Times Commentary
The latest Times Commentary coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Opinion section.
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Opinion: Hemp ban is typical congressional ineptitude
The end of the nation's longest-ever government shutdown came with a little surprise for the hemp industry: A near-total ban on intoxicating products that Congress passed without the kind of debate and consideration this issue deserves.
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Opinion: The incomprehensible march toward regime change in Venezuela
On Monday, the United States formally designated Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his allies in government as members of a foreign terrorist organization called Cartel de los Soles, a group that doesn't exist.
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Opinion: US rejection of climate science is a call to action for the rest of the world
If there was any doubt the current U.S. administration is the world's greatest threat to action on climate change, President Donald Trump removed it when he addressed the U.N. and called climate change "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" and a threat promoted by "stupid people."
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Opinion: Trump’s bullying of women reporters won’t stop journalists from asking tough questions
Some of President Donald Trump's most frequently used rhetorical weapons have been misogynistic insults. The president seldom hides his contempt for journalists.
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Opinion: On Thanksgiving, serve gratitude with a side of forgiveness
Thanksgiving is a time of year when we traditionally focus on gratitude.
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Opinion: Federal shutdown showed Americans what each party values
For more than 40 days, an impasse among members of Congress and President Donald Trump over funding the federal government left millions of Americans in limbo. That ended last week when eight senators — seven Democrats and one independent — voted with 52 Republicans to restart federal operations.
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Opinion: ICE is grabbing US citizens, defying its own rules and the Constitution
Dayanne Figueroa was on her way to work in Chicago last month when she drove onto a street where an immigration enforcement action was in progress.
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Opinion: Fifty-year mortgage plan ignores real issues
Members of the Trump administration have floated a new proposal to address the nation's housing crisis. It's a dud. They should stick to the basics.
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Opinion: The US must stop sending people to be tortured in El Salvador
A damning new Human Rights Watch report says 252 Venezuelans, many of them political refugees from socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, that the Trump administration recently deported to an infamous mega-prison in El Salvador "were subjected to constant beatings and other forms of ill-treatment, including some cases of sexual violence.
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Opinion: Is U.S. ready to listen to Indian boarding schools survivors and descendants?
Sometimes, it is possible for Republican and Democratic forces to work together to get a piece of legislation, started by one government, passed into the next, because it is the right thing to do.
