Hours before Libyan rebels on Monday rejected a cease-fire proposal that didn’t include plans for the immediate ouster of Col. Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel leader in the besieged city of Misrata called for America to resume a more prominent role in enforcing Libya’s no-fly zone and protecting its civilian population. “The first 10 days when […]
This comes from the truly rationally disturbed and troubled file. President Obama has once again resorted to his Felix the Cat bag of tricks and pulled out one of the dumbest and most manipulated debates in American history: “Let’s Make the Rich Pay Their Fair Share of Our Taxes!” Obama is just doing what his […]
The would be CRVA for short, also known as the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, last seen coming under fire from councilmembers who earlier this year were thumping their chests and demanding more accountability and better oversight of the tourism booster squad. Since then, CRVA chieftain Tim Newman, who pockets an annual pay package in excess […]
The next time somebody calls you paranoid for questioning the ever-expanding reach of government into the private lives of citizens, tell them to give Fernando Dominguez a call. The seventh grader had enough temerity to protest his Chicago school outlawing students from bringing bag lunches to school. This from the Chicago Tribune: At his public […]
Charlotte City Council is set to get a report tonight on the next study for High Occupancy Toll lanes – or HOT lanes. The concept is pretty straightforward. When congestion is the worst, people will be able to pay to get around the traffic snarls. The worse the congestion, the higher the cost. Call it […]
Progressives accuse Tea Party activists of being radical right. Tea Partiers accuse Progressives of being destructive of our society and economy. It occurs to me there is not so much difference between the two and they ought to join forces. It seems the Tea Parties came into existence because of the overreaching of government during […]
Some years ago I was without electricity, water, and phone service for about three weeks due to Hurricane Hugo. It was one of those experiences you don’t forget. I was much younger then, with teenagers in the house who chipped in to help chop up the multitude of trees we had down in the yard. […]
Send us a youtube clip of your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix. This is Howlin’ Wolf: And with a less-than-stellar remake of “Arthur” hitting theaters, House Guest DJ Adam Love reminds us how much better the original was:
Former Speaker of the House Jim Black never ceases to amaze me. I still shake my head in disbelief that voters in his Southern Mecklenburg district re-elected him despite the swirl of investigation and … well… stench emanating from his office. So, today, the Charlotte Observer has some quotes from the disgraced ex-Speaker’s interview on […]
