Opinion
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Dear Abby: Comments about weight put grandma in the doghouse
DEAR ABBY: I moved 2,000 miles to be near my daughter and her family. One of my granddaughters, "Libby," was diagnosed with a medical condition and has put on some weight.
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The Off-Ramp
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Oct. 4, 2026.
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Dear Abby: Family gatherings marred by hate speech
DEAR ABBY: All members of my family are white. When my children were smaller, an incident occurred at a family holiday.
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Local Opinion: If you want my vote, you need to ask for it
I moved from Annapolis, Maryland, to Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, last October. I moved for the quality of life and cost of living, and have not been disappointed. After 30 years in the D.C. Beltway rat race, the calm and normality are refreshing.
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Free Press Opinion: Redistricting lawsuits dwindle once again
The decision received little fanfare when it was made recently, but one more lawsuit challenging Tennessee's congressional map, changed by the state legislature late in the spring, was dismissed.
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Letters to the editors: Hospital relocation shouldn’t slip away; Paying fair wages is right thing to do
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly and Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp have worked with state Sen. Bo Watson tirelessly as a nonpartisan team to support the best new location for the state mental hospital, as it moves off Moccasin Bend.
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Regional Opinion: The Oak Ridge Corridor — America’s nuclear address
Recently, Matt Rasmussen, TVA's chief of nuclear operations, asked the Chattanooga Rotary Club an important question: How do we better identify and brand the extraordinary concentration of nuclear assets and activity in East Tennessee?
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Perspective: Rising costs put pressure on Southeast Tennessee Head Start
Head Start has served children and families for more than 60 years, helping children build strong foundations for lifelong success while supporting parents and strengthening communities.
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Perspective: The public’s will and the rule of law: The different roles of democracy’s key principles
A foundational principle of our democratic republic is that the will of the people is the basis of the government's authority.
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Free Press Opinion: Our technology fears: We’ve been here before
If we were to tell you we understood everything about quantum computing, we'd be lying. And you probably wouldn't. believe us anyway.
