Free Press Commentary
The latest Free Press Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Free Press Opinion: Bill would help regulate ‘deepfake’ political advertisements
A bill that would regulate what we have long believed is the most insidious, most unfair, most disgusting type of political advertising was introduced in the Tennessee legislature earlier this week.

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Ron Hart: Economic and gunboat diplomacy might change the world
Trump strategically bombs Iran's nuclear facilities, bringing some stability to the region — maybe democracy.

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Community voice: UTC invited to join Southeastern Quantum Collaborative
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is gaining national recognition for its leadership in quantum science and has been invited to help lead quantum research and development initiatives in the military and space industries.

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Free Press Opinion: Gov. spending will leave ‘future generations with irreversible economic damage’
January represents a time of new beginnings, an opportunity for self-assessment and productive change — unless you sit in Congress, where inertia and fiscal fantasy rule the day.

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Community voice: Time for Hamilton County Board of Education to break some glass
The 2021 state law change allowing Hamilton County school board elections to be partisan was a monumental step in stopping the leftist lurch of our public schools.

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Free Press Opinion: It all depends on where you stand
Let's start with the shooting of Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent while attempting to drive away from the scene of an ICE operation.

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Free Press Opinion: Hybrids return auto industry to practicality
The auto industry is headed back to where it should have stayed in the quest to put a cleaner fleet on the road: hybrids.

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Free Press Opinion: Election key to Maduro exit in Venezuela
There are good reasons to celebrate the downfall of the tyrant Nicolás Maduro, as so many Venezuelan exiles did when they heard the news Saturday morning. Not among those reasons: an America that seizes Venezuela's oil assets while keeping what's left of Maduro's odious regime in place.

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Marsha Blackburn: My convictions on AI have been clear, not ‘all over’
In the December 26 edition of the Free Press Weekend Dialogue, Mr. Clint Cooper ignored my longstanding, public record on artificial intelligence to provide a confused and misinformed account of my positions, going so far as to claim that I have been "all over the waterfront" on the issue.

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Free Press Opinion: Defaulted student loans come due — a hard but necessary lesson
The Biden administration spent years trying to buy votes with unconstitutional student loan bailouts, but now the Trump Department of Education is on a mission to get that taxpayer money repaid.
