Times Commentary
The latest Times Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Community Voice: Who really benefits from data centers in Chattanooga?
Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp has said that data centers belong in rural Alabama and not in our backyard. So why are three going into the city center, approved through a process that gave the public little time to understand what was being decided, let alone weigh in on it?
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Deborah Levine: Honoring an interfaith voice like no other
The interfaith world is no doubt grieving at the recent passing of the Rev. Dr. John Pawlikowski, OSM. I sure am.
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Times Opinion: Cities are turning budgets into tools for democracy
It's budget season, and advocates are once again mobilizing to steer public funds toward communities with the greatest needs — even as budgets are rushed through with little analysis of who benefits and who bears the cost.
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Times Opinion: Presidential scandals occur like clockwork every 50 years
Every 50 years, it's become traditional for the United States to celebrate the survival of its democracy for another half century, just as many Americans did last week.
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Times Opinion: A democracy, if we can keep it
"A republic, if you can keep it," Benjamin Franklin famously responded when asked by a Philadelphia socialite what it was that he and the other founders had wrought.
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Times Opinion: There’s a better way to make America more religious
Last month, the Texas State Board of Education adopted a required reading list that includes Bible stories and scriptures at every public-school grade level. In first grade, for example, students will learn about Jonah and the whale.
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Times Opinion: Lessons from the Graham Platner disaster
Hopefully, by the time you read this, Graham Platner will have dropped out of the Senate race in Maine. If he hasn't, he needs to, immediately.
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Times Opinion: Supreme Court seeks to rewrite, not interpret, the Constitution
In the U.S. Supreme Court's most anticipated case of its now concluded term, the justices ruled last week that President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally end birthright citizenship protections enshrined in the 14th Amendment. What should have been beyond debate instead survived by a single vote.
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Times Opinion: Restore voting rights for former prisoners
Here at Shawangunk Correctional Facility, a small maximum security prison in upstate New York, I am part of a nine-month reentry program called Project Build.
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Times Opinion: A golden age of power and influence — for the Musks of America
Last month, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk added to his list of firsts when he became the world's first trillionaire.
