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: From the Boston Tea Party to today’s targeted tariffs: What happened?
For a nation with roots in a rambunctious 1773 Boston Tea Party protesting British tariffs, it's odd to see both major-party White House contenders trying to outdo each other with promises of tariffs. We've come a long way from the first Independence Day, which was sparked by a fundamental notion that a representative democracy would enable Americans to plot their own destiny, economic and otherwise.
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Opinion: With 1994 GOP sweep now 30 years in rear view mirror, has Republican wave crested?
Thirty years ago this summer, something was brewing in Hamilton County.
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Opinion: The myth that Biden had nothing to do with the prosecutions of Trump
The five criminal and civil prosecutions of former President Donald Trump all prompt heated denials from Democrats that President Joe Biden and Democrat operatives had a role in any of them.
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Opinion: Trump conviction ratifies opinions Americans have of him
How much will Donald Trump's conviction in the New York hush money case matter come November?
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Opinion: The rich pay more than their ‘fair share’ of taxes
One of the most persistent myths in politics is that the rich have lower tax rates than middle-income workers. New data shows how false that is.
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Opinion: Politicized justice will haunt Democrats
Since Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg reached back to the 1930s to credit Republican Thomas Dewey for "usher(ing) in the era of the modern, independent, professional prosecutor" in Bragg's defense of his role in the conviction of former President Donald Trump, perhaps Bragg should consider a speech delivered in 1940 by U.S. Attorney General Robert H. Jackson to the country's chief federal prosecutors and U.S. attorneys.
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Opinion: Verdict hands Trump a win
Democrats should be dinged for an in-kind contribution to the Donald Trump campaign for bringing the criminal charges that resulted in a felony conviction in New York City.
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Opinion: Biden’s plans projecting weakness to Iran
Despite what some Iranian leaders say to the gullible West, denying their intention to build nuclear weapons, Tehran's pursuit of weapons-grade fissile material and the development of ballistic missiles to potentially deliver a nuclear warhead continues unimpeded.
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Opinion: Today’s revolutionary times will lead to a reorganization of America
Sometimes unexpected but dramatic events tear off the thin veneer of respectability and convention. What follows is the exposure and repudiation of long-existing but previously covered-up pathologies.
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Opinion: Biden re-election prospects suffering from the ‘vibes’
One of the worst things about democracy is the way we talk about it.
