Free Press Commentary
The latest Free Press Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Community Voice: Abortion abolitionists are not extremists
State Rep. Jason Zachary recently defended Tennessee Right to Life, Tennessee’s Republican supermajority, and the incremental strategy that has defined Tennessee’s abortion policy for…
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Free Press Opinion: Is socialism advancing our expiration date?
It has become a truism that people who are embracing socialism have never had to live under it and its ideological twin, communism. Young…
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Free Press Opinion: More Americans are saying no to alcohol; so, too, is new federal guidance
Nearly half of American adults say they don't touch alcohol, according to a 2025 Gallup survey. At 54%, the share of the population that…
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Free Press Opinion: Can demon Hamas be transformed?
President Trump and members of his administration are (pick your metaphor) whistling past the graveyard, engaging in wishful thinking and/or deluding themselves into believing…
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Free Press Opinion: Capitalism, not socialism, slowed poverty
Polls show that many Americans today — particularly younger ones — have a less-than-favorable view of free-market capitalism. A recent Gallup survey found that…
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Free Press Opinion: Your fourth-grader shouldn’t be worried about AI
When I was in fourth grade, everyone in my class had grand ideas about what they wanted to be when they grew up: a…
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Free Press Opinion: We can’t fix America’s schools without data
At a time when both U.S. parties paint the other as a threat to the country's future, both are ignoring one of the gravest…
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Free Press Opinion: Why are Americans so financially illiterate?
I recently joined the board of my Manhattan co-op, and I love it. One of my duties is reviewing applications for apartments, which --…
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Free Press Opinion: August state, county elections have offered surprises since 2000
By the time you read this, early voting will be over and Election Day -- for the Hamilton County general election and the Tennessee…
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Free Press Opinion: Tennesseans deserve better than nannyism on cell phones
If this is what a potential Marsha Blackburn administration looks like, we'll pass.
