Times Commentary
The latest Times Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
More in Times Commentary, page 50
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Readers respond: Op-ed repeats a ‘tired act’ from Palestinians
The Palestinians have been offered a state of their own six times – but each time rejected it because it would have come with one condition: Recognizing a Jewish state next door.
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Times Opinion: Democrats are on a roll. So why not fight one another?
Democrats are starting the new year on a high.
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Times Opinion: The 2025 Politics Yearbook includes the ‘Most Likely to Be Extreme and Chaotic’
Best. Political year. Ever. Amirite?
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Times Opinion: Prison methods are as bad as you’ve heard, and spilling onto the streets
I was one of the researchers in the well-known Stanford prison experiment in 1971, demonstrating the destructive dynamics generated when one group — randomly assigned as "guards" — is given near-total power over "prisoners."
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Times Opinion: The Venezuelan ‘threat’ is all Trumped up
I know boats. Catamarans where water laps at your legs. Fishing boats with bright colors and splintered seats.
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Times Opinion: A not totally serious forecast for 2026
Last year's not totally serious predictions were as forgettable as President Donald Trump's second inaugural address.
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Community voice: Local nurse says nursing careers are hard-fought and, yes, professional
I read the story ("UTC avoids big hit," 12/30/25) about the shift away from nursing as a professional degree and how it will affect the ability of the student to borrow. I am a practicing nurse since 2006 and currently work in the community as a nurse practitioner. I work with complex patients in hospital settings and have been in practice as an NP since 2011.
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Times Opinion: Latest government inflation and GDP figures are worthless, and will be for months
The federal government's monthly releases of economic statistics — especially the inflation rate and growth as tracked by gross domestic product — have long occasioned partisan preening (or denunciation) and for a general public stock-taking of the health of the economy.
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Times Opinion: Who’s taking care of workers taking care of vulnerable children?
A child welfare worker is often the first to respond to a child in need and among the last to handle their case before they're reunified with parents or placed in a loving, permanent home.
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Times Opinion: Being white means you never have to say you’re sorry
I must admit, I've never been apologetic about having been born white.
