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Happy 250th, save Head of the Hooch, Tennessee socialism and more Rants
Celebrate our 250th birthday, USA, an unfinished experiment. Despite our flaws, we have power to protect democracy, champion liberty, and build a better future TOGETHER!
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Times Opinion: How to win the fight against Ebola
When the World Health Organization declared the West African Ebola epidemic a global emergency in 2014, I sat with my wife, Julie, and said aloud what both of us were thinking: People needed to step forward to fight the virus. As an ER nurse, I had the training; I had the experience. If not me, then who?
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Faith Focus: Happy 250th, America, and thank you for being you
It was predictable, really, that my weekly "A few early morning pics from CBC" on my Pastor Bo Wagner Facebook page this past Sunday drew scrutiny and criticism. Any time I ever post anything showing symbols of America, it happens.
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The Simile
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for July 5, 2026.
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Dear Abby: Man’s excuses and absences continue to expand
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband for 10 years. Ever since I have known him, he has had issues with depression and anxiety.
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Birth tourism, Rock City’s transparency and more letters to the editors
For all my dear friends ripping their hair out over the SCOTUS "birthright" decision: Take a deep breath, get a nice cold beer and watch a good baseball game.
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State immigration checks, World Cup fun, Fleischmann funding and more Rants
I've written a few rants to the Chattanooga Times Free Press because I love America and I cannot tolerate what's happening under Donald John Trump.
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Times Opinion: Birthright citizenship ruling was a win for democracy — and a warning about erasing history
This week's narrow Supreme Court decision protecting birthright citizenship is rightly being hailed as a triumph for the American experiment.
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Times Opinion: Happy 250th to a battered but beautiful America
Perhaps the most evocative tune in America's patriotic repertoire, and certainly the most popular, is also among the least understood. Written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1893, "America the Beautiful" will be sung out at countless parades and picnics and parties on the country's 250th anniversary this July 4. Amid divisive times, it offers a hopeful and fitting rejoinder.
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Free Press Opinion: Can we survive to celebrate America’s 300th birthday?
Two hundred and 50 years ago, self-evident truths meant something.
