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Clint Cooper

Clint Cooper is the Free Press editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, representing the conservative side of the newspaper's opinion section. Previously he worked as the religion editor, assistant sports editor and Metro and Lifestyles staff writer for the newspaper. Clint has received numerous honors over the years for his writing and design including first place awards for Best Editorials and Best Single Editorial from the Tennessee Press Association. The Chattanooga native is a cum laude graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a degree in mass communications and did postgraduate work there in secondary education. Clint and his wife, Donna, have one adult son, Patrick. Contact Clint at 423-757-6497 or ccooper@timesfreepress.com. You may friend him on Facebook.

Contact Clint Cooper at ccooper@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6497.


Opinion: Don’t deepen impeachment probe leak unless allegations against Biden are true and provable

We have to admit our suspicions about the potential for a legitimate impeachment of President Joe Biden were raised last week when the White House said it planned to send a letter to top United States news executives urging them to raise their scrutiny on House Republicans after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, launched an impeachment inquiry into the president's actions.

AP File Photo/Alex Brandon / President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Maryland.

Opinion: Burchett bill raising teacher deduction for supplies to $1,000 should be a no-brainer

If body builders can deduct the cost of body oil from their income taxes, if brides can take a charitable deduction for their donated wedding dresses and if certain Native American tribes can deduct $10,000 a year for repairs on their whaling boat, and each of the above is apparently OK with the Internal Revenue Service, then raising the deduction for teachers on the out-of-pocket expenses they pay seems like a no-brainer.

Staff Photo / Supplies are stored in cubbies in a classroom at Howard Connect Academy on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019.