Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: The Oceans Court ruled that the seas are a hot mess. Why haven’t you heard about it?
On May 21, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, in Hamburg, Germany, ruled that greenhouse gases are marine pollutants and nations must take action to "reduce, control and prevent" their effects.
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Opinion: Church’s views on race, politics trumped its views on truth and grace
This week, the leaders of the Presbyterian Church in America will gather in Richmond, Virginia, for their annual General Assembly. The Presbyterian Church in America is a small, theologically conservative Christian denomination that was my family's church home for more than 15 years.
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Opinion: Senate contraception bill vote is a preview of next fight over reproductive rights
It is infuriating as well as alarming that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to pass the Right to Contraception Act, a straightforward bill that would guarantee a federal right to safe and legal contraception.
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Opinion: Why you shouldn’t obsess about the national debt
The United States government is more than $34 trillion in debt. Did you know that our government owes $34 trillion? That's $34 trillion!
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Opinion: Which is it? Biden the mastermind or Biden the bungler?
News flash: Republicans haven't said it in so many words, but they seem to have a new line of attack against President Joe Biden: He suffers from dissociative identity disorder. Biden has multiple personalities.
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Opinion: The rematch is set: Biden vs. Trump debates have the right balance
The last time the Democrats and the Republicans held a White House rematch with the same two contenders was 1956, when Ike beat Adlai Stevenson for the second straight time. Earlier, there were redos with William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan (McKinley won both in 1896 and 1900) and Grover Cleveland vs. Benjamin Harrison (in 1888, Harrison defeated the incumbent Cleveland, who then staged a comeback victory in 1892).
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Opinion: The NCAA’s dilemma about trans athletes shouldn’t be that hard of a call
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is under pressure to draft an impossible piece of policy: a stance on transgender athletes that makes progressives and conservatives happy.
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Opinion: Let’s be honest about who’s spreading election disinformation
How do you conduct a nonpartisan discussion about the integrity of election administration when one party is waging war on democratic legitimacy and the other party seeks to uphold it?
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Opinion: Fulfilling the promise of Brown v. Board of Education is up to us
Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark ruling that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
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The Rant
So when the Chuck Fleischmann lock gets finished, do we get a new congressman for the Third District? Not sure which will happen first.