Times Editorials
The latest Times Editorials coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Editorials section.
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Opinion: LeBron’s Looks: White supremacy no match for John Oliver
When Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton and Lt. Gov. Randy McNally announced they were creating a 10-member group to study the impact of the state rejecting $1.8 billion in federal education funding, it came as a surprise to some, considering the lack of sound reasoning for it.
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Opinion: The dangerous waiting game on gun reform in America
The information about the Maine gunman who is suspected in the shooting deaths of 18 people and injuring 13 others is still developing, but here's one thing that we already know: Gun violence is a disease that has crept into our schools, grocery stores, movie theaters and now bowling alleys. Yet nothing has changed.
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Opinion: The changing world order
I'm often asked how I'm doing since Hamas' barbaric massacre in Israel on Oct. 7.
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Opinion: The speakership is yours, Mike Johnson. Good luck with that
That House speaker mess was all Donald Trump's fault.
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Opinion: The secret of America’s economic success
When COVID-19 struck, the initial economic impact was devastating. Large parts of major economies shut down, both because of official lockdowns and because people feared that in-person interaction would expose them to infection. In the United States, 20 million jobs suddenly disappeared.
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Opinion: Trump’s lawyers are going down. Is he?
On Tuesday morning, Jenna Ellis became the third Donald Trump-allied lawyer to plead guilty in Fulton County, Georgia, to state criminal charges related to Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. She joins Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in similar pleas, with each of them receiving probation and paying a small fine, and each of them cooperating with the prosecution in its remaining cases against Trump and his numerous co-defendants.
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Opinion: Millennials and Gen Z are tilting left and staying there
As the saying goes, if you're not a liberal when you're young, then you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative when you're old, you have no brain.
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Opinion: Biden’s balancing act is the only choice: Support Israel against Hamas and help Palestinians in harm’s way
President Joe Biden's voice may be more of a whisper than a roar these days, but on Thursday night, he was as loud and strong as he's ever been.
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Opinion: Missouri funds ‘bleeding control kits,’ but still won’t control the shooting
No one could rationally oppose Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's announcement this month of $50 million in state safety grants for schools. Who would be against improved school infrastructure, immediate access to medical equipment and other precautions to keep kids safe?
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Opinion: Schools get an ‘A’ for mediocrity: Where everyone is special
The good news: Georgia's high school graduation rate this year increased (ever so slightly) to 84.4%. That's a "historic" high and marks a consistent increase from 2011 when the rate was 67%.