We have opened this conversation to readers each of the last several Thanksgivings to share what you are grateful for. We did it again, and again you did not disappoint.

It was a crazy year, and Donald Trump has become its poster boy. He got COVID, lost his job over it and will soon be evicted from his house for reasons he cannot control.

This week we celebrate Thanksgiving. We all have our traditions for the holiday — traveling to be with family, meals with friends, football games, movies and other customs. With COVID-19, we must alter many of these and observe Thanksgiving in a manner unlike our past celebrations.

Eight months of unknown, eight months of fighting mental and physical fatigue.

This Thanksgiving, you're not going to intentionally undercook the turkey, are you? Some salmonella and gravy for your guests?

If you really want to know your family, play cards.

From its inception, the Trump administration has canceled or weakened more than 100 regulations promulgated by the EPA. Not one instance of promotion of public health and safety has occurred during this interval.

My grandfather, Harry S. Truman, initiated the protocols for the peaceful transfer of presidential power as we know them today. He invited President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower to send over his Cabinet and staff so they could kick the tires, as it were — be briefed by their predecessors, attend meetings, try out the office chairs.

Some analysts look at the last few American presidential elections and see a schizoid polity.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues throughout Tennessee and across the country, many organizations are facing increased financial challenges. Businesses and cultural institutions have been hit hard as Americans are traveling less and visiting fewer places.

How did Tennessee's early readmission to the Union impact Chattanooga?

I am now convinced that we need to review every ballot and recheck every vote.

What should we expect in a Biden presidency?

In a year when we need grace and gratitude more than ever, 2020 is reminding us that nothing is safe.

I am sure we can all agree on two things: 1) The school system and superintendent Bryan Johnson are weighing all of their options, and 2) there are no easy answers.

In a few minutes, Tim Tebow would take the stage at Redemption to the Nations Church on Bailey Avenue in Chattanooga and deliver an inspirational, spiritual message.

When the pandemic began, Troy Rogers and Tony Oliver bought $100 worth of Walmart groceries and began feeding people across the city.

Watching comedian Dave Chappelle guest-host "Saturday Night Live" earlier this month, I was mesmerized - and not just because of Chappelle's shocking, 16-minute monologue about American life in the final weeks of 2020.

Following a long, and brutal presidential campaign, a sustained process of healing is essential for our politics. Failure to achieve this means years of paralysis in vital domestic and foreign programs. Where can we find common ground?

Over the past 36 years, the state of Georgia has voted for Republican presidential candidates in every cycle except 1992, when voters backed Bill Clinton. In the past 20 years, it voted consistently for Republican governors and for Republicans in the U.S. Senate.

COVID restrictions prevented the Fort Oglethorpe Kiwanis Club from holding its Distinguished Service Awards fundraising luncheon and auction.

Whenever society seems to be in a period of upheaval, we imagine that the current situation is the most difficult ever encountered.

Liggett Drug Store, pictured in this 1953 newspaper photograph, was located at the corner of 7th and Market streets for more than 40 years.