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 PortnoyAugust 21, 2013
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Jesse Jackson speaks out on Chris Lane’s murder: It is ‘frowned upon’

Jesse Jackson (the Jesse Jackson who is not currently in jail, that is) has gotten out ahead of the curve…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyAugust 21, 2013
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Portland city commissioner wants speeding tickets based on income

How far can the loony left obsession with equality go? A story from Red Alert Politics hints at an answer: Take a…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 21, 2013
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University refuses to find replacement for non-PC white male mascot

What’s wrong with these right-wing nutcases? Can’t they recognize “white privilege” when they see it? Evidently not. Andrew Johnson writes at…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyAugust 21, 2013
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‘Bored’ teen kills kittens with bow and arrow, posts gruesome photos on Facebook

Despite the superficial similarities — a teenager in late summer “bored out of his mind” turns to killing — the story…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 20, 2013
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Black Oklahoma teens shoot white man to death ‘just for fun’

When three Oklahoma youths — Chancey Luna, 15, James Edwards, 16, and Michael Jones, 17 — got together last Friday,…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyAugust 20, 2013
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Love story for the 21st century: Boy (formerly girl) meets girl (formerly boy)

Yesterday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law a bill that prohibits professional counselors from attempting to change a minor’s sexual…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyAugust 20, 2013
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Sequester has now killed adorable bunny rabbits

No, really — it has. And it’s all Congress’s fault. (Well, not all of Congress. Just Republicans, who want to “hurt…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyAugust 20, 2013
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Memo: Egyptian church burnings had blessing of Muslim Brotherhood

Remember President Obama’s outrage in 2011 when American soldiers at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan burned copies of the Koran?…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 19, 2013
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Administration launches video contest extolling virtues of Obamacare

It’s hard to get any more 1984 than the latest White House stunt. To persuade an unwilling American electorate that…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyAugust 19, 2013
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Man has 4-inch fork removed from inside penis after sex goes wrong

After sex went wrong? What sexual act calls for inserting a fork into your manhood? Forking? Maybe the problem is that by…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 19, 2013
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Donor with ties to Bain Capital joins Obama on the links

The election is over, and Barack Obama has been safely ensconced in the Oval Office for another four years. Former enemies…
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Education

Howard PortnoyAugust 19, 2013
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A rebuttal of a conservative critique of Common-Core Standards

As a one-time teacher and former dabbler in educational (el-hi) publishing, I am a strict adherent to the view that…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyAugust 18, 2013
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Trend: Crime-ridden cities arming themselves with private security forces

Drudge today has a trio of headlines that suggest a trend that is interesting in light of recent events. Urban…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 18, 2013
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Blacks are capable of thinking for themselves (so long as they aren’t ‘Toms’)

For those who hadn’t noticed, Liberty Unyielding launched a Twitter feed about a week ago. Its purpose is to provide…
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Education

Howard PortnoyAugust 17, 2013
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CA teacher to stand trial for offering her students sex as ‘prize’ for good work

Have they stopped printing those gold, glue-backed stars that teachers back in the day gave out for a job well…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 17, 2013
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg's latest brainstorm: Fingerprint residents of public housing

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg may be on his way out of office, but it is clear he intends to…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 17, 2013
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Obama dark money group gives booby prize to ‘climate deniers’ in Congress

Have you ever wondered what exactly Organizing for Action, Barack Obama’s dark money group, does? Much of its energies are…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyAugust 16, 2013
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Driver who killed bicyclist charged with murder after he boasts about speeding online

An 18-year-old from Pleasanton, Calif., was already in hot water after running down and killing a bicyclist in June. But…
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Education

Howard PortnoyAugust 16, 2013
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TN grade school lifts ban on pork after parents protest

Maybe it was because pork is said to be “the other white meat,” and “white” has come to have a…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 16, 2013
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Young people could be the solution to euthanizing Obamacare

According to the old saw, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it buy health insurance.…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyAugust 15, 2013
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When does ‘literally’ mean ‘figuratively’? Always, say today’s dictionaries

When is a door not a door? When it is ajar. Think on that while we get literally steamed over…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 15, 2013
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While Egypt burns, White House tweets photo of Biden and a camel

Barack Obama has to stop making it this easy; takes all the fun out of it. The Washington Times notes that…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyAugust 15, 2013
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Obama’s $5-a-year cell phone tax to fund high-speed internet in schools

Hey, buddy, can you spare a fin? You can? Great — how about a sawbuck? That’s no bum (or at…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 14, 2013
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Geek Squad worker pilfers coed’s nude photos from computer

Do you keep naked photographs of yourself on your personal electronic storage devices? If you don’t, you may be a…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 12, 2013
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TN judge orders that baby's name be changed from 'Messiah'

What’s in a name? For a New Jersey couple who named their first-born Adolf Hitler, the answer was a loss of…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 12, 2013
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When will Obama and libs face the reality that Americans hate Obamacare?

When it comes to disingenuousness in re the GOP’s efforts to kill Obamacare, it’s hard to top the president, who…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 12, 2013
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Will senseless near-deadly beating of white St. Paul man by black gang trigger Jesse Jackson’s moral outrage?

Over the weekend, “civil rights leader” Jesse Jackson finally broke his silence (sort of) on the beating of a 13-year-old white…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 11, 2013
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Oprah Winfrey: 'Racist retailer refused to let me look at $35K bag'

When media mogul and celebrity Oprah Winfrey isn’t busy attempting to win the approval of total strangers by buying them…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 11, 2013
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New ‘We are Trayvon’ mural should go far in adding fuel to fire of unrest

There seems to have been some miscommunication about the dimensions of the mural titled ‘We Are All Trayvon Martin’ unveiled at the…
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Education

Howard PortnoyAugust 10, 2013
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Back to school … and ‘Trayvon Martin dialogs’

Now, class, repeat after me: “Cracka.” No, Connie, not “cracker.” That’s something you eat. Try again … OK, my bad.…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyAugust 10, 2013
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Petition asks High Court to hear arguments over whether lap dance is artistic expression

Maybe the plaintiff’s attorneys should have tried making the case that the dances are ethnic in nature, like Brahms’s Hungarian…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyAugust 9, 2013
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Weiner watch: Carlos Danger's latest stunt is mocking an English reporter's accent

Someone somewhere will eventually coin the phrase “Weiner Syndrome,” so why not here and now? The disease is a condition…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 9, 2013
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When will Sharpton, Jackson et. al. break their silence on the Florida school bus beating?

Today, a 50-x-8-foot commemorative mural titled “We Are All Trayvon Martin” is to be unveiled at the Florida Statehouse in Tallahassee. The…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 9, 2013
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Alec Baldwin rumored to be slated to host new MSNBC primetime show

It hasn’t been determined what onetime New York mayoral prospect and full-time bigot Alec Baldwin will call his putative new…
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Media

Howard PortnoyAugust 8, 2013
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For Slate mum's the word (when it comes to the Washington Redskins)

I can’t say how the liberal blog Slate refers to the artist formerly known as Prince, but I can say…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyAugust 8, 2013
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‘Ebony,’ libs duped by fake claim that Tea Party planned to boycott Sept issue

It would have been a great comeback on the part of the black magazine “Ebony” if the Tea Party had…
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Howard Portnoy

Portland city commissioner wants speeding tickets based on income

University refuses to find replacement for non-PC white male mascot

‘Bored’ teen kills kittens with bow and arrow, posts gruesome photos on Facebook

Sequester has now killed adorable bunny rabbits

Memo: Egyptian church burnings had blessing of Muslim Brotherhood

Man has 4-inch fork removed from inside penis after sex goes wrong

Donor with ties to Bain Capital joins Obama on the links

A rebuttal of a conservative critique of Common-Core Standards

Trend: Crime-ridden cities arming themselves with private security forces

NYC Mayor Bloomberg's latest brainstorm: Fingerprint residents of public housing

Obama dark money group gives booby prize to ‘climate deniers’ in Congress

Driver who killed bicyclist charged with murder after he boasts about speeding online

When does ‘literally’ mean ‘figuratively’? Always, say today’s dictionaries

While Egypt burns, White House tweets photo of Biden and a camel

Obama’s $5-a-year cell phone tax to fund high-speed internet in schools

Geek Squad worker pilfers coed’s nude photos from computer

TN judge orders that baby's name be changed from 'Messiah'

Petition asks High Court to hear arguments over whether lap dance is artistic expression

Weiner watch: Carlos Danger's latest stunt is mocking an English reporter's accent

Alec Baldwin rumored to be slated to host new MSNBC primetime show

For Slate mum's the word (when it comes to the Washington Redskins)

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