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: Maybe the season can help us remember to return to the adult table
Every year around this time, the noise starts to drop.
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Free Press Opinion: Will city take Orange Grove challenge?
Chattanooga, Tennessee. 35.046 N., 85.309 W. The Chattanooga Choo Choo. Moon Pies. The Aquarium. Lookout Mountain. Civil War Battle sites. Coca-Cola Bottling.
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Free Press Opinion: Do we have the medicine to prevent return of the Dark Ages?
Western civilization arose in the 8th century B.C. Greece. City-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-year Dark Age. That chaos followed the utter collapse of the palatial culture of Mycenaean Greece.
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Community voice: Split planning commission could help growth in Hamilton County
Courageous county leadership is trying to identify a trailhead for a growth plan that preserves why current residents live here and love it — why we brag about it and encourage family and friends to visit and live here.
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Perspective: The obituary, when folks are dying to get into the newspaper
I noticed Atlanta magazine recently had my old colleague, Kay Powell, write an advance obituary for the print edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, dying at age 157 on Dec. 31, 2025.
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Free Press Opinion: Highs and lows of the first 11 months of Trump administration
"What a decade this year has been." That's how a friend in Washington described 2025 to me.
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Free Press Opinion: Blue states shouldn’t resist fight against food-stamps fraud
Blue state governors have demonstrated a reflexive opposition to President Donald Trump. That's led to some absurd outcomes.
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Ron Hart: My annual Christmas list
You can tell Christmas is near: crime scenes Chicago to New York are now roped off with festive green and red tape. Here is my annual, hopeful look back:
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Free Press Opinion: Unfortunately, it’s ever, not never, again
How many more Jews must die before the world wakes up and does something about it? Maybe that's the problem: The world doesn't want to wake up, as too many people are fine with hating Jews.
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Free Press Opinion: Remember 2008? Lower housing prices, not loan standards
Philosopher George Santayana once famously observed, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
