Opinion: Watching the watchmen
American communities need robust law enforcement, and the vast majority of police officers are public servants performing dangerous work with dedication.
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Opinion: Trial balloons
Say the words "espionage" and "communism" to a younger generation and they might think you're talking about spy novels and Cold War history.
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Roger that
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for Feb. 6, 2024.
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National Debt
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for Feb. 5, 2024.
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Opinion: Tucker Carlson, Joe Biden and whale beachings
We aren't whaleologists — actually, the term is cetologist; we just looked it up — but neither is Tucker Carlson.
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Opinion: ‘As government expands, liberty contracts’
While most of the public and media attention the past two years has been focused on high prices and inflation, these issues take second place over the public's…
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Opinion: Closing restraint loophole for students with disabilities or inviting discipline fallback
The image of a child with disabilities being shackled to prevent them from harming themselves or others sounds like an image one might see in a 19th-century il…
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Kennedy: Get out of my face, Facebook
Facebook has decided I'm most interested in three things: Ford trucks, baby-boomer hospitalizations and high school dances.
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The Presidential Race
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for Feb. 4, 2023.
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Opinion: A democracy cannot easily penalize politicians’ lies
George Santos is not the first politician to have lied, but the fables he told to get elected to Congress may be in a class by themselves.
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Opinion: Is ChatGPT an AI chatbot or a misinformation engine?
The Oscar-nominated short film "An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It" could be the name for Silicon Valley's latest gift to Western ci…
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Thoughts on police enforcement policies and more letters to the editors
Police officers perceive themselves to be in constant peril, often with justification.
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The Rant
Passenger rail service from Chattanooga to other cities?
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Good Deed: Veteran receives all-terrain wheelchair thanks to national nonprofit group
One of the country's best-known military support organizations last week presented an all-terrain wheelchair to a U.S. Army veteran who lost both of his legs w…
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Local history: The ‘Little Giant’ comes to Chattanooga to save the union
The election of 1860 finally brought the issue of slavery before the American electorate.