Pam Sohn - Chattanooga Times Free Press

Sohn: Mueller testimony is a must watch

by Pam Sohn ·June 30, 2019

July 17 seems an eternity away. At least it does in the chaos days of Donald Trump.

FILE— Robert Mueller, the special counsel, speaks about the Russia investigation at the Justice Department in Washington in May. Mueller will testify in public before Congress on July 17. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Sohn: Democrats need to concentrate on beating Trump

by Pam Sohn ·June 29, 2019

They weren't the Trump-focused debates they could and should have been.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California and former Vice President Joe Biden gesture during an exchange about his opposition to federally imposed school busing for integration as Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, looks on during the Democratic presidential debate in Miami on Thursday. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Sohn: America wins one, loses one in high court

by Pam Sohn ·June 28, 2019

America won one and lost one this week in the U.S. Supreme Court.

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2013 file photo, people wait in line outside the Supreme Court in Washington to listen to oral arguments in a voting rights case. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Sohn: Five commissioners failed students, community

by Pam Sohn ·June 27, 2019

Five Hamilton County commissioners took a cowardly stand Wednesday, making a vote that became a de facto "no" to raising property taxes aimed at improving Hamilton County schools.

A standing-room only crowd listens to viewpoints on a tax increase inside the Hamilton County Commission room Wednesday morning. / Staff photo by Tim Barber

Sohn: What’s wrong with us? Que nos pasa?

by Pam Sohn ·June 26, 2019

What is wrong with us that we're OK with separating families, caging children, holding them hostage for weeks on end in a windowless warehouse where they sleep on cold concrete floors?

Activists join in a Washington protest Tuesday led by the nonprofit United We Dream to denounce the Trump administration's immigration policies as Congress tries to rush $4.5 billion in emergency humanitarian aid to the southwestern border. (Michael A. McCoy/The New York Times)

Sohn: Erlanger CEO – and board – need better oversight

by Pam Sohn ·June 25, 2019

Physican leaders at Erlanger are so worried about patient care that they took the extreme measure in early May of making a "no confidence" vote on the hospital's top management - aimed at hospital CEO Kevin Spiegel, Chief Operating Officer Rob Brooks and Vice President of Operations Tanner Goodrich.

Staff photo by Jenna Walker/Chattanooga Times Free Press - Mar 3, 2011 -- Building mug of Erlanger Hosptial in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Sohn: Democrats need to heed Biden’s ‘civility’ story

by Pam Sohn ·June 24, 2019

This week marks the end of Democratic civility as the 23 presidential candidates take their places on debate stages Wednesday and Thursday.

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to reporters after a campaign event in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, recently. He is facing criticism after recalling a time of "civility" in the Senate.

Sohn: The future is now for our schools

by Pam Sohn ·June 23, 2019

Come Wednesday, Hamilton County's nine elected commissioners are expected to debate and vote on a 34-cent property tax increase that will raise the operating budget of our school system by $34 million a year.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Bryan Johnson holds up a flyer about Hamilton County Promise during Rotary Club of Chattanooga meeting last week. Johnson and Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger spoke about the county's school budget at the meeting.

Sohn: Read all about it – war talk, on Twitter

by Pam Sohn ·June 22, 2019

In May 2018, Donald Trump took a situation where there was no crisis and created one.

President Donald Trump talks in the Oval Office on Thursday about the shooting down of an American spy drone. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Sohn: Local, market leaders know we can’t wait on Washington

by Pam Sohn ·June 21, 2019

Amid scientists' increasingly urgent climate warnings, the Trump administration on Wednesday ordered the easing of restrictions on coal-fired power plants - all under the disingenuous prediction that the move would revitalize America's sagging coal industry.