Times Commentary
The latest Times Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
More in Times Commentary, page 37
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Community Voice: Learning to see clearly through lessons in complexity
A few weeks ago I wrote about why I joined the Walk for Peace in Washington, D.C. Not long after that walk, our country moved toward war with Iran.

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Times Opinion: Why we need leaders like Frances Perkins
There was a time when the Democratic Party adhered to the needs of the working class.

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Times Opinion: Loving Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day — for its contradictions
I won't let St. Patrick's Day pass without wearing something green and reaching for a glass of something fermented or distilled.

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Times Opinion: Remembering another American citizen killed by an ICE agent on Noem’s watch
Not to pile on, but while we're tallying transgressions against ex-U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was fired by President Donald Trump last week, we should not forget the often-overlooked death of another American citizen who was killed by an ICE agent under her watch.

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Times Opinion: The affordability problem is far from solved
In his State of the Union address on Feb. 24 — how long ago that seems — the president claimed the problem of "affordability" was solved.

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Times Opinion: Really? The return of military conscription is an ‘option to keep on the table’?
When Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Sunday whether the war in Iran might require ground troops or even a military draft, Leavitt responded in general terms that neither possibility was "part of the current plan right now," but that the president "wisely keeps his options on the table."

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Times Opinion: Republicans in Congress fail public by dodging war responsibility
Headlines from the war in Iran are changing by the hour as the operation intensifies.

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Times Opinion: When leaders fade but systems endure
In politics, we often become captivated by personalities.

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Deborah Levine: Creative souls needed in war zones
When my hubby and I saw that Iran had bombed Bet Shemesh, a community outside of Jerusalem, we were horrified.

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Community Voice: Criminalizing homelessness is not the solution
"Why can't we just arrest them?"
