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Times Opinion: There’s nothing efficient about Weston Wamp’s county government
The latest governing philosophy coming from the political right is the notion that government — with all the critical services and operations it oversees — should, to save taxpayer dollars, function in the most efficient way possible. Leading that charge locally in Hamilton County is its mayor: Weston Wamp.
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Free Press Opinion: Rose urges pressure to abolish filibuster, pass Save America Act
U.S. Rep. John Rose, R-Cookeville, had one last thought on his mind before he left the newspaper office last week. And it had nothing — well, almost nothing — to do with his bid to be the next governor of Tennessee.
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Community Voice: Americans don’t want war with Cuba. Will Tennessee representatives take our side?
I visited Cuba in March. One of my reasons for visiting was a suspicion that United States citizens were not getting the full picture from our own media coverage. It seems ridiculous, but to be informed, I felt I just had to see it with my own eyes.
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Times Opinion: The time has come for city-owned groceries
As advocates for progressive social policy, we found it rare and promising good news when New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced in April he plans to create a city-owned grocery in East Harlem, Manhattan.
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Free Press Opinion: Democrats need better icons than multi-millionaire Stephen Colbert
Democrats should come up with better cultural icons than aging, washed-up multi-millionaire former talk show hosts.
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Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for June 2, 2026.
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Readers respond: Story on Georgia trooper was ‘shameful,’ TFP’s liberal bias and more
Your piece on Georgia State Trooper Shackleford (5/24) was shameful and clearly malicious. It does, however, expose the way that radical left organizations who fund Report For America manage to subvert local newspapers like yours.
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Community Voice: See the truth and humanity behind claims about Chattanooga’s homeless
More humane treatment of the homeless population, including more permanent shelter beds with support services, is in the best interest of all Chattanoogans.
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Welfare queens, TVA salaries, responding to USPS Ranter and more Rants
The real welfare queens are the wealthy in Tennessee.
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Times Opinion: Mamdani’s housing plan builds in the right way
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his deputy mayor, Leila Bozorg, get solid grades for addressing the biggest issue in New York City: the lack of housing.
