Columnists
The latest Columnists coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Local History: Estes Kefauver was twice a presidential hopeful
Tennessee Sen. Estes Kefauver garnered national attention with his willingness to take on the most powerful. He counted among his targets: organized crime with Tennessee's own Boss Crump; the wealthiest entities "preying on the common man," including the pharmaceutical industry and its alliance with the American Medical Association; the political leaders who chose to continue the disenfranchisement of the poorest with the poll tax; and those who sang the praises of veterans but voted against the GI Bill.
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Community Voice: The missing middle path
I have a hypothesis. Many of the frustrations we see today — in politics, education, faith and work — are rooted in the loss of clear pathways into adulthood, stability and belonging.
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Community Voice: My commissioner won’t talk to me. He still gets to vote for me
I thought local politics were supposed to be boring.
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Community Voice: Forty years of helping Chattanoogans find home with Habitat
In 1985, a young Chattanooga family was living in a bus because a decent, affordable home was simply out of reach.
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Local History: Kefauver heads to U.S. Senate and takes on monopolies
Tennesseans woke up on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1948, to see the Chattanooga Daily Times headline, "It's A New Day in Tennessee," and details that "Estes Kefauver was elected to the United States Senate; Gordon Browning was elected Governor of Tennessee and James B. Frazier was chosen to take Mr. Kefauver's place in Congress in yesterday's election."
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Readers write: A true story about metallurgy, Spain team and good things being hidden
True story. I don't recall the year, probably sometime in the late '90s, I dated a guy who was a metallurgist. He told me his company here in Chattanooga had lost the necessary formula for making its product.
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Good Deed: Blood transfusion from Hamilton County EMS helps first patient
Just weeks after Hamilton County emergency crews added whole blood products to their ambulances, crews administered the first unit of whole blood to a patient following a critical car crash earlier this month.
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Perspective: Breaking — Rock City’s nine-phase plan leaked!
With so many "No Gondola" signs now lining the streets of Lookout Mountain, one could not fault a visitor for wondering, "Why do these people hate gondolas so much? What did gondolas ever do to them?"
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Faith Focus: Biblical lessons can come from unexpected voices
It has been four months since I last rounded up my mental squirrels. Further, the news of the past few weeks has added a few bunnies, gerbils and perhaps a weasel or two to them, so I need to get all of them corralled.
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Community Voice: Hamilton County 911 dispatchers deserve fair pay
Hamilton County is one of Tennessee's largest and busiest counties, yet the men and women who answer our 911 calls are paid less than many dispatchers working for significantly smaller agencies in the region.
