Saturday Night House Party
Shoot us a link with your favorite tunes and vids (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix: Unfortunate that Jenneke didn’t make it to London ~
An award-winning journalist and former editor of The Rhinoceros Times in Charlotte, Pellin has been called everything from a misguided troglodyte to a professional agitator. He prefers the label of a realist, the guy in the crowd telling everybody that not only doesn’t the emperor have any clothes; he’s trying to steal ours. Pellin has covered the Char-Meck scene for the better part of two decades, earning his fair share of fans and more than a few critics who wish he’d move to Nome, Alaska, and be eaten by wild bears. When he’s not writing, he stays busy enjoying time with his wife and two kids. When he can break away for some R&R, he likes to fly fish (even if he doesn’t catch anything) and camp (even if it rains).
Eastland Maul
Congratulations, Queen City taxpayer, you’re the brand new owner of 81 acres of blight, courtesy of the Charlotte City Council and its unanimous vote to shell out $13.2 million to purchase the dilapidated and decaying remnants of Eastland Mall. But not to worry; the council has a reason for jumping into the speculative real estate […]
Gun Laws Up For Debate
Thoughts? H/T ~ Mike Murdock, whose Facebook page always includes some nuggets of wisdom.
The Flip-Flop Police
I’m back from a respite with the family at the beach, where I wore flip-flops nearly every waking hour and, I’m fairly certain, at least twice slept through the night with them still stuck to my feet after passing out on the couch, KO’d from battling waves with the kids. Unfortunately, my days of flip-flop-wearing […]
Saturday Night House Party
Shoot us a link with your favorite tunes or vids (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the rotation:
CMS Rebuilding Public Trust One Closed Meeting At A Time
In the breathless hype and hyperbole leading up to his arrival as new Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools superintendent, Heath “Pete Repeat” Morrison promised to regain public trust through honest and open communication. So naturally, one of his first so-called community meetings was held behind closed doors with ranking members of the local NAACP and the Black Political […]
The Magic I-Word: Turning Illegal Immigrants Legal
The folks over at Creative Loafing ran a cover package last week on the merits of a burgeoning “Drop the I-Word” campaign, as well as explaining the publication’s decision to join it. What is the “Drop the I-Word” campaign, you ask? CL explains: Hosted by United 4 The Dream, the youth-led advocacy group of the […]
Eric Holder’s ID Hypocrisy
Attorney General Eric Holder railed against voter ID laws during a speech at the NAACP National Convention this week, where journalists covering the event were required to present two forms of identification to gain entrance. Wait, what? No hypocrisy here, move right along. This from Katie Pavlich at Townhall: What did media need in order […]
Cherne/Ridenhour District 5 Runoff Recap
One-stop early voting is underway for the July 17 slate of runoff elections, including the hotly contested GOP tilt between Sarah Cherne and Matthew Ridenhour for the District 5 seat on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Ridenhour and Cherne were the top vote-getters in the May 8 primary, but neither managed to crack the […]
Sheriff Joe’s Warped Perception Of Reality
Vice President Joe Biden’s propensity for the political gaffe is well documented. What’s even more disturbing, though, is when Biden doesn’t pull a blunder by sticking his foot in his mouth with a misplaced reference or ill-timed joke, but simply speaks his mind on reality as he perceives it. This from the Washington Examiner: Vice […]
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