Opinion
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Free Press Editorial: Information is the enemy of voter suppression
In spite of what you may have read or heard, Republicans want you to register to vote.
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National Opinion: Getting rid of the ‘junk food for the brain’
Many of us are disturbed by the gnawing feeling that technology's progression is costing us something fundamentally human.
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Times Opinion: Trump’s war on fraud now missing a lot of needed pieces
For 15 years, I worked in financial regulation and consumer protection, most of that time at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors.
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Justice
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Sept. 16, 2026.
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Dear Abby: Drama queen disrupts gatherings without even being there
DEAR ABBY: A good friend in our prayer circle, "Diane," has a friend, "Suzy," with whom several of us once socialized.
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Free Press Opinion: Two local House Democratic candidates no longer campaigning
In a year that national Democrats and some state Democrats believe may lean their way, the local Democratic Party is having a time keeping a slate of candidates to even take on Republicans.
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Local Opinion: Karen Lawrence Run continues the march of hope
It has been said that "Hope is not a strategy." Fortunately, Phyllis and Larry Lawrence of Signal Mountain never got that memo, and Chattanooga and the state of Tennessee are all the better for it.
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Times Opinion: Getting AI right preferable to getting it too fast
The rapid backlash to data centers and artificial intelligence has taken many in the tech and finance worlds by surprise.
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Teamwork
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Sept. 15, 2026.
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Dear Abby: Two grandmas go head-to-head over nickname
DEAR ABBY: My grandson is 2 and has started to call me "Mimi." The problem is that his other grandmother chose Mimi for herself.