Stories written by Mark PellinAn 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).
A heads-up for our readers: PunditHouse will be participating in an Internet blackout on Wednesday, Jan. 18, to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) – two pieces of legislation that would effectively allow the government to censor the Internet. While SOPA was dealt a blow this week when […]
January 17, 2012 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »
Send us a link with your favorite tunes and vids (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix:
January 14, 2012 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »
A group of about 40 residents from south Mecklenburg, including County Commissioner Bill James and City Councilmember Warren Cooksey, huddled this week to discuss the possibility of Ballantyne and a swath of suburbia breaking from Charlotte to form its own city. And folks from Mecklenburg’s southern suburbs, it turns out, aren’t the only ones contemplating […]
January 13, 2012 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
It’s one of the more aggressively militant and radical advocates for open borders and total amnesty for illegal immigrants, so naturally, in a presidential election year when the incumbent One will be seriously pandering to the Hispanic vote, La Raza’s former senior vice president and chief lobbyist has been appointed director of the … wait […]
January 12, 2012 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »
Thoughts?
January 11, 2012 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »
It’s been almost two decades since Bill James took a seat on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, representing the heavily suburban, southern swath District 6 of the county, and nearly as long since the oft-outspoken and controversial Republican has faced a legitimate challenger at the ballot box. This year is looking to prove an […]
January 11, 2012 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,County Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Rest assured, citizen, that the always-vigilant Transportation Security Agency is one the ball, protecting you and your loved ones from the potential deadly terrorist threats of … cupcakes. This from USA Today: The Transportation Security Administration says its agents did the right thing in confiscating a woman’s cupcakes at a Las Vegas security checkpoint last […]
January 11, 2012 | Posted in House Specials,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »
Holy (no pun intended) Cow: Somebody walk me through all the Tebow hating. Here’s an underdog who works hard to beat the odds, doesn’t shirk individual responsibility for mistakes when he makes them, takes pride in openly professing his Christian faith and … oh, never mind; I get it. Being a Browns fan in the […]
January 9, 2012 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »
News of felon and former NC House Speaker Jim Black stiffing school children by dodging full financial restitution stemming from a string of criminal corruption convictions shouldn’t come as any surprise. Ethics have never been the Democrat’s strong suit. Screwing the public and abusing power? That’s a different story entirely. And folks should’ve seen this […]
January 7, 2012 | Posted in Carolinas,Char-Meck Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »
Send us a link with your favorite tunes or vids (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the rotation: A classic from Elmore Leonard’s “Get Shorty,” but with a F-bomb warning:
January 7, 2012 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »