Free Press Commentary
The latest Free Press Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Krauthammer: Iran marches, Russia rules, Obama watches
WASHINGTON -- Guess who just popped up in the Kremlin? Bashar al-Assad, Syrian dictator and destroyer, now Vladimir Putin's newest pet.
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Gerson: Failing the Ryan Test
WASHINGTON -- Having tested the thickness of the political ice, Paul Ryan seems convinced it will support the weight of a House speaker.
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Gerson: Christians can’t ignore the suffering of Muslims
BEIRUT -- The airport here is in territory controlled by Hezbollah. Driving across Beirut, you see affiliations declared by large posters hung on lampposts: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Shiite areas, assassinated leader Rafiq al-Hariri in Sunni neighborhoods. Some Palestinian camps display images from Hamas; others from Fatah, including the long-dead Yasser Arafat.
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Smith: New Normal Must Be Kindergarten Through Job, And Then Some
Competition -- it's a force in almost every aspect of our culture, economy, politics and pastimes that's embraced as a positive dynamic, with a few exceptions.
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Krauthammer: Minus An Indictment, It’s Hillary
I repeat: Unless she's indicted, Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination.
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Gerson: What is a rhino in the wild really worth?
WASHINGTON -- In Africa, the average cost of an AK-47 is a little over $300. A single rhinoceros horn - reputed (falsely) in Asia to have cancer-healing properties - can bring $300,000 on the black market. So a criminal gang or a terrorist group knows what a dead rhino is worth: several hundred assault rifles (less the commission owed middlemen).
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Fleischmann: Closing The Skills Gap
The manufacturing industry is an indispensable component of our state's economy.
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Krauthammer: Another massacre, another charade
WASHINGTON -- There's the cycle of poverty.
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Parker: Don’t do it, Paul Ryan
WASHINGTON -- The worst job in the world, it turns out, isn't the U.S. presidency but speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Hart: Putin shows up Obama again
After a peaceful, hope-filled interlude when Pope Francis visited the United States, we go back to the realities of the world.
