Opinion
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Times Opinion: Chattanooga leaders don’t understand homelessness
In many political disagreements, most of us often recognize the same problems but differ greatly on the offered solutions. The worsening issue of homelessness…
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Free Press Opinion: Tennessee right to pursue nuclear campus, but safety must be at forefront
Honestly, the prospect of a $50 billion investment in a nuclear campus that could involve 25,000 jobs is enough to make any governor —…
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Community Voice: Abortion abolitionists are not extremists
State Rep. Jason Zachary recently defended Tennessee Right to Life, Tennessee’s Republican supermajority, and the incremental strategy that has defined Tennessee’s abortion policy for…
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Free Press Opinion: Is socialism advancing our expiration date?
It has become a truism that people who are embracing socialism have never had to live under it and its ideological twin, communism. Young…
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Blackburn, Flock cameras, Ross’s Landing and more Rants
Leave your "blue" values and politics at the state line, says Blackburn to people moving to Tennessee. Too late. We're already here.
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Times Opinion: Don’t curtail access to weight-loss drugs
Last November, a patient of mine — 19 years old and established in our primary care clinic in Massachusetts — came in for her…
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21 Months Later
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Aug. 7, 2026.
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Dear Abby: Woman has no clue why friend group ousted her
DEAR ABBY: Four years ago, my cousin "Roy" introduced me to his friends, who, once a month, have a party at the home of…
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Free Press Opinion: More Americans are saying no to alcohol; so, too, is new federal guidance
Nearly half of American adults say they don't touch alcohol, according to a 2025 Gallup survey. At 54%, the share of the population that…
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Times Opinion: Amid current battles, Democrats look ahead to 2028
The Democrats are at it again, fiddling with the presidential nominating calendar in hopes of achieving the impossible — making it even-handed towards the…
