Free Press Commentary
The latest Free Press Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Opinion: Is bombing Iran deja vu all over again?
After a short and successful war with Iraq, President George H.W. Bush claimed in 1991 that "the ghosts of Vietnam have been laid to rest beneath the sands of the Arabian desert."
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Opinion: Gender-treatment ruling was only common sense
The culture wars were on full display Wednesday when the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold a Tennessee law that banned gender transition treatments for children. While the legal issues were arcane, the ruling is a victory for common sense.

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Opinion: Trump did the right thing
In ordering the bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran, President Trump did the right thing, for the right reason and at the right time.

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Opinion: Can the Left ever stop its craziness?
California Sen. Alex Padilla recently crashed a news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. He deliberately wore no identification.

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Opinion: Are Democrats coming out of disarray?
Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lee Saunders, the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, resigned from their positions on the Democratic National Committee.

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Opinion: Majority of Americans respect law and order
It would be amusing if it weren't so serious. Last weekend's expressions of "free speech" were almost universally called demonstrations by the media and "mostly peaceful" by some.

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Opinion: What happened to America First? Keep the US out of Israel-Iran war
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran should not involve the United States beyond diplomatic efforts to bring the fighting to an end.

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Opinion: An Iran strategy for Trump
Nobody, perhaps even President Donald Trump himself, knows for sure whether the United States will wind up joining Israel in launching military strikes on Iran.

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Opinion: Is the US prepared to help Israel stop Iran?
What happens next in the Middle East is up to Iran. The Iranians can either choose diplomacy or destruction.

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Opinion: Four thoughts on Trump’s hawkish turn on Iran
The only way to know for certain where Donald Trump's Iran policy is going is to wait — for the president to throw in fully with the Israelis, for a new attempt at diplomacy with a battered Iranian regime, for a continuation of the United States' current position as spectator, cheerleader and secondary participant.
