Free Press Commentary
The latest Free Press Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Gerson: Iran thumbs its nose
WASHINGTON -- Since the Iran nuclear deal was announced in mid-July, the world has been treated to an unusual historical spectacle.
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Folkner: Trumping Trump
A few weeks ago, we waited with baited breath for Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly to ask her first signature question at the Republican debate. Then she broadsided Donald Trump with the question everyone wanted to hear. Was he antiwomen's rights?
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Ellington: Culture, virtue and the Constitution
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
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Krauthammer: The Iran charade on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON -- Congress is finally having its say on the Iran deal. It will be an elaborate charade, however, because, having first gone to the U.N., President Obama has largely drained congressional action of relevance.
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Gerson: Kim Davis is no Rosa Parks
WASHINGTON -- Rosa Parks is an American hero, but her case was not an accident. Other African-Americans had shown similar defiance (ask Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat nine months before Parks). Civil rights leaders had spent years looking for a favorable case to challenge the segregation of Montgomery buses. Parks was already an activist - known, respected and impressive. Elevating her case was one of the best and most strategic things that the civil rights movement ever did.
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Corker: Americans deserve to know where their elected leaders stand on the Iran deal
As I traveled across the Volunteer State during August, I spoke with many Tennesseans about the nuclear agreement among Iran, the United States and other world powers. While opinions of the agreement vary, there is perhaps no greater geopolitical issue facing the world today than preventing a nuclear-armed Iran.
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Krauthammer: Why Clinton remains, yes, inevitable
WASHINGTON -- Unless she's indicted, Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination.
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Krauthammer: What six years of ‘reset’ have wrought
WASHINGTON -- On Sept. 5, 2014, Russian agents crossed into Estonia and kidnapped an Estonian security official. Last week, after a closed trial, Russia sentenced him to 15 years.
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Why Trump keeps fooling the media
When will the national cable network media stop trumpeting Trump?
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Krauthammer: The immigration swamp
WASHINGTON -- Not on anyone's mind? For years, immigration has been the subject of near-constant, often bitter argument within the GOP.