Columnists
The latest Columnists coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Community Voice: In memory of Stroud Watson, Chattanooga’s community conscience
Over the past four decades, Chattanooga has arguably become one of the best mid-size cities in America — if not the best. The transformation is no accident.
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Local History: Ambrose Bierce wrote what he saw at “Chickamauga”
Ambrose Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists of his time and heralded for his anti-war short story "Chickamauga."
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Good Deed: Free Easter meal to feed hundreds
A free community meal will help Chattanoogans celebrate Easter on Sunday.
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Community Voice: Maintaining public Tennessee lands is good business
On a busy spring weekend in Tennessee, as families load kayaks, string up fly rods or set up tents in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, most visitors aren't thinking about aging road conditions and wastewater systems.
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Community Voice: The call for a Chattanooga monument for the United States Colored Troops
Monuments tell us who we are, and just as importantly, who we choose to remember.
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Sunshine Week spotlight: How government agencies are using AI, and how we’re covering it
Ruby Rayner, the politics reporter for the Times Free Press, opened a news release from a local political organization and knew right away.
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Perspective: Point — Trusted allies are key to advancing U.S. strategic mineral reserve
Washington has begun to grasp a strategic reality that much of the world has long understood: Critical minerals are the foundation of modern power.
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Perspective: Counterpoint — Mineral security requires domestic productive capacity
In the wake of the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, Congress responded by creating the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an emergency stockpile designed to protect the nation from foreign coercion and sudden supply shocks.
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Local History: Irish Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne had stellar record
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was an Irish-born Confederate major general, widely regarded as one of the most able combat commanders of the Army of Tennessee and often called the "Stonewall of the West."
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Good Deed: Birchwood man posthumously honored for heroism in hiker rescue attempt
A Birchwood man has been posthumously recognized for his heroism in trying to save a fellow hiker who slipped into water on Signal Mountain in 2024.
