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: Don’t take away Americans’ freedom to charge it
When Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump agree on something, it's a sign that trouble is afoot. And recently, the senator from Vermont said that he would gladly work with the president-elect to cap credit card interest rates at 10%, a promise Trump made during the campaign.
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Opinion: Biden rushes to regulate, spend as he nears the exit
As Joe Biden's presidency enters its last weeks, officials are rushing "to preserve at least some of the outgoing president's legacy," The Associated Press reports, before Donald Trump takes over in January.
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Opinion: Three theories of the Trump Cabinet
Before Donald Trump's victory, making detailed predictions about how his second administration would govern seemed like a fool's errand – there were too many multitudes within the Trumpian tent, too many promiscuous promises to voters, to say for sure what forms of Trumpism would end up expressed in a second four-year whirl.
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Opinion: The expensive lessons of the failed Harris campaign
Money can't buy happiness or a presidential election. Democratic donors just learned that the hard way.
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Opinion: Trump’s rock-the-boat transition picks supported by most Americans, poll says
President-elect Donald Trump has rocked the boat and roiled critics with some of his controversial transition picks and campaign promises, but most Americans believe that's just what he should be doing.
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Opinion: What if most Americans aren’t bitterly divided?
Among elites across the ideological spectrum, there's one point of unifying agreement: Americans are bitterly divided. What if that's wrong?
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Opinion: On this Thanksgiving, focus on what unites us
The annual American holiday called Thanksgiving formally began with an 1863 proclamation from Abraham Lincoln declaring the last Thursday in November a day of "thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens," as well as "humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience."
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Opinion: Simplifying Medicare won’t be easy but is needed
To the stalwart seniors reviewing their Medicare coverage this fall: Godspeed.
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Opinion: Trump’s economic policy can’t be just nostalgia
President-elect Donald Trump's economic legacy may well depend on whether he prefers the comparative form of an adjective. Specifically, does he believe it is hard to make a living in the U.S. – or harder than it used to be?
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Opinion: Musk, Ramaswamy hope to make budget-cutting cool
If Donald Trump doesn't kill Elon Musk before Musk offs Vivek Ramaswamy, together the three best bros have a chance to achieve something every administration promises, but none has delivered: Rid the federal budget of waste, fraud and inefficiency.
