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Opinion - Free Press Editorials
Cooper: All-or-nothing rhetoric won't do
Where there is an intersection between a person with a potential mental illness and an automatic weapon, bad things happen....
Cooper: The humanity at Economy Inn
No one who had occasion to get near the Economy Inn on Brainerd Road would be surprised the extended-stay hotel...
Cooper: TVA a conversation starter?
The suggestion of selling the Tennessee Valley Authority or any of its assets makes about as much sense to most...
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Cooper: And the swamp expands
Our Congress took the easy way out Friday. Spending even more money to continue government operations, money it didn't actually...
Cooper's Eye on the Left: Parade of hypocrisy
President Donald Trump has taken a good bit of grief for suggesting what the country needs is a military parade.
Cooper: Due diligence needed on emissions testing bill
It's difficult to get around the stark truth of vehicle emissions testing. For whatever difference it has made in the...
Cooper: School calendar fireworks
Tim Hensley, communications officer for the Hamilton County Schools district, ran into a buzz-saw Thursday when he presented the Hamilton...
Cooper: Jack McConnell was Renaissance man
A great man with ties to Chattanooga died with little fanfare in South Carolina earlier this week.
Cooper: An informed school board
It has the appearance of impropriety, and that's the last thing the Hamilton County Board of Education needs.
Cooper: Seizing the opportunity
Anyone who went to public schools, had a child in public schools or knows a public schools teacher — and...
Cooper: Trump deserves economic credit
Let's see if we have this straight. Until there was positive economic news to report, the poor economy during the...
Cooper's Eye on the Left: God, patriotism are divisive
References to "God" and patriotism during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address last week were divisive, Sen. Cory...
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Cooper: Big business to try on health care
What was most remarkable about last week's announcement that three United States business giants would form an independent health care...
Cooper: Home schooling-abuse ties reckless
It shouldn't take you very long to connect the dots.
Cooper: Building on a successful Gov. Haslam
Nine years ago this month, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam stood up in Pete's Cafe in downtown Knoxville and told the...
Cooper: Moving Chattanooga families to self-sufficiency
Chattanooga families that want to get on their feet should be breaking down the door to the city's new Office...
Cooper: Managing downtown Chattanooga parking
If asked, nearly every Chattanoogan would have a parking woes story.
Cooper's Eye on the Left: Tennys, anyone?
Professional tennis player Tennys Sandgren, a native of Gallatin, Tenn., couldn't enjoy his first trip to the Australian Open quarterfinals...
Cooper: Politics and the Super Bowl
It's a week before Super Bowl Sunday, and the pro football fever that usually stirs even the casual fan across...
Cooper: Questioning council eyes VRI
If Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke wasn't aware before, he learned this week the city council he is working with in...
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Cooper: Living with money in Realville
If just one Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences student learned a financial management lesson Wednesday, the annual "Reality...
Cooper: Shining the light of literacy
The literacy light is focused so brightly on students in Hamilton County's Opportunity Zone schools, one might think they're under...
