Editorials
The latest Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Free Press Editorials and Times Editorials.
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Readers write: Before shooting off fireworks this Fourth of July, think of pets and vets
With the Fourth of July coming up, would you please remind your readers about the effect of fireworks on pets and vets?
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Free Press Opinion: Don’t let America’s 250th pass you by
As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary on this July 4th, 2026, an uneasy feeling hangs over many of the celebrations: that this moment feels smaller than it should. Less unified. Less transcendent. Less shared.
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Times Opinion: For Tennessee Republicans, doing nothing is the point
When our representatives are sworn into Congress, they are, first and foremost, making a promise to protect and defend the Constitution — "against all enemies foreign and domestic."
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Free Press Opinion: State TCAP scores show continued improvement
As long as fewer than 50% of public school students are proficient in a subject, a tremendous amount of work still lies before education professionals in Tennessee.
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Times Opinion: Our American ideals — Our bravest selves
The Trump administration announced its celebration of America's semiquincentennial with a tweet.
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Antifa algae, Chuck the Duck, Hell’s open borders and more Rants
Congressman Chuck, a memorandum of agreement is meant for the circular file. Iran has basically agreed to nothing. Quit preaching misleading information.
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Free Press Opinion: The First Amendment is not a shield for violence
Abdul El-Sayed has a curious interpretation of both free speech and how justice should be applied.
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Times Opinion: We need to talk about Mark Herndon
Mark Herndon made a mistake.
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Free Press Opinion: Mark Herndon’s words to school board members more sad than ‘silly’
Many of Democratic mayor candidate Mark Herndon's supporters, and perhaps others with compassion for the death of his son, found it applicable to excuse his nonpayments on a recreation vehicle he purchased when the news surfaced earlier this year.
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Times Opinion: Keep up congressional pushback against Trump’s anti-science agenda
For about a decade, hundreds of deep-sea buoys off America's coasts have been monitoring the conditions of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
