Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: Build unions, not industry giants
To increase wages and bring economic growth to a region, the assumed ideal method is to entice a large corporate employer to set up shop, bringing with it thousands of jobs to a local labor market.
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Opinion: Robin Smith and the Republican brand of no shame
Over the past decade or so, the Republican Party has built a brand of politics centered on the ruthless pursuit of its agenda, resorting to shameless tactics if need be. This is made obvious on the national stage.
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Opinion: Are you smarter than a U.S. president?
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
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Opinion: Who’s pulling Trump’s strings?
Since the 1960s, think tanks and advocacy groups have been key influencers of presidential policymaking. For decades, Democrat and Republican presidents have relied on think tanks for research and policy ideas. Most recently, think tank roles have shifted from advisory to actual policy formulation and implementation, whereby the president is the marionette controlled by the think tank puppeteers.
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Opinion: When faith is hijacked for power
One of the tools of "he who must not be named" in the 1930s and 1940s in Germany was the attempt to align with, suppress and reshape churches.
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Opinion: We need a bold political vision that tackles inequity
In a polarized time such as this, deep divisions, along the lines of race, gender and income, have come to the surface, accelerating to the point where we now accept the unacceptable, embrace what was once unthinkable — as demands for meaningful change are left unmet by a void in transformational political leadership.
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Opinion: Open enrollment is health care’s most expensive lie
I'm old enough to remember when there was no annual open enrollment. You got health insurance through your employer, and unless you changed jobs or had a major life event, you kept the same plan. Year after year. Simple. Stable. Sane.
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Opinion: Curbing gun violence takes more than just gun laws
Every morning as I bring my daughter to school, I worry for her safety. Like many parents, I would do anything to protect her. Yet the fact is that gun violence in the United States is not an avoidable problem -- it is woven into our daily lives, a constant source of stress and vigilance.
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Opinion: Rejecting political violence and recommitting to the American experiment
As a political independent, my party is Chattanooga. Democracy was born in a city, and cities are democracy's most powerful engine. But running a city demands compromise; there's no Republican or Democratic way to fill a pothole or pick up the trash on time.
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Opinion: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s pivot from Trump, explained
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the firebrand Georgia Republican, has been breaking ranks with President Donald Trump and the GOP leadership in Congress on an increasingly long list of issues.
