Free Press Editorials
The latest Free Press Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: Hamilton County TCAP scores rise slightly, but district falls behind state in three core subject areas
Hamilton County public school students once again made incremental progress on 2025 TCAP assessments but failed to make as much improvement as the state did overall.
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Opinion: Trump, TVA and women
President Donald Trump still has two cracks at it, but to date his nominations for the Tennessee Valley Authority board are all men.
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Opinion: Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles’ suggestion of Trump atop Mount Rushmore is full of rocks
We can't imagine President Donald Trump being willing to share space with mere mortals like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.
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Opinion: Beacon Center freedom index indicates Chattanooga tops in individual freedom
How free is Chattanooga?
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Opinion: We’re still dealing with the same problems as 100 years ago, but the country still offers a chance to rise above
One hundred years ago this week, in an address to the Chattanooga Rotary Club, attorney W.L. Frierson offered a patriotic address stressing the need for the support of law enforcement and on the ill-advised need to tinker with the U.S. Constitution.
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Opinion: Texas’ internet porn law is constitutional, so the worm has turned for tech companies
The Supreme Court's recent decision upholding a Texas law intended to protect kids from exposure to internet pornography was a win for common sense and common decency.
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Opinion: PETA clucking up the wrong tree with ‘Hell on Wheels’ truck in Chattanooga
One hundred and twenty years ago, a novel was published to, among other things, highlight the inhumane conditions in the slaughter of cattle at the Chicago stockyards.
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Opinion: Pastor who was in Chattanooga last week says Ukraine will resist ‘until the end’
Last weekend, the Wall Street Journal did a rare story on the Ukraine war, though it was buried on page A-10, after a front-page teaser.
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Opinion: Four years after purchase, McDonald Farm industrial capacity remains a conundrum
The revelation over the past week that McDonald Farm got a sniff as a potential site for a $3 billion pharmaceutical manufacturing facility may make Hamilton County taxpayers wonder what they will get for the $16 million the county paid for the 2,100-acre site above Sale Creek.
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Column: Weekend Dialogue/City population up to 191,496, narrowing the gap on Knoxville
Got a comment on one of my editorials, one of the commentaries on this page or a story in this newspaper? If so, I'd like to hear from you and perhaps include our dialogue in this space in our Saturday paper. In the meantime, here are my thoughts on a few things happening in our area this week.