Opinion
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Local History: Thrasher advocates for a road across Chickamauga Dam
After 18 months of extensive renovations, a refurbished Walnut Street Bridge opened with an elaborate ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026.
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Local Opinion: Green has detailed plan for Tennessee’s future
The nation's midterm elections, now only two weeks away, could be unlike any in the past.
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Local Opinion: President’s gender surgery comments undermine every doctor
I'm a retired physician. President Donald Trump just accused my profession of a crime.
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No More Wars
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Oct. 20, 2026.
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France Protests
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for Oct. 20, 2026.
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Election Season
Lisa Benson's Free Press cartoon for Oct. 19, 2026.
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The Economy
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Oct. 18, 2026.
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Shavin: If you want to be happier, narrow your choices
A couple of weeks ago, I agreed to meet my husband in New York for a few days of play.
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Dear Abby: Daughter with grudges makes herself hard to love
DEAR ABBY: I have three grown children and seven grandchildren. I have solid relationships with my oldest and youngest, their spouses and their children. My middle daughter, "Hope," has always been distant.
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Local Opinion: Learning the knowing that isn’t knowing
"You don't know what you don't know." That sentence is not just logically true. It is true always in all of life. Experience will teach you that it is true in such worlds as diverse as law, medicine and engine repair.
