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: Climate change isn’t taking food off your table
No morning ritual is safe from climate alarm. In June, the journal Nature declared that coffee is "critically threatened by climate change."
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Free Press Opinion: The more things change, the more things remain the same
The French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr knew what he was talking about when, in 1849, he coined the phrase "Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." (The more things change, the more they remain the same.) It has been repeated and attributed to different people, but he appears to have said it first.
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Ron Hart: Maine, a political Rorschach Test
Spending time in Maine this month, it occurs to me it is just like other states. It has a flag, people and divided politics.
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Free Press Opinion: Health secrecy for elected officials only makes the cruelty worse
We were glad to see the photo Sunday of a smiling Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, alongside his wife, Elaine Chao. The 84-year-old McConnell revealed Sunday that he had been hospitalized following a rough June 14 fall at his home leading, he said, to "mild pneumonia."
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Free Press Opinion: When the guardrails are destroyed
People of a certain age were taught to respect the police, obey the law, and other rules and regulations mostly practiced by our parents and grandparents. They believed such things would lead to better lives for themselves and for the nation. For many, they did.
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Free Press Opinion: Elect Pricer, Connor, Daniel, Kuehn to Hamilton County school board
Clint Cooper's endorsements for the Free Press for Hamilton County school board.
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Opinion: Chattanooga Free Press endorses Gary Kuehn for Hamilton County Board of Education, District 9
The retired public school teacher and school administrator not only has the background to serve a second term on the board but also has furthered his knowledge by becoming an accredited Level IV Master School Board Member, as tabbed by the Tennessee School Boards Association. We endorse his reelection.
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Opinion: Chattanooga Free Press endorses Sandy Pricer for Hamilton County Board of Education, District 3
The district is fortunate to have three very capable, very concerned women vying to replace Republican board chair Joe Smith. Of those three, we prefer independent Sandy Pricer over Republican Ashley Dillon and Democrat Dr. Ruth Walker.
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Opinion: Chattanooga Free Press endorses Ben Connor for Hamilton County Board of Education, District 6
We appreciate that the incumbent Democrat has been reasonable in his approach to what should be a community board and hasn't taken extremist positions.
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Opinion: Chattanooga Free Press endorses Sabrina Daniel for Hamilton County Board of Education, District 8
If District 8 residents like current Republican board member Larry Grohn, they'll like the retired teacher who wants to replace him. We believe she's the better of the two running.
