Opinion
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Times Opinion: Fund families, not cruel crackdowns
President Donald Trump and other Republicans like to say the United States does not have money for programs that address the needs of ordinary…
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Times Opinion: Why do we need explosive diarrhea to remind us public health matters?
Last week, public health detectives in Michigan got their first big lead in the cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people in the…
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Times Opinion: What happens after the cameras leave a Venezuela torn apart by earthquakes
Some images stay with us long after they stop being news.
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Free Press Opinion: Another effort to micromanage credit purchases
People love the convenience of simply swiping a credit card or tapping their smartphones when making a purchase, but now lawmakers want to micromanage…
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Free Press Opinion: The Iran war could shape American policy for decades
The war with Iran that never really ended is back on. Like everybody else, including the Trump administration and the Iranian regime, I have…
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Surrender or Else
Lisa Benson's Free Press cartoon for July 20, 2026.
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Free Press Opinion: Significant Democratic fundraising faces large GOP reserves in local elections
Hamilton County Democrats were excited in May when the number of their primary voters exceeded those of Republican primary voters for the first time in years.
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Times Opinion: Change in Tennessee won’t come from ballot box alone — but it’s half the battle
Whenever elections come around, the job of candidates isn't solely to persuade skeptics of their political vision; they must also convince the civically disengaged to even bother to show up and cast a ballot. This problem of the non-voter is especially acute in Hamilton County.
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Perspective: Extreme heat is a fact of summer. Its health harms don’t have to be
As yet another heat dome settles over part of the U.S., a depressingly predictable news cycle is unfolding. This week, the headlines will warn of dangerously high temperatures; next week, they'll chronicle the human toll.
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Local History: Johnny Clem, drummer boy of Chickamauga
John Lincoln Clem was a drummer boy who became one of the most famous child soldiers of the Union Army. He later retired as a major general. His Civil War story, which includes service at the Battle of Chickamauga, sits at the intersection of fact and legend.
