As most readers of PunditHouse know, Mark Pellin and our amazing “House Guests” are the one’s whose tireless efforts keep our content fresh and interesting. Writing has never been my strong suit, but I make my contributions to “the cause” by being as involved as possible in the numerous clubs and organizations in and around […]
As evidenced by the latest jobs report, which shows a complete cratering on nearly every front, with economists and analysts roundly predicting another major slump around the corner. Except not exactly wholly roundly; recall the wisdom of local shill artist John Connaughton, the guru with rose-colored glasses who cooked up a study to convince the […]
After nine days of deliberation a jury found former golden boy Johnny Reid Edwards not guilty on one of six counts in a campaign-finance trail and deadlocked on the remaining charges, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on the outstanding counts. Edwards is guilty of myriad disgraces and serial sordid transgressions, but violating federal […]
Heading into a gubernatorial race against an opponent tied to the hip of an incredibly unpopular lame duck governor and a state Democrat Party that has become a local and national laughingstock for ridicule, you’d think it would be an easy ride to victory for Republican Pat McCrory. You’d be wrong. The latest polling from […]
Who’s your mama? The answer might surprise you. I know you think that the lovely lady who carried you in utero for about nine months and then powdered your bottom and fed you is the woman you should send a card to, but the reality is that this year you should address all of your […]
Is this election a defining moment in United States history? It certainly seems so. On one side we have Barack Obama. On the other we have Mitt Romney. What choice could be more disparate? Certainly Ron Paul would be more adamant about reducing the size of government and its influence in our lives, but this […]
This from ABC News: Which helps explain this from Politico: Not to be outdone, our uptown paper serves up this duo of headers that ran on the same day: Just sayin’
This past Memorial Day provided some great opportunities to understand exactly what our heroes have done for us. My oldest boy, a proud Boy Scout, served on the color guard for a number of Memorial Day events. He and his fellow scouts also stood outside of our local supermarket and sold poppies to raise funds […]
President Obama’s reelection campaign is ramping up its presence on North Carolina airwaves with a new ad focused on veterans and the military: In other news: “40,000” – Approximate permanent population of Ft. Bragg, N.C. in the 2010 Census. “14,177” — Barack Obama’s margin of victory in North Carolina in the 2008 presidential election. President Obama and […]
Following up Tim Nerenz’s column regarding the War on Intoxicant Choice comes news of Obama’s “humane” drug war. This from Reason: At 5:30 a.m. on May 10, armed men broke into the bedroom of Kirk Kyle Farrar’s 12 year-old daughter and shook her awake. The men led her downstairs at gunpoint and forced her to […]
