Times Commentary
The latest Times Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Times Opinion: US lead in science is shrinking fast as China, India and even Iran catch up
A country with one of the fastest-rising scientific profiles operates under sweeping international sanctions, has limited access to Western research infrastructure and is rarely mentioned in American conversations about global innovation. That country is Iran.
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Times Opinion: LGBTQ+ suicide hotline must be restored
A new report released by the Trevor Project in May found an astonishing one in 10 LGBTQ+ young people attempted suicide last year, and more than a third seriously considered it.
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Times Opinion: Who would dream of letting the NFL judge its own racism?
Just one of the nine Supreme Court justices thought it was appropriate for Roger Goodell — whose primary job as NFL commissioner is to protect the league — to decide whether the NFL's hiring practices are still racist.
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Times Opinion: DOJ’s E. Jean Carroll probe the latest in Trump’s despotic quest for vengeance
Continuing President Donald Trump's abuse of government power against his perceived enemies, his hatchet men in the Justice Department have reportedly launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit American Future Republic, run by LinkedIn cofounder billionaire Reid Hoffman.
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Times Opinion: Trump slush fund collapse shows GOP constraints work
It was a public outcry that came to encompass even some GOP senators that killed Donald Trump's nutty $1.776 billion so-called anti-weaponization slush fund -- the result of his laughable lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and less comical settlement to raid public funds to pay traitors and political allies.
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Times Opinion: Rideshare win could bring big changes
Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts recently secured a major breakthrough in the struggle for union representation of rideshare drivers.
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Deborah Levine: Grateful for generations of do-gooders at Mizpah
Chattanooga's Jewish history is a product of many generations. The Mizpah Congregation synagogue is definitely part of that history.
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Times Opinion: Florida’s proposed tax cut spares schools, but leaves voters to do the math
We can at least say that the property-tax cuts the Florida legislature approved on Tuesday are an improvement from Gov. Ron DeSantis' initial proposal from less than a week ago.
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Times Opinion: Congress must put guardrails on Trump’s vanity projects, spending
When President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in January, some pundits raised their eyebrows.
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Times Opinion: GOP hopefuls needed Trump in spring, but he’ll hurt in fall
From Indiana to Texas, President Donald Trump has been throwing his political weight around, using his clout to end the careers of Republicans who challenged his hold on the GOP.
