Opinion: Voters are right to complain about inflation
Against the odds, the Federal Reserve's effort to guide the U.S. economy to a soft landing — reducing inflation without causing a recession — seems to be worki…
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Opinion: Supreme Court shows its integrity with new code of ethics
Saying that public officials should be "ethical" is like saying that sunshine and puppies are good things. The tougher questions are what "ethical" means, how …
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Opinion: Faye Robinson has nothing but praise for school board, district as she joins exodus of members
Five of the six members of the Hamilton County Board of Education up for election next year aren't running to keep their seats. Since the board went from nine …
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Opinion: Blinken only emboldens Hamas terrorists
President Joe Biden must stop trying to appease Hamas sympathizers inside the White House and Democratic Party and reiterate America's steadfast commitment to …
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Opinion: Clint’s Clips/A state Senate map drawn by Democrats could take local seat from Republicans
By now, you probably know a three-judge panel recently struck down the 2022 Tennessee state Senate map, saying seats in the same county weren't properly consec…
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Opinion: Let them eat chicken
The worthies attending the United Nations COP28 climate summit in Dubai are mostly not eating meat. That's because they believe and have been told that meat le…
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Opinion: Americans don’t talk enough about three key issues
National politics have become mostly about Democrats vs. Republicans, shirts vs. skins, us vs. them. The focus is on tribes and personality cults, rather than …
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Opinion: Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp suggests why state prison population may have increased
A recent report that Tennessee's prison population increased in 2022 despite drops in violent crime seems to indicate to some people that the state is doing so…
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Opinion: The impossible is happening as Medicaid enrollment drops
Former President Ronald Reagan once noted, "No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size." That's true, which is why what's currently happening with M…
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Opinion: Fleischmann vote on ouster of New York congressman made on precedent, not emotion
Some voters will read Friday's vote by U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, not to expel disgraced U.S. Rep. George Santos, R-New York, as more evidence o…
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Opinion: DeSantis-Newsom debate was more of a snorefest
If you watched the so-called "debate" between Florida Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis and California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom (a pr…
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Opinion: The unhinged among us
Oct. 7 should have been an open-and-shut case of moral condemnation.
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Opinion: How inflation changes our spending habits
Inflation has left millions of Americans with no good choices, even when it comes to necessities like what to eat.
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Opinion: Gauge Education Savings Account program over longer term before considering expansion
Unless and until public schools undergo a massive improvement, parents will desire more choices for their children's education.
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Opinion: Building a durable majority is the key to political success for both parties
According to a recent poll conducted by the Democratic firm Blueprint, only 5% of Americans say that Joe Biden is "far more conservative than me."
