Columnists
The latest Columnists coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Opinion: Deception and destruction — Musk and DOGE’s real goal
Waste, fraud and abuse. These are the seemingly magic words the world's richest man incants to justify the chainsaw he's taking to our government in the form of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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Opinion: DOGE’s swift but not-so-terrible sword
Critics swing between accusing the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of overreach and declaring it a failure at cutting government.

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Opinion: From defenders to skeptics: The sharp decline in young Americans’ support for free speech
For much of the 20th century, young Americans were seen as free speech's fiercest defenders. But now, young Americans are growing more skeptical of free speech.

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Local history: A Christmans tragedy at Marr Field
The year 1928 looked to be stellar for aviation in Chattanooga.

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Opinion: Time to shift the talk on Hamilton County Schools budget
Hamilton County, we need to accept the fact that as a community, we have a major problem.

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Good Deed: Elementary Science Olympiad draws record crowd at Chattanooga State
A record number of Hamilton County elementary school students from 17 schools took part in the recent annual Elementary Science Olympiad at the Chattanooga State Community College Omniplex.

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Wagner: Reminders that our world is interconnected
It is 7,110 miles from Mooresboro, North Carolina, to Beijing, China.

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Opinion: Trump: Promises made, promises kept (mostly)
So far, Trump has essentially closed the Southern border, started deporting the worst of the illegal alien gang members, made our streets safer and freed the last American held in Gaza.

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Opinion: Libraries are treasures. Don’t put them at risk
Public libraries are huge community assets.

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Kennedy: Bledsoe County airplane crash in 1954 subject of a new book
Curtis Coulter, a retired Hamilton County educator, was 5 years old in 1954 when his father took him to see the wreckage of an airplane crash on Walden's Ridge in Bledsoe County.
