Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Times Opinion: The Social Security crisis should be dominating the Senate campaign
The No. 1 anti-poverty program for the elderly. The No. 1 anti-poverty program for children. The program more veterans rely on for disability benefits than any other agency in the country.
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Times Opinion: Trump is stealing Americans’ faith in elections
It hasn't even been a year since President Donald Trump, temporary resident of the White House, unilaterally announced he was adding a $200 million ballroom. The estimated cost has grown by a factor of seven. So has Trump's list of capital vanity projects: a renamed, redesigned Trump-Kennedy Center, a 250-foot arch, a so-called heroes garden, a $13 million resurfaced Reflecting Pool, gold-leafed equestrian statues, a South Lawn arena for UFC cage fights celebrating Trump's 80th birthday and a new plan for a "Trump promenade" from the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River.
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Times Opinion: This is the Hamilton County budget you get under Republican rule
Local government budgets may seem like inconsequential ledgers with no discernible effect on the ordinary person. But how we raise public funds and what we do with those tax dollars are markers of what we think is worth investment and who we think deserves a dignified life.
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Times Opinion: Judicial independence over judicial sycophancy
While the president of the United States has the power under the Constitution to appoint justices of the Supreme Court and other federal judges, all of whom have lifetime tenure, the president must exercise this power with the "Advice and Consent" of the Senate.
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Times Opinion: Trump’s Medicaid cuts keep getting more harmful
When Congress passed sweeping Medicaid cuts as part of President Donald Trump's signature tax bill last year, the headlines were grim: Some 7.5 million people were expected to lose coverage due to changes to the program.
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Times Opinion: Trump’s unhinged ‘Meet the Press’ interview
Our expectations for President Donald Trump's sense of decorum have never been high, but even by his standard, he's outdone himself.
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Times Opinion: What the primary chaos says about California Democrats
The first rule of a primary election is: Don't make too much of the results.
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Times Opinion: The difficulty of progressive reforms in Tennessee is no excuse to not act
Whenever sensible solutions to our socioeconomic problems are offered by the political left, the other side often fails to engage with their substance. Instead, such reforms are dismissed as wishful thinking or even worse, treated with paternalistic condescension -- the right's routine of pointing down and lecturing others on civics.
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Times Opinion: Is a UFC fight at the White House who we really are?
Polls indicate that President Donald Trump is doing a lot that most Americans don't support: The war with Iran; the arbitrary tariffs; the retribution campaign against his perceived enemies; the 250-foot Triumphal Arch; the $1.776 billion fund intended to reward Trump loyalists. (Even Republicans don't like that one!)
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Times Opinion: Is there an impending union wave coming to Chattanooga?
In the midst of a deep affordability crisis — as an uptick in the costs of goods and services strains the finances of working families — the need for a more equitable economy is as urgent as ever. Thankfully, Chattanooga is starting to see how to best make this a reality: unionization.
