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: Kelly’s early declaration may pay off for him in a variety of ways
Eighteen months before the next city election, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly announced on Thursday that he would be a candidate for re-election.
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Opinion: To be effective and humane, blood centers must serve bloody well all of us
The caller had a point to make about blood donations.
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Opinion: Gloria Johnson will find the fringe is no place to be in U.S. Senate campaign in Tennessee
A Knoxville state representative is hoping to parlay her notoriety as one of the so-called "Tennessee Three" to the United States Senate in 2024.
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Opinion: Signal Mountain’s Larry Taylor flew toward danger and finally receives long-deserved Medal of Honor for his action
To generations that man-on-the-street interviews show can't name the two countries that border the United States, don't know whether the U.S. has ever had a female vice president and can't name what percent 11 is of 100, the Vietnam War may well have been fought in the 19th century and resulted in the Declaration of Independence.
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Opinion: Letter grade for schools will never be the final word, unless we fear measuring sticks in general
As long as there are letter grades given in schools, there will be students saying the grades don't represent how hard I worked, how hard I'm trying, what I have to live with at home, what advantages I don't have or why I can't learn the way she can.
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Opinion: Third grade students promoted after summer reading camp will have to show improvement in fourth grade or risk being held back
And now, as famed radio broadcaster Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story ... about Tennessee's third grade reading law.
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Opinion: Doomsayers were fairly accurate about Tennessee special legislative session
Well, they can't say they didn't warn us.
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Opinion: Wamp lands Pachyderm punch, muddying a county commissioner and the commissioner’s home turf
Our dictionary definition for "pachyderm" is "a very large mammal with thick skin, especially an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus."
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Opinion: Tennessee Senate, House playing political game of chicken in special session
Perhaps in January, they'll all be on the same page, all smiles again, all ready to pass conservative measures for the people of Tennessee.
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Opinion: 20 years of studies on social and economic equity in Chattanooga, but some members of City Council want yet another one. Do we really need it?
A social and economic equity study? Why not, we haven't had one in two or three weeks.
