…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyNovember 17, 2013
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‘No apologies needed — Obamacare works’ … says Susan E. Whigham

A few more Susan E. Whighams, and Barack Obama could die a happy man. Whigham is the author of a…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 17, 2013
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‘Knockout,’ deadly black teen ‘game,’ appears to be going viral

“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon Martin.” Maybe so, Mr. President, but would he play “Knockout”? Calling…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 16, 2013
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Disrespect, race, and Obama (and Oprah and Harris-Perry and…)

The internet needs one of those signs that used to appear outside factories that read, “This plant has gone [blank]…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyNovember 16, 2013
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Upshot of Obama’s meeting with insurers: They knew what was in law, but he didn’t?

“We will have to pass the bill so that you can find out what’s in it.” That sentence would make…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyNovember 15, 2013
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New racial pastime in Crown Heights, Brooklyn: ‘Knock out the Jew’

Colin Flaherty has written extensively about the game of Knockout. Calling it a game is to take liberty with that word considering…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 15, 2013
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Official administration response to accusations Obama’s ‘fix’ is illegal

Barack Obama has proven time and again that he doesn’t need no stinking law to act. Executive fiat is good…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyNovember 14, 2013
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Families of armed robbers shot to death by concerned citizen demand justice (Video)

Two armed robbers are gunned down in the commission of a crime, and their families want justice? One might argue…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyNovember 14, 2013
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Historically black college cancels student health plans, cites high cost of Obamacare as reason

According to the latest Pew Research poll, blacks continue to give Barack Obama stratospheric marks for the job he’s doing, with…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyNovember 14, 2013
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‘Not See’ (pronounced ‘Nazi’) vanity plate sparks outrage (Video)

Now you see it, now you don’t — literally. From ABC affiliate KGTV in San Diego comes the story of a school bus…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 13, 2013
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Is the thrill (with Obama) finally gone?

It may be apocryphal, but the story has it that President Lyndon Johnson, following a scathing report on his conduct…
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Education

Howard PortnoyNovember 13, 2013
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Schools relax restrictions on head lice, parents bugged

How much is little Johnny’s privacy or easily bruised feelings worth to the parents of his classmates? Let’s put that…
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Education

Howard PortnoyNovember 13, 2013
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Prominent U.S. children’s book publisher erases Israel from map of Middle East

The Arab world’s wish is a leading children’s book publisher’s command. From The Times of Israel: Arab textbooks are not the…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 13, 2013
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Revised estimate: 93 million Americans will lose insurance due to Obamacare

A chilling article by Nick Nolte at Breitbart.com suggests that (1) the president was not the only one who lied about the…
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Education

Howard PortnoyNovember 12, 2013
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School forbids students to wear t-shirts memorializing classmate who died of cancer

If you thought school policies couldn’t get any sillier than suspending a 7-year-old for biting a toaster pastry into the shape…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyNovember 12, 2013
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Three 20-year-olds design functioning health care website in 3 days

Are you familiar with the infinite monkey theorem? It posits that if you give a monkey a typewriter and an infinite…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyNovember 12, 2013
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Man at airport check-in finds that someone using his ID checked in earlier

Imagine showing up at the airport for your flight and discovering that you already boarded. No, this is not the…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyNovember 12, 2013
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Obama’s impending humanitarian crisis

Lately, trying to ascertain the number of times Barack Obama uttered the words “If you like your plan, you can keep…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 11, 2013
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Obama told his Big Lie partly because Americans can’t handle the truth

Another country heard from. A day after liberal political columnist Cynthia Tucker offered up her best dog-ate-homework explanation for why Barack Obama…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 11, 2013
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NYC cops arrest black teen who shot two skaters over jacket belonging to one

Feds trien [sic] kick down my door its over were do i go from hereeeee … [I don’t know] wat…
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Media

Howard PortnoyNovember 10, 2013
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Cynthia Tucker: Obama lied, but only after GOP saboteurs left him no choice

Of all the soft-cushion drubbings Barack Obama has taken at the hands of once (and future) cheerleaders, none is as…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyNovember 10, 2013
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FB bans group of mothers sharing photos of other people’s ‘ugly’ and ‘disabled’ children

They called their Facebook group “Mean Girls,” suggesting they at least had an awareness, however dim, that what they were…
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