Columnists
The latest Columnists coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Reps., why are you Trump’s accomplices? and more letters to the editors
I am outraged that the president is unconstitutionally and illegally withholding congressionally approved funds, firing career civil servants, eliminating agencies ...
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Opinion: Trump and company are not your father’s Republican Party
This is not your father's Republican Party. It has become more libertarian and practical in its approach.
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Opinion: Kendrick Lamar’s subversive hard truth
As a professional food writer, I promise any other time I'd be writing about Kendrick Lamar's apparent fondness for the Italian pasta dish Cacio e Pepe, which he mentioned in "peekaboo," a track from his latest project GNX.
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Opinion: The state of our society: A prophetic perspective on Tennessee
If we say we are without sin, we deceive ourselves. The political and social realities in Tennessee — and particularly in Memphis and Shelby County — are riddled with inequities that elected officials refuse to name.
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Opinion: We need to rethink polarization before it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
It's time to rethink the notion that we Americans are too polarized to work together and get things done. And it's time to get clear-eyed about what's really holding us back and what it will take to help us move forward together.
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Opinion: Trump’s tariff threats fit a growing global phenomenon: hardball migration diplomacy
As diplomatic spats go, it was short-lived.
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Local History: Gold discovery led to Georgia Cherokee exodus
Dr. James Livingood, distinguished UTC professor, discussed the removal of the Cherokee from this area in excerpts from his "Chattanooga: Illustrated History:"
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Pastor Bo: Scratching ‘ordo amoris debate’ off my 2025 bingo card
I hesitate to admit this, but I put "another carefully timed pandemic" on my 2025 bingo card, and yet somehow missed putting "the vice president of the United States wields 'ordo amoris' in a debate on the priorities of love" on it.
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Good Deed: $2 million pledge from Chattanooga law firm supports scholarships at University of Tennessee College of Law
A $2 million pledge was made on behalf of Summers, Rufolo & Rodgers, a Chattanooga-based law firm, to support students at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
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Good-bye to four years of ‘malaise’ and more letters to the editors
In 1979, Jimmy Carter gave a speech about a "crisis of confidence" in America.