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 PortnoyJuly 22, 2013
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Indonesian authorities question owner of Nazi-themed restaurant

This column has explored ”theme restaurants” where the waiters wear condoms on their heads and ones where customers are seated on toilets. Judged…
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Religion

Howard PortnoyJuly 22, 2013
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Sunni man castrated by wife’s family to protest interfaith marriage

The narrative out of Beirut suggests that the newlywed’s in-laws lost their heads — and then they saw to it…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJuly 22, 2013
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Comic relief: Sharpton colleague urges LeBron James, Dwyane Wade ‘to change franchises’

It’s not just the idea that is utterly ridiculous but the wording of an appeal by Sharpton associate Gene Collins…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 21, 2013
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Immigrants living in NYC send groceries bought with food stamps to relatives in Caribbean

Now if turned out that some of the immigrants using taxpayer money to buy groceries and ship them off to…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJuly 20, 2013
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Another round of misleading ‘classroom resources’ on Zimmerman trial

In March of this year, it was reported in this space that 80% of graduates from New York City high schools…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJuly 20, 2013
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Nursing student suspended for demanding that English be spoken in classroom

Let’s take a hypothetical: You are a nursing student. Much of your education entails collaborative classroom activities such as group…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 20, 2013
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More TSA idiocy: Inspecting parked cars at airports, but only those parked by valet

If long lines at the airport haven’t been enough to deter you from flying, the Transportation Security Administration’s latest effort…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJuly 19, 2013
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Old narrative: Trayvon could be Obama’s son; new narrative: Trayvon could be Obama

Another day, another speech on race by the nation’s first black — and historically most divisive — president. If you’re…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 19, 2013
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Why is DOJ refusing to give George Zimmerman back his gun?

Here are the facts as they are known. George Zimmerman was acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin by a…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 19, 2013
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Reps. Bobby Rush and Steve King ‘debate’ Zimmerman verdict on television

The video that follows needs, as they say, no introduction. The segment appeared last night on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity.”…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJuly 19, 2013
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Flashback: Obama boasts, I ‘refused to let Detroit go bankrupt’

This is in no way to make light of Detroit’s plight, which is no laughing matter. Yesterday, the Motor City…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJuly 18, 2013
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Radio host Tom Joyner offers to send Rachel Jeantel to black college of her choice

There is something I’d like to “axe” black radio personality Tom Joyner. If Rachel Jeantel, star witness for the prosecution…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJuly 18, 2013
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Workers laid off … via text message

Can the “pink tweet” (think pink slip) be far behind? Employees at a restaurant in Winter Park, Fla., say they…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJuly 18, 2013
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Trayvon Martin’s parents consider civil lawsuit against Zimmerman

The other shoe has dropped. According to Reuters, the parents of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teen shot dead in Florida…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJuly 18, 2013
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If asparagus is dried out, the store must be racist

Like beauty, racism is in the eye of the beholder. Call a movie a “black comedy” and you better be…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJuly 18, 2013
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Blacks benefit disproportionately from FL’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law

Give Eric Holder credit. Charles Krauthammer did. On a recent Special Report “all-star panel,” Krauthammer observed that the AG must…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJuly 17, 2013
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Why are liberals willing to tolerate black intolerance toward gays?

It’s the reverse of the old Groucho Marx line about refusing to join “a club that would have me as…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJuly 17, 2013
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What was that libs were predicting about non-violent protests following the Zimmerman verdict?

It’s too bad for some bloggers that the Internet doesn’t come with an eraser. It would certainly come in handy…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyJuly 16, 2013
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Fat advocacy group protests Boy Scout Jamboree exclusion of obese scouts

If you thought the Boy Scouts of America was evil because up until two months they discriminated against gays, you don’t…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJuly 16, 2013
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Mom forces 9-year-old to pose nude for ‘porn shots’ to send to fiancé in jail

Apparently, an Indiana woman didn’t know how to bake or was fresh out of tools that would saw through metal…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJuly 16, 2013
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MSM goes into gloat mode: See, we told you there would be peace and calm

Maybe Rodney King was onto something when he entreated on TV, “Can’t we all just get along?” Of course, King’s…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJuly 15, 2013
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Pro-Trayvon Martin protester: You need to be ‘checking your white privilege’ daily

According to a self-hating white protester at a rally in Portland, Ore., on Sunday, every conscientious American of pallor should…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 15, 2013
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HLN's Nancy Grace utters profanity and racial slur live on-air

HLN, the erstwhile CNN Headline News, describes itself as “the national television network that focuses on the ‘must-see, must-share’ stories of…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJuly 15, 2013
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Twinkies are back, but the jobs making them are not

It’s a report that is sure to rankle both adult members of the Obama family — Mister because it is…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 14, 2013
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Justice for George Zimmerman and the court of public opinion

Last night, just before the stroke of 10, a jury of his peers found George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJuly 13, 2013
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NAACP president asked to step down for speaking truth to power on FB

The 25-year-old president of the Norfolk, Va., chapter of the NAACP is being asked to resign for having the temerity…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJuly 13, 2013
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Study: Obama has mentioned the poor less than any other modern president

Here’s the good news. The Barack Oamas will be heading to Martha’s Vineyard again in August after a hiatus from the posh…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJuly 13, 2013
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Pranked CA TV station IDs pilots of doomed Asiana flight as ‘Wi Tu Lo,’ 'Ho Lee Fuk,' etc. (Updated)

Prank you, very much, “The Onion!” The satirical newspaper has spawned so many imitators that genuine purveyors of the news…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJuly 12, 2013
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Obamacare funds earmaked for Kentucky Bourbon festival

And why not? The ends justify the means, don’t they? If selling demon rum will get the American public to…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJuly 12, 2013
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Chicago-Sun Times accused of Asian racial stereotype in headline

The PC police have been working overtime. On July 7, a group of them at the Asian American Journalists Association took the…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJuly 12, 2013
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TIME columnist: ‘Preparing for riots after Zimmerman verdict is racial fear-mongering’

It’s just as well if the title of a column by TIME magazine’s Marc Polite leaves you speechless, because you’re damned if…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 11, 2013
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To prove Zimmerman was racist against blacks, prosecutor engages in racism against blacks

With friends like state’s attorney Bernie De La Rionda making the case for the prosecution, those who believe in George…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyJuly 11, 2013
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Introducing Paula Deen: The comic book

Fallen food icon Paula Deen may have lost her Food Network cooking show, lucrative endorsement deals, book contracts, and possibly…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJuly 11, 2013
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Report: Obama Justice Dept was behind Trayvon Martin protests

Yesterday an article at this site asked rhetorically when President Obama would speak up and denounce the death threats against George Zimmerman…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJuly 10, 2013
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NBC Nightly News apologizes for misplacing state of New Hampshire

In the old joke, a waiter asks a customer how he found his steak. The man, by way of showing…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyJuly 10, 2013
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Dog struck and killed by car whose driver attempted to run over dog’s master

Max, a Siberian husky is dead, but his killer, Wilfredo Vega, 23, is adamant that he didn’t mean to crush…
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