Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: U.S. national security is getting ‘Loomered’
It can always get worse.
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Opinion: We don’t have to accommodate Christian nationalists
Over the past 15 years since the Tea Party movement arose in reaction to the ascendancy of Barack Obama to the presidency — and especially in the past decade with the political prominence of President Donald Trump — the far right has increasingly dominated the Republican Party.
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Opinion: Weekend Dialogue — Addressing local issues requires honesty
Welcome to Weekend Dialogue, a weekly column where I will go over some reader feedback with the hopes of creating a constructive back-and-forth between myself, the editor of this page, and you, the reader.
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Opinion: You can’t have better public services without higher taxes
Chattanooga, a steadily growing city, has seen in recent years a flock of out-of-staters moving to the area. With that growth, comes more demand for housing and higher property values.
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Opinion: Trump’s tariff war needs a better political response
After unrealized threats of tariffs against Mexico and Canada in recent months — and ones that have been levied against China — President Donald Trump seems poised to enact broad tariffs on countries across the world, sending the global economy on a downward spiral as markets react to the haphazard and pointless trade policy from the White House.
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Opinion: Sen. Bo Watson’s immigration bill has nothing to do with budget savings
In February, GOP state Sen. Bo Watson of North Chattanooga introduced a bill that would allow school districts across Tennessee to charge tuition to undocumented students and deny them enrollment if they can't pay.
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Opinion: Weekend Dialogue — Bridging political divides and paying college athletes
Hello, and welcome to the first edition of Weekend Dialogue, a weekly column where I will go over some reader feedback with the hopes of creating a constructive back-and-forth between myself, the editor of this page, and you, the reader.
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Opinion: Don’t fall for the GOP’s distractions
After the publication of a story from Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Joan McClane about a confidential memo detailing a data breach with a Hamilton County contractor that potentially compromised the financial information of more than 14,000 people, County Mayor Weston Wamp took to the air waves to do what too many in the GOP are doing: attack the media.
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Opinion: Why the right obsesses over education
Amid a political battle in recent years over academic and administrative terms turned into right-wing buzzword acronyms — DEI, CRT, etc. — the locus of that fight has manifested itself one place above all: the classroom.
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Opinion: The Chattanooga Times wants to hear from you
Hi. It's me, Ben Sessoms, the editor of the Chattanooga Times opinion page.
