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Free Press Opinion: When nobody’s home, efficiency will plummet
Democrats attacked Elon Musk's DOGE initiative with unusual vigor, but who can doubt that a federal behemoth which spends $7 trillion annually has ample…
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NYC Mayor
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for July 29, 2026.
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Times Opinion: Voting is not a closed-book test
The Supreme Court closed out its term and issued decisions that could affect millions of Americans. Among them is Watson v. Republican National Committee,…
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Times Opinion: Community ownership matters while working to improve Chattanooga
This week the National Urban League gathers in Nashville and releases its 50th State of Black America. Its own conference announcement quotes Urban League…
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Times Opinion: There’s nothing Christian about the Tennessee Republican Party
Fueling the Republican Party's recent rise to power, locally and nationally, is a relatively small but devoted coalition: Christian nationalists.
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Free Press Opinion: Where politics are concerned, churches should keep first things first
If the mission of a Christian church is to proclaim the lordship of Jesus Christ and ask those who would follow him to lead…
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Palm Beach Airport
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for July 28, 2026.
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Free Press Opinion: Fred Obear’s devotion to UTC and community went beyond his service as chancellor
If Dr. Fred Obear were judged on his time in Chattanooga for his accomplishments at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga alone, they would…
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Free Press Opinion: Wasn’t Trump just another ‘nattering nabob of negativism’?
President Trump's performance at Friday's retooled White House Correspondents' Dinner made me nostalgic for the days of Vice President Spiro Agnew, President Richard Nixon's…
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Free Press Opinion: Vance or Rubio in front for 2028 election?
For the first year of the second Trump presidency, Vice President JD Vance served primarily as the White House's designated tough guy. Rather than…
