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Opinion: Chattanooga Democrats need a Mamdani-style politics
In a stunning upset to many political pundits and pollsters alike, New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, defeated former state Gov. Andrew Cuomo to become the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City.
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Opinion: The Republican budget bill is extreme on immigration, too
The very name of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is both silly and revealing.
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Opinion: A stunning and tragic Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a grievous blow to separation of powers by holding that federal courts cannot issue nationwide injunctions to halt unconstitutional actions by the president and the federal government.
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Opinion: Farewell to the US as the world’s top science nation
When I asked John Savage, the retired co-founder of the Department of Computer Science at Brown University, what the essential ingredient in research is, he responded with one word: "Passion."
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Opinion: Our climate policy is backward
After a rainy few weeks, summer is finally here in Chattanooga, as a blistering heat wave has brought temperatures to the upper 90s in the area over the past week.
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Opinion: The United States v. Iran — what’s next?
About 12 hours before my deadline last weekend, this column was overtaken by events.
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Opinion: The president praises the military, but cuts care for veterans
Regardless of their advisability, legality, or ultimate utility in the long sordid history of Middle East conflict, the American military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities last weekend gave Donald Trump an opportunity to compliment someone other than himself.
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Opinion: Unhoused and then displaced, like me
I'm a native Oregonian. The central part of the state has been my home for more than a quarter century. It's where I expected to build my life.
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Opinion: The GOP wants to turn asylum into a pay-to-play system
The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" now before the Senate takes the current preoccupation with making every governmental relationship transactional to an immoral extreme. It puts a $1,000 price tag on the right to seek asylum -- the first time the United States would require someone to pay for this human right.
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Opinion: ICE will see you now
For President Donald Trump, the United States is little more than his personal playground, Mar-a-Lago gone national.