Stories written by Mark Pellin
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).

NPR, The Muslim Brotherhood And A Reidstone Cowboy

With the country $14 trillion in debt, the hard-hitting hombre from Nevada, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is fighting tooth and nail to save cowboy poetry, or something. Meanwhile, back in reality, Senator Jim DeMint is continuing his push to cut funding for public broadcasting: If NPR and PBS want to continue their programming, they […]

March 9, 2011 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »

CMS Paying The Piper With Pink Slips For Teachers

The bill for years of misprioritized spending at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools came due Tuesday night, paid in part with the prepping of pink slips for nearly 400 teachers and 164 instructional support staff. The Board of Education with a 6-3 vote approved a set of guidelines that will be used as CMS implements a reduction in […]

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March 9, 2011 | Posted in CMS Beat,House Specials,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Perdue’s Veto On The Chopping Block

NC GOP House leaders are set for their first big legislative tussle with a vote slated for Wednesday to override Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto of the Protect Healthcare Freedom Act, a bill that would block the provision of Obamacare requiring people to buy health insurance or face a penalty. Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory has […]

March 8, 2011 | Posted in Carolinas,House Blends,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Strange Brew

When he hasn’t been out hitting the links, The One has apparently taken to home-brewing in the White House. This from The Hill: The blog Obama Foodorama reported this week that the president’s Super Bowl party featured a selection called “White House Honey Ale,” brewed right at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. … Although the White House […]

March 8, 2011 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »

Stone Launches Mayoral Bid

That would be Scott Stone, probably unfamiliar to many, who announced today that he’s tossed his hat into the ring as a GOP mayoral candidate. Stone, an executive vice president with Merrick & Company, launches with a bang, hitting incumbent Democrat Anthony Foxx square on the jobs front and promising not to accept any chatter […]

March 7, 2011 | Posted in Char-Meck Beat,City Beat,Mark Pellin | Read More »

Saturday Night House Party

Send us a youtube clip of your favorite tunes (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the mix. This is the Eels: Followed up with some Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens, from House Guest DJ Adam Love:

March 5, 2011 | Posted in Mark Pellin | Read More »

School Of Hard Knocks

As Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools looks for the second year in a row to cut campus security associates from a $1 billion-plus budget, a new state report shows crime and violence skyrocketing district wide. It’s the seventh consecutive year that CMS has seen spikes in a majority of 17 types of reportable violent and criminal acts, tallying […]

March 4, 2011 | Posted in CMS Beat,House Specials,Mark Pellin | Read More »

The Party Of Civility

Wisconsin State Senator Glenn Grothman was besieged by a mob of union members and assorted Democrat goons this week outside the state Capital in Madison. Grothman manages to make his way to an entry of the Capital building, but the door is locked and he finds himself cornered by the mob. Democrat legislator Brett Hulsey […]

March 3, 2011 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »

No Pain At The Pump

Those skyrocketing oil prices, don’t worry about it. No big deal. This from The Washington Times: President Obama’s top economic adviser said Thursday the White House is monitoring the spike in oil prices as a result of uprisings in Libya, but said that recent fluctuations aren’t likely to derail the U.S. economic recovery. Austan Goolsbee, […]

March 3, 2011 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »

Moore Money

More of your money, more of my money, more of everybody’s money. For a little distributing of the wealth, don’t you know. Check out the latest from Flinthead elitist Michael Moore: “They’re sitting on the money, they’re using it for their own — they’re putting it someplace else with no interest in helping you with […]

March 3, 2011 | Posted in House Blends,Mark Pellin,National | Read More »

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