Times Commentary
The latest Times Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
More in Times Commentary, page 43
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Times Opinion: Democracy is under siege in Florida
Florida voters adopted the current state constitution in 1968 to create a modern democracy. Nothing lasts forever.

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Times Opinion: Why Democrats should be resisting AI
One year ago, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos got front-row seats at President Donald Trump's second inauguration.

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Times Opinion: Florida’s fading appeal is a blessing for Alabama
It should be no surprise that a stagnant U.S. housing market has slowed the flow of people moving to Florida and Texas.

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Deborah Levine: Venue 1921 is a community gift of unity in East Ridge
When East Ridge was officially founded in 1921, I wonder if residents envisioned a gathering center like the one that just opened.

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Times Opinion: Epstein files reveal affirmative action for the rich and powerful
In 1995, a retired insurance executive named Walter Kaye recommended a friend's daughter for an unpaid internship at the White House. You will remember her name: Monica Lewinsky.

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Times Opinion: We have to look right in the face of what we have become
On Oct. 4, Marimar Martinez, a teacher's assistant at a Montessori school, was driving in Chicago when she observed federal immigration agents on patrol.

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Community voice: Pharmacist says Tennessee’s ‘Fair Rx’ bill threatens medication access
When I was a young girl, I would watch my grandmother sort through her medicine cabinet and call our local pharmacist with questions about her prescriptions — spelling out the names she couldn't pronounce, asking about side effects and making sure they were safe to take with her vitamins.

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Times Opinion: Trump keeps reminding us why people support him. It’s the racism
The president of the United States posted a racist video Thursday night depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes.

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Times Opinion: Of course Trump will try to sabotage the midterms. But voters aren’t helpless
On Jan. 6, 2021, President Donald Trump showed the world who he is: someone willing to undermine, interfere with and ultimately attempt to overthrow any election result that doesn't go his way. And he's been showing us that, again and again, ever since.

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Times Opinion: Congress should make it harder to abuse the Insurrection Act
Even if the administration has temporarily backed off threats to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minnesota, the idea will come up again.
