Pam’s Points: Behold the contrasts, ‘For the times, they are a-changin’
Let's talk about contrasts.
Sohn: Donald Trump’s lies were all lies. It’s about fear.
Looking forward to Jan. 20, we need to do some soul-searching in order to understand how so many people in America became vulnerable to so many lies.
Sohn: ‘We the people’ had a great election and made democracy work
America should give itself a pat on the back.
Pam’s Points: It’s time to put perspective on COVID-19
Just before 4 p.m. Friday, the U.S. had logged 253,458 deaths from COVID-19.
Sohn: A major fight against climate change is now; the last weeks of Trump’s term
Don't write off the world. But don't count out climate change, either.
Sohn: Pandemic slows pollution, but can it engender real change?
By the end of the year, the pandemic-stalled economy is projected to have generated 5.9 billion metric tons of emissions - about the same level as 1983, according to The Washington Post's reporting on the study.
Sohn: Why is Chattanooga still leaving out women and minorities when awarding business contracts?
Chattanooga government is looking to boost diversity in its use of contracted vendors after a study presented to the City Council this past summer showed that only 10.78% of city-awarded contracts over five years ending in fiscal 2018 went to minority- and women-owned companies.
Sohn: Govs. Bill Lee, Brian Kemp should man up with statewide mask mandates
As Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger appears poised to do the right thing and extend our local countywide mask mandate, a number of Republican governors in other states are looking at the novel coronavirus surge and doing the same or more - statewide.
Sohn: Our county’s mask mandate is still the best COVID-19 defense
With COVID-19 cases and deaths surging, we're both saddened and encouraged to learn that Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger believes "there's no other way" but to consider extending the county's mask mandate set to expire Sunday.
Sohn: Remember Trump saying COVID-19 would go away after the election? It didn’t.
Remember when Donald Trump - drunk with his own grandiose visions of winning a landslide re-election after besting COVID-19 with the very best health care our country has to offer - boasted that the novel coronavirus wasn't really so bad and, what's more, it would be gone the day after the election when Democrats would no longer be able to cry "COVID, COVID, COVID" to hurt him politically?
