Times Commentary
The latest Times Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Times Opinion: Fake images and videos are proliferating. What’s the average news consumer to do?
Nicolás Maduro and his wife confronted two overpowering forces last week: the U.S. military and artificial intelligence. The result was worldwide confusion and a reminder that what one sees these days is not necessarily authentic.
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Times Opinion: The GOP is kidding itself about the economy
No amount of narrative-setting can convince American voters that the economy is better or worse than their own experience dictates.
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Lee Davis: This isn’t your grandfather’s Tennessee Valley Authority
The Tennessee Valley Authority was created to serve the public, not to enrich executives or gamble with ratepayers' money. That simple truth is worth repeating right now.
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Times Opinion: Tick, tick goes the Doomsday Clock
This month, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago is scheduled to announce whether the hands of its famous Doomsday Clock will move closer to midnight.
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Times Opinion: By killing Renee Good, ICE sent a message to us all
Throughout Donald Trump's second term, when he's sent armed, masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into cities, locals have tried to resist by organizing neighborhood watches, both to warn people that agents are coming and to document arrests.
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Times Opinion: For Minneapolis, ICE killing evokes familiar fear, pain
Renee Nicole Good. George Floyd. Different tragedies, but the same grief for a community betrayed by the people who were supposed to protect and serve.
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Deborah Levine: AI still needs human oversight in 2026
It was a true gift to have relatives visit for the New Year. My step-daughter cooked for us non-stop and her hubby, an IT professional, taught me more than I ever imagined about websites.
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Times Opinion: Trump’s action in Venezuela — gunboat diplomacy on steroids
President Donald Trump's imperialist foreign policy is invoking the kind of unilateral approach that marked an earlier era.
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Times Opinion: Deaths of Asian immigrants in ICE custody reveal a community under threat
More than 30 people died while detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2025, marking it the deadliest year for those held in custody by the agency in two decades.
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Times Opinion: There is a sickness eating away at American democracy
Most Americans like to believe this is a nation of laws, where justice is blind to power and status.
