Another massacre - and nothing changes
There’s simply no way to make sense of the tragedy in Orlando that left 50 people dead and 53 others wounded. It just doesn’t seem possible somehow that one human being can commit such an... Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Chris Fitzsimon
The increasingly intense effort to dismantle public education
Long after this session of the General Assembly has adjourned it will be remembered for more than just the specter of discrimination that hung over the proceedings thanks to the sweeping anti-LGBT law... Read More
The cynical and damaging election-year Senate budget
It’s not hard to tell it is an election year for the General Assembly. Senate leaders, who for years have demonized public school teachers and openly challenged assertions that they are underpaid... Read More
Lawmakers seek massive expansion of voucher scheme
If a handful of right-wing legislators have their way, taxpayers in North Carolina may soon be spending $125 million a year funding private and fundamentalist religious schools that can refuse to... Read More
The evolution of Pat McCrory into a right-wing culture warrior
One of the many repercussions of HB2, the sweeping anti-LGBT bill signed into law by Gov. Pat McCrory in March, is that it has forced McCrory to finally take a side in the debate about North Carolina... Read More
Friday follies
Unhinged McCrory, more bad news from business leaders, and the feds weigh in The sweeping anti-LGBT law HB2 dominated the news in Raleigh for another week, as backroom discussions about changing the... Read More
Senator Burr's absurd blockage of a judge in his home state
An African-American has never served as a federal judge in the Eastern District of North Carolina and Senator Richard Burr apparently intends to keep it that way, judging by his knee-jerk opposition... Read More
McCrory flails again on HB2 while reality sets in at General Assembly
It turns out that the whole controversy about the anti-LGBT law HB2 that is costing North Carolina thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in tourism revenue is all the fault of “the radical left... Read More
Friday follies
Another week, another round of falsehoods from Gov. Pat McCrory about HB2, the sweeping anti-LBGT law HB2 he signed last month that is costing the state thousands of jobs and tens of millions of... Read More
McCrory's mediocre budget fails to divert attention from pro-discrimination law
Things aren’t going very well for Gov. Pat McCrory these days. The massive opposition to the anti-LGBT bill HB2 he signed into law last month continues to grow with more corporations demanding... Read More
