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: ‘Battle of the Sexes’ 50 years ago this month opened many men’s eyes to what women could accomplish
It was the topic of conversation for the boys on the hallway wall, we sophomores who'd arrived at Brainerd High School before the first bell in the mid-September days of 1973.
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Opinion: Senate’s relaxed dress code doesn’t exactly exhibit our best and brightest in a good light
The United States Senate is now supposed to get used to John Fetterman in sweats. How about Chuck Schumer in a wife-beater, Dianne Feinstein in a bikini or Mitch McConnell in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume? To go back a few years, how about Hillary Clinton in capris or Robert Byrd in his full Ku Klux Klan regalia?
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Opinion: Fleischmann one of only two Tennessee Republicans to get an ‘A’ on support for Ukraine in report card from new coalition
U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann is one of two Tennessee House members to receive an "A" on a new report card from a coalition called Republicans for Ukraine, which has launched a $1 million campaign to help convince other GOP members to continue supporting the country against its 2022 invasion from Russia.
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Opinion: Hamilton County Board of Education needs more leaders and fewer talkers, especially on school facilities
We wonder sometimes if Hamilton County Board of Education members talk just to hear themselves speak.
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Opinion: Don’t deepen impeachment probe leak unless allegations against Biden are true and provable
We have to admit our suspicions about the potential for a legitimate impeachment of President Joe Biden were raised last week when the White House said it planned to send a letter to top United States news executives urging them to raise their scrutiny on House Republicans after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, launched an impeachment inquiry into the president's actions.
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Opinion: Preservation losing out in Moccasin Bend mental health facility replacement
An archeological assessment is all that stands in the way of a new psychiatric hospital being built on Moccasin Bend and two or three more generations passing before the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District is fully realized.
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Opinion: Grieving families aim broadsides at two deadly Chattanooga police responses
When police react to an imminent threat of what they believe is a drawn and pointed weapon, they are trained to respond with lethal force.
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Opinion: Burchett bill raising teacher deduction for supplies to $1,000 should be a no-brainer
If body builders can deduct the cost of body oil from their income taxes, if brides can take a charitable deduction for their donated wedding dresses and if certain Native American tribes can deduct $10,000 a year for repairs on their whaling boat, and each of the above is apparently OK with the Internal Revenue Service, then raising the deduction for teachers on the out-of-pocket expenses they pay seems like a no-brainer.
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Opinion: Moving Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute still the best alternative for state
The State Building Commission may be the last roadblock in preventing another two or three generations from passing before the full expansion of the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District is realized.
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Opinion: Long-awaited downtown park announced 50 years ago didn’t stop city’s vision for parks
Fifty years ago this week, plans were announced for a downtown park sought by many Chattanoogans for perhaps another 50 years.
