Opinion
Hear thoughts and perspectives from Chattanooga area community members
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Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Aug. 28, 2026.
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Free Press Opinion: Must trust but verify on big Bradley County project
Bradley County officials seem to be taking a page out of Ronald Reagan's 1980s Cold War playbook where it comes to Project River, a proposed industrial campus that could include a data center.
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Times Opinion: Eat local, help farmers, avoid pathogens
Amid the cyclospora outbreak that has sickened more than 27,000 people in 47 states, causing more than 800 hospitalizations and two untimely deaths, many are blaming the federal government for letting its guard down on the monitoring of food-born illnesses.
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Leeches
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for Aug. 28, 2026.
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Anti-Vaccine Evolution
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for Aug. 27, 2026.
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Perspective: AI is making human connection more valuable than ever
Technology changes what we value, often in ways we don't see coming.
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Ron Hart: The Democrats awkwardly try to fix their ‘men’ problem
For years, the Democratic Party treated men like a museum treats a taxidermied woolly mammoth: historically important, dirty and best observed from behind a velvet rope.
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Deborah Levine: East Ridge center reopening brings back the town square
Community centers are like town squares, with their mission to provide a variety of fun and recreational opportunities for people of all lifestyles and ages. That's the vision statement of East Ridge Parks and Recreation, along with: "We work hard to provide a safe, fun and respectable place to enjoy life."
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Dolly Parton
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Aug. 26, 2026.
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Free Press Opinion: TVA frustrates critics but stays on independent path
Let's face it. The only way the Tennessee Valley Authority will satisfy its critics is to handle business the way the critics want it handled.
