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.

Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 10, 2013
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President Obama: When will you denounce the fatwa against George Zimmerman?

Paging President Obama: There is unrest among your constituents that requires action on your part. Some Americans are threatening to lynch…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJuly 9, 2013
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Two House Dems propose a new national park — on the moon

Remember back in February when Barack Obama warned that America would feel the pain once sequestration kicked in? Among the federal…
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Religion

Howard PortnoyJuly 9, 2013
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Samuel Adams beer ad quotes Declaration of Independence but with interesting omission

Give credit to Samuel Adams, the beer brand named for one of the founding fathers. In a commercial for its…
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Politics

Howard PortnoyJuly 9, 2013
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Another glitch in Obamacare could limit penalties for smokers

Another day, another delay in the star-crossed health care reform law. This one, which the Obama administration warns will take…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyJuly 8, 2013
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Trending: Newlyweds unload on guests who give lousy gifts

The florist brings the wrong flowers. The band fails to show up. The food is cold or not what you…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 8, 2013
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Decorated, wounded Marine treated 'shamefully' by TSA

Wearing the uniform of the Few and Proud doesn’t quite cut it when the wearer comes up against those sporting…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 8, 2013
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Obamacare administrators to rely on the honor system for new enrollees

You know all those stories that have been circulating about Barack Obama’s paranoia and his penchant for spying even on his friends in…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJuly 7, 2013
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Fat acceptance group rejects AMA declaration that obesity is a disease

When the American Medical Association announced in June that it had reclassified obesity as a disease, a collective groan went up…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJuly 7, 2013
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A tale of two trials: Elite media devoted 5 stories to Gosnell, 203 to Zimmerman

It was only a matter of time before someone ran a LexisNexis search to confirm or refute claims of a double media…
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Sports and Culture

Howard PortnoyJuly 6, 2013
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Woman kicked out of waterpark because of ‘full figure’ and skimpy bikini

Missouri may be the “Show Me” State, but there is only so much of Madelyn Sheaffer the staff at a…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 6, 2013
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Report: Rifle that killed police chief was among weapons lost during Fast and Furious

Heckuva job, Holdie! On Friday the Los Angeles Times (h/t Jazz Shaw) reported that the Fast and Furious gunwalking program, which Attorney General Eric…
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Religion

Howard PortnoyJuly 5, 2013
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Church of Satan goes after ‘blasphemers’ who falsely chanted ‘Hail Satan’

The moral of this story out of Texas yesterday is that if you’re going to mock someone for what you presume to…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJuly 5, 2013
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Washington state cleanses laws of gender bias

The task at hand — recasting 3,500 state laws to eliminate any traces of gender bias — sounds herculean until…
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Foreign Affairs

Howard PortnoyJuly 4, 2013
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Jonathan Alter: Obama gets credit for overthrow of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

So Al Gore didn’t invent the Internet after all! The true inventor, it appears, is Barack Obama. Of course, I’m…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 4, 2013
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Liberal commentator: Shameful GOP won’t help fix problems with Obamacare

It’s “The Little Red Hen” in reverse! For those unfamiliar with this childhood bedtime classic, the eponymous protagonist sets out to…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJuly 3, 2013
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How will history textbooks treat the death of Trayvon Martin? Here’s a sneak preview

If you have any doubt that contemporary education hews slavishly to a leftist agendum, just check out a current school…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJuly 3, 2013
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Why is Aaron Hernandez so eager to marry his high school sweetheart? And why is the sheriff opposed to it?

Questions are arising over a new development in the case of Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriot who is…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJuly 3, 2013
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Scales fall from MSM’s eyes as reporters contemplate horrors of Obamacare

Back in November of 2012, this observer filed a column whose title asked the question Will Obama end up repealing Obamacare…
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Religion

Howard PortnoyJuly 2, 2013
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University orders student to remove cross necklace, fearing it will offend other students

Sonoma State University strives to create a campus climate in which the desire to build trust among people is widely shared,…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJuly 2, 2013
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Paula Deen offered 6 figures to appear in adult film

It looks like Paula Deen’s fortunes are beginning to take a turn for the better. Celebrity gossip website TMZ reports that the…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJuly 1, 2013
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MSNBC: George Zimmerman may have purposely gotten fatter to look less threatening

Talk about your dirty lawyer tricks! That’s what MSNBC’s Karen Finney and network social critic Goldie Taylor seemed to think…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJuly 1, 2013
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Al Jazeera America signs Soledad O'Brien as special correspondent

Remember the story by the satirical website The Daily Currant announcing that 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had signed with…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 30, 2013
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San Diego man faces up to 13 years for writing on sidewalk

What are those madcap Singaporeans up to now? Threatening a man with 13 years in prison for writing on a…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJune 30, 2013
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U. Va. student arrested and jailed after buying bottled water

Call it a case of double mistaken identity. A college student mistook half a dozen plain clothes Alcoholic Beverage Control…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 30, 2013
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CA to use federal taxpayer money to train students to sell Obamacare

It is not the first time the president has shamefully exploited children to hawk some policy initiative, but it is far…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 29, 2013
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NYPD officer reprimanded for speaking Spanish on job

“English, mother**ker, do you speak it?” — Jules, “Pulp Fiction” Just in case you thought the lunacy over language spoken…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJune 29, 2013
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NM weekly defends depiction of Catholic icon in scandalous pose

Paging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Another “disgusting and reprehensible” image has been produced that requires your immediate condemnation. This…
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Education

Howard PortnoyJune 28, 2013
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School district spends $2.4M on sensitivity training that emphasizes evils of ‘white culture’

Hang the cost if the money is being directed toward a worthwhile cause. And what could be more worthwhile than…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJune 28, 2013
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In Joan Walsh’s world being called a racial slur makes you a racist (or something)

Face facts: When the star witness for the prosecution in a murder trial characterizes an alternate theory of the crime…
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Unyielding

Howard PortnoyJune 27, 2013
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One of the more gut-wrenching videos you're likely to see: Dog buries dead puppy in Iraq

Maybe it drives home the senselessness of the loss of life in war time. Or maybe it’s just the translation…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJune 27, 2013
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Twitter account of star prosecution witness In Zimmerman case ‘scrubbed’

As of this writing, a Facebook page titled Justice For Trayvon Martin had 237,980 likes. A second Facebook page, this one titled Justice…
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Law and Government

Howard PortnoyJune 27, 2013
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Man recognizes mom in bank robbery surveillance photos, turns her in to authorities

A Michigan man can claim to be an upstanding, law-abiding citizen, though he’s not likely to win a son-of-the-year award…
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Social Issues

Howard PortnoyJune 27, 2013
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Paula Deen held in contempt for failing to turn over profane blooper reel

With another company, Walmart, cutting ties with Paula Deen over blatantly racist comments she made about employees, you’d think that the fallen…
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Economy

Howard PortnoyJune 26, 2013
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Obama’s legacy on pace to be a mess his successor will inherit

“Obama Turns Focus on Middle-Class Jobs.” So read a results-promising headline at Voice of America on May 18. Yahoo! News was equally optimistic a…
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National Security

Howard PortnoyJune 26, 2013
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FBI bows to pressure by Dem pol to pull ‘racist’ ad featuring most wanted terrorists

Last week, NSA director Keith Alexander provided the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence with a list of 50 terrorist threats against…
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Media

Howard PortnoyJune 25, 2013
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After Food Network fires her for racism, Paula Deen finds sympathizer … in Al Sharpton?

From muh disbelieving ears to yerrrrrz! For those able to stomach her laid-on-thick-as-treacle Savannah drawl, not to mention her fat-laden…
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Howard Portnoy

Two House Dems propose a new national park — on the moon

Samuel Adams beer ad quotes Declaration of Independence but with interesting omission

Trending: Newlyweds unload on guests who give lousy gifts

Decorated, wounded Marine treated 'shamefully' by TSA

A tale of two trials: Elite media devoted 5 stories to Gosnell, 203 to Zimmerman

Woman kicked out of waterpark because of ‘full figure’ and skimpy bikini

Jonathan Alter: Obama gets credit for overthrow of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

Why is Aaron Hernandez so eager to marry his high school sweetheart? And why is the sheriff opposed to it?

University orders student to remove cross necklace, fearing it will offend other students

Paula Deen offered 6 figures to appear in adult film

Al Jazeera America signs Soledad O'Brien as special correspondent

U. Va. student arrested and jailed after buying bottled water

NYPD officer reprimanded for speaking Spanish on job

NM weekly defends depiction of Catholic icon in scandalous pose

School district spends $2.4M on sensitivity training that emphasizes evils of ‘white culture’

One of the more gut-wrenching videos you're likely to see: Dog buries dead puppy in Iraq

Man recognizes mom in bank robbery surveillance photos, turns her in to authorities

Obama’s legacy on pace to be a mess his successor will inherit

FBI bows to pressure by Dem pol to pull ‘racist’ ad featuring most wanted terrorists

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