Editorials
The latest Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Free Press Editorials and Times Editorials.
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Free Press Editorial: Can community be convinced on merits of hospital?
Truth be told, no site in East Tennessee in proximity to a residential community is going to be fully acceptable as a replacement for the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute.
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Ron Hart: A gentleman’s guide to Asian massage parlors
In my pastoral hometown of Columbia, Tennessee, exists the newly gerrymandered Tennessee 5th Congressional District.
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National Opinion: Taking back Congress should be a slam dunk for Democrats
There may never be a more favorable setup for a midterm election cycle than the current iteration.
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National Opinion: Republicans in Congress are walking away from their core duties
The story of this political moment keeps getting written like President Donald Trump is the main character — his impulses, his conflicts, his latest post on Truth Social.
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Local History: Jefferson Davis’s visits to Chattanooga
Jefferson F. Davis was the president of the Confederate States from 1861-1865. He visited Chattanooga on two notable occasions, one tied to the secession crisis and the other to Braxton Bragg’s failure after the Battle of Chickamauga.
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Free Press Editorial: Measuring education success by other than per-pupil spending
If you listen to critics of education in Tennessee, the only way to fix any problem is to spend more money per pupil.
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Regional Opinion: Financial literacy isn’t optional. Junior Achievement can help
Next spring, more than 70,000 Tennessee high school seniors will cross a graduation stage. State law says every one of them will have completed a course in financial literacy. Yet, too many will still leave that stage unable to build a budget, read a credit report or recognize predatory debt.
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Times Opinion: Trump’s phoniness on display for Tar Heels
North Carolina's motto, "esse quam videri," translates as "to be rather than to seem."
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Free Press Editorial: Local Republicans set for November challenges
Hamilton County Republican state legislative candidates have more than $1 million available for their races this fall, according to reports from the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance.
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Times Opinion: Raise taxes on billionaires federally, not state by state
I favor higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy. But I worry that California's proposed tax on billionaires will inflict lasting damage on the economy and undermine the state's status as a global home for innovation.
