Opinion
Hear thoughts and perspectives from Chattanooga area community members
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Dear Abby: Longtime friend may want more out of relationship
DEAR ABBY: I met "Maureen" 25 years ago, and we dated for a few months.
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Times Opinion: TVA salary cuts hit low-level workers the hardest
When there's talk of eliminating fraud, waste and abuse within the government, an image of some deceptive opportunist stealing from the taxpayer is often conjured in the minds of those sympathetic to such a narrative.
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Free Press Opinion: Will ‘growing energy’ in Rose campaign pay off with primary upset?
It was late March, and most of the Tennessee congressional delegation was arrayed around President Donald Trump at his desk aboard Air Force One. They were flying back to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland from Memphis, where the president had gone to check out the Memphis Safe Task Force he had deployed.
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Community land trusts, Trump corruption and more letters to the editors
In Tuesday's article about the proposed Tennessee Valley Community Land Trust, several important concerns were raised about equity, wealth building and housing discrimination. Those deserve a serious response.
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Times Opinion: Conservation depends on cooperating and transcending borders
Political tides rise and fall.
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Beware
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for May 30, 2026.
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Free Press Opinion: Hey, America: Stop complaining
Whatever the outcome of the "deal, or no deal" scenario with Iran, the public attitude toward the war has been disturbing.
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Free Press Opinion: Many years after annexation, Raccoon Mountain at goal line for water service
It would have been easy for Chattanooga City Council member Chip Henderson to have looked into the matter after he was initially elected in 2013 and told his constituents that it simply was a bridge too far to run a waterline up Raccoon Mountain to serve the limited number of houses there.
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Times Opinion: Protect English learners in nation’s schools
The Trump administration's recent decision to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition has received little public attention. But for more than 5 million English learners in America's public schools, the consequences could be life-altering.
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Times Opinion: Dark money is winning as political parties face an identity crisis
American political party organizations have imploded in the post-World War II era, largely replaced by dark money from unknown donors.
