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: Nonprofit hope small investment in students will pay off big in the end
It's an investment that will not pay off for years, if ever, but it's an investment in local students that a number of Chattanooga nonprofits and the city of Chattanooga believe is worth making.
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Opinion: UTC can do a better job of selling itself, UT President Randy Boyd asserts
When the head of the University of Tennessee system suggests that the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga may not have done the best job of selling itself, one should at least acknowledge he has some standing to have that impression.
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Opinion: Clint’s Corner – Is it time to end Medal of Freedom Awards?
U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Knoxville, has sent President-elect Donald Trump a letter saying he ought to scrap the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Opinion: Local legislators wisely propose cellphone restriction for public school students
Just over a quarter century ago, Americans couldn't imagine that one day more than 95% of teenagers would have, or have access to, a cellphone, much less bring one to school.
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Opinion: Hamilton County squeezed for large land tract needs, so strategic growth is needed
The potential of 1,175 jobs and $2.1 billion in investment is significant in whatever city and whatever manufacturing sector are involved.
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Opinion: Beacon Poll finds strong bipartisan desire for more educational choice in state
If you listened to one side of the debate, you'd think the only people who had a problem with any aspect of public education in Tennessee were Neanderthal, backwoods, gun-toting, book-banning, Bible-thumping Republican conspiracy theorists.
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Opinion: Casting our eye into the crystal ball of 2025
A year ago, as 2024 began, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the favorite of 33.3% of voters for the Republican presidential nomination and appeared to be ascending in popularity.
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Opinion: Cooper’s Corner – Skillern, Freeman were among the notable deaths in 2024
The list of notable Chattanooga area residents who died in 2024, published in this paper earlier this week, should have included the names of Fred Skillern and Moses Freeman.
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Opinion: Our No. 1 shoplifters often most hurt their own communities
When the 5-year-old Walmart Neighborhood Market near the corner of Shallowford and North Moore roads closed in March 2021, the corporate word was that it was "an under performing store that no longer meets our thresholds."
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Opinion: With Jimmy Carter, the measure of a man was not complete with a one-term presidency
Because Americans are a forgiving and generous people, presidents who have less-than-successful administrations often have rich and fruitful second lives.
