Columnists
The latest Columnists coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
More in Columnists, page 74
-
The Rant
Love this newspaper!
-
Opinion: Ukraine and the humanitarians of Chattanooga
My brain nearly exploded when President Donald Trump declared that Ukraine started the war with Russia.

-
Opinion: Zelenskyy, be grateful and learn to read a room
Economist Thomas Sowell once said, "When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment feels like discrimination."

-
Subscriber Exclusive
Opinion: Marsha Blackburn is the clear conservative choice for Tennessee’s next governor
In just over a month, President Donald Trump is delivering on his promises to the American people — correcting the course after four years of a disastrous Biden-Harris administration.

-
Subscriber Exclusive
Opinion: Where does Rep. Chuck Fleischmann stand on Ukraine? Country must come first
As democratic nations rally behind Ukraine and President Zelenskyy, one voice has been remarkably silent: our Rep. Chuck Fleischmann.

-
Subscriber Exclusive
Opinion: Nonprofit affordable housing developers are vital to Chattanooga’s future
For 25 years, Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE) has been a vital force in preserving and providing affordable housing for working families, strengthening communities through its nonprofit development efforts.

-
Opinion: Cutting aid, like USAID, threatens all of us and may be just the tip of the iceberg
It wasn't until after Martin Niemöller, a Lutheran pastor, ended up in a Nazi concentration camp that he realized he should have done more to help Hitler's victims.

-
Opinion: It’s time to get tough on wasteful spending, starting with USAID
The opening month of the second Trump administration was marked by incredible speed and progress, especially toward its goal of scaling back the bloat of the federal government.

-
Local History: Construction of vaunted Hotel Patten begins in 1906
On April 4, 1906, Z. Cartter Patten, John T. Lupton and Ross Faxon announced that the Stone Fort Land Company would construct a major hotel in Chattanooga.

-
Good Deed: White Oak Bicycle Cooperative repairs, then donates hundreds of bikes weekly to children, homeless, others
The White Oak Bicycle Cooperative in Red Bank, a volunteer-run nonprofit, repairs hundreds of donated bicycles each week that are then given to children, low-income households and people experiencing homelessness.
