Columnists
The latest Columnists coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Local History: Opened in 1925, Hotel Ross sought to be city’s finest
On Saturday, Jan. 10, 1925, A.W. Lessly filed for a charter with the Hamilton County Court clerk's office for the Ross Operating Company.
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Good Deed: East Hamilton Ministerial Association, Samaritan Center honor local educators with Prayer Lunch
The East Hamilton Ministerial Association and the Samaritan Center recently partnered to host the annual East Hamilton Ministerial Association Prayer Lunch and served about 450 teachers last month.
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Opinion: City tax hike supports public safety, public works
Why does Chattanooga need to capture revenue from increased property values to give our first responders a pay raise and fund key priorities? It comes down to two major frustrations: inflation and our tax structure.
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Opinion: Texas Dems do the two-step by fleeing to Illinois
Absent any workable ideas, Democrats have increasingly resorted to political theatrics.
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Opinion: On the right to vote, Lee owes ex-felons better answer
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a conservative Republican, issued an executive order in 2020 restoring the voting of felons who had completed their sentences.
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Chattanooga woman tells father’s harrowing Holocaust story
When Bea Lurie, 66, was a young girl living in Brooklyn, New York, her parents couldn't afford to send her to summer camp.
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Opinion: Worry about the economy, not the debt
The size of the national debt has become a preoccupation across the political spectrum. Democrats have complained about the $3.4 trillion increase in the debt projected to result from President Donald Trump's tax cut.
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Opinion: Yes, America’s national debt is a crisis
In their classic book "This time is different: Eight hundred years of financial folly," Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart found that over the centuries, a high public debt level has been among the most reliable indicators of future financial crises.
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Local History: Zeboim Cartter Patten’s legacy of service remembered
Chattanoogans learned on Saturday, March 21, 1925, that Zeboim Cartter Patten died after a lengthy illness at his home, Ashland Farm, in Flintstone, Georgia.
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Opinion: The $2-billion-a-day problem of polarization
What do a sausage maker and an insurance giant have in common? A growing concern about the divisions fracturing American society — and a willingness to do something about it.
