Editorials
The latest Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, including Free Press Editorials and Times Editorials.
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Times Opinion: On gerrymandering, Democrats must fight fire with fire
Ahead of the midterm elections later this year, a mid-decade redistricting battle between Republicans and Democrats has ensued over who can out-gerrymander the opposition.
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Free Press Opinion: Despite all the enthusiasm, Tennessee isn’t about to turn blue
Democrats in Hamilton County and across Tennessee are excited because they believe the unpopularity of President Donald Trump, the war in Iran, high gasoline prices and the recent redistricting of the state's congressional districts give them a shot at winning elections they have been shut out of for years.
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Times Opinion: Israel’s victories aren’t bringing it closer to peace
Since the brutal Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in 2023, Israel has won a series of remarkable tactical victories against its enemies. If it continues to foreclose any pathway to peace with the Palestinians, though, it's going to find itself without friends.
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Free Press Opinion: Cory Booker wrong on Jim Crow allegation
I wish "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker had asked Sen. Cory Booker if he's qualified to represent New Jersey given that nearly nine out of 10 of his constituents are not Black.
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Times Opinion: The good death is still very elusive
In 2009, I wrote a column about Sir Edward Downes and his wife, Lady Joan.
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Ron Hart: RIP Ted Turner, an American original and a Turner classic
Before there were bombastic businessmen like Donald Trump and later Elon Musk, there was Ted Turner.
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‘CTFP, please put the Voting Rights Act in your obituaries,’ and more Rants
CTFP, please put the Voting Rights Act in your obituaries.
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Free Press Opinion: Schools fail to prepare graduates for harsh reality about earnings
Colleges are failing today's young adults — beyond grade inflation, junk courses and trading facts for ideology.
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Times Opinion: This is getting dangerous
The immediate consequence of the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais is that Republican-led states in the South can destroy their majority-minority districts and, in turn, deprive their Black residents of federal representation by politicians of their choosing.
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Times Opinion: As his pro-gerrymandering vote shows, Todd Gardenhire is no maverick
Amid the torrent of lies and bad-faith pearl-clutching, the Republican Party, especially its ascendant MAGA arm, can at times reveal a strain of truth that makes its anti-democratic intentions plain for all to see.
