As county manager Harry Jones was pitching his recommended $1.4-billion budget that accelerates county spending while dramatically increasing the tax burden on a majority on homeowners, he assured that the moment was right for a so-called “re-investment” spending spree. “Although the winds of change continue to swirl around us, we find ourselves once again standing […]
GOP mayoral candidate Scott Stone is planning a visit this afternoon to the uptown transit hub, the scene of the latest gang riot to rock center city. We said earlier that Stone should push Democrat Mayor Anthony Foxx on his Katrina-flyover response to the riot; this is a good start. From Stone’s media release: Stone […]
Because our legislators apparently don’t have any other pressing matters, they’ve decided to go after tanning parlors and the under-age tanners that infiltrate them. This from WRAL: A bill pending in the General Assembly would require anyone under 18 to get a physician’s prescription to use a tanning booth. State law now allows youths age […]
Leave it to the stalwarts of objective, nonpartisan journalism over at the Associated Press to elevate, quite literally, Barack Obama to true deity status. The One, you see, can heal. The One is “the healer-in-chief.” I guess when he’s not busy playing ping-pong and quaffing Irish brew for photo opps. Emphasis added: Obama going to […]
Ever since my youngest ratted me out for dropping the F-Bomb in the car on the road trip home from an extended Memorial Day weekend, I’ve been thinking a lot about the power and importance of words. How and when they’re used. What impact they can have. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about the link I […]
Last week US senator Rand Paul made a valiant attempt to at least amend the tyrannical “Patriot Act” to protect the privacy of gun owners; his measured failed 85-10. NC freshman representive Glen Bradley has introduced HB 241, the North Carolina Firearms Freedom Act. This bill will exempt all firearms and ammunition manufactued and retained in NC […]
Historically the people of North Carolina have been called “Tar Heels” because of the fact that during the war between the states our troops “stuck to their ranks like they had tar on their heels”. Once again, it is time to draw a line in the sand, firmly plant our heals and stand our ground. […]
Send us a youtube link of your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix. This is The Kinks:
Glad to see that millions of dollars in taxpayer money isn’t being wasted by the National Science Foundation, where they’re handing out grants by the fistful to study critical and pressing issues like how to ride a bike, how much housework a husband creates for a wife, and when dogs became man’s best friend. Oh, […]
Professor Walter E. Williams’ writings are required reading for anyone interested in preserving individual liberty and a free economy. Prof. Williams has long promoted both doctrines with a no-holds-barred approach, rendering big government proponents defenseless. In his pursuit, he recently targeted the nefariousness of the minimum wage. Williams derides the minimum wage for its inherent […]
