Opinion: What to read in 2024: Here’s a list of recommended nonfiction books
Are you a bibliophile?
Opinion: Clint’s Clips: A quiet Hamilton County primary ahead
Come March, you may be anxious to fill in the space for your favorite candidate in Tennessee's presidential preference primary, but there won't be a lot of primary competition on the rest of the ballot.
Opinion: Impeachment unwarranted so far and unnecessary as Biden already on the ropes
In mid-December of 2019, the Democrat-led United States House adopted two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in what was purely political theater. Less than two months later, in a forgone conclusion, the United States Senate voted for the president's acquittal.
Opinion: Hamilton County Schools superintendent hints at collusion of school letter grades, expanded education scholarships
Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Justin Robertson told school board members Monday night he thinks it's no mere coincidence the state Department of Education is about release letter grades for individual public schools just as the state legislature is poised to discuss Gov. Bill Lee's proposal to expand private school scholarships.
Opinion: UAW’s success with former Big Three gives it confidence for union at Volkswagen
The United Auto Workers (UAW), like a bad penny, has turned up again and wants to make its third attempt at drumming workers in Chattanooga's Volkswagen manufacturing plant into a union.
Opinion: Faye Robinson has nothing but praise for school board, district as she joins exodus of members
Five of the six members of the Hamilton County Board of Education up for election next year aren't running to keep their seats. Since the board went from nine to 11 members for the first time with the 2022 election, the number of seats up for re-election (six) is a record.
Opinion: Clint’s Clips: A state Senate map drawn by Democrats could take local seat from Republicans
By now, you probably know a three-judge panel recently struck down the 2022 Tennessee state Senate map, saying seats in the same county weren't properly consecutively numbered.
Opinion: Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp suggests why state prison population may have increased
A recent report that Tennessee's prison population increased in 2022 despite drops in violent crime seems to indicate to some people that the state is doing something wrong, but Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp is not one of those people.
Opinion: Fleischmann vote on ouster of New York congressman made on precedent, not emotion
Some voters will read Friday's vote by U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, not to expel disgraced U.S. Rep. George Santos, R-New York, as more evidence of what they believe are his ties to the hard right wing of the Republican Party.
Opinion: Gauge Education Savings Account program over longer term before considering expansion
Unless and until public schools undergo a massive improvement, parents will desire more choices for their children's education.
