The comment is more than 10 days old now, but it continues to rankle. Like an ingrown toenail, persistent indigestion or a stubborn raspberry seed in between two teeth.

"The longer the establishment is divided, the more difficult it is to stop him from winning primaries and accumulating delegates. He will need to broaden his appeal — something that he has shown no inclination or ability to do."

Despite record low unemployment levels for black Americans, U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-South Carolina, says employment has been better for members of his race in this country.

It is especially appropriate in Chattanooga that February nationally is designated Black History Month. For it was in February, 60 years ago this week, that the initial black lunch counter sit-ins in the city — attempting to integrate public and private facilities — reached their peak.

The Charles H. Coolidge Medal of Honor Heritage Center, in its various non de plumes, has been wandering in the wilderness for as long as the country's longest war.

In Las Vegas, not surprisingly, it was all about the sizzle.

Although one sexual abuse case is one too many, priests in the Catholic Church who have perpetrated such actions do not mean the church as a whole does not and has not done enormous good through the years

With former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg rising in the polls against doubts any of the long-declared Democratic candidates can defeat President Donald Trump for re-election, words he spoke in the past and comments he was rumored to have made are resurfacing.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, finally has found a job that fits her. She announced last week she'll be a celebrity guest judge on "RuPaul's Drag Race" this season.

Hamilton County residents in early voting that has begun for the March 3 election are being asked to determine if the county's Assessor of Property office is being run fairly and efficiently.

Faith is loosely defined as belief in something without having proof.

A number of the Chattanooga area residents who attended the Wednesday rally for Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg clearly were shopping.

In eight days, the Hamilton County Board of Education will discuss whether to extend the contract of Superintendent Bryan Johnson.

During the early and mid-2010s, the crime problem in Chattanooga threatened to spiral out of control.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, who told a New Hampshire interviewer last October that to reduce her carbon footprint she mostly flies commercial, appeared to hide behind a staff member last week after stepping off a private plane in Iowa and spotting a camera following her.

Individuals can quibble about whether the State of the Union address was the proper venue in which to award a Presidential Medal of Freedom last week, but the recipient who was awarded is every bit as deserving as the hundreds of people already honored.

If you're confused about the salary conversations surrounding Hamilton County teachers over the past year, you're not alone.

The United States made official Wednesday what every member of Congress knew was a foregone conclusion when the House of Representatives launched a formal impeachment inquiry last Sept. 24.

We'll admit up front we're no fans of what the State of the Union speech has become, but Tuesday night's spectacle was the oddest in memory.

Imagine yourself Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren or Joe Biden or Pete Buttigieg or Amy Klobuchar on Tuesday morning.

Your local government has been at work — destroying records. Were they important records? We wish we could tell you, but we can't.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, seemingly desperate to get some love from the man who selected him as vice president, said for the second time in recent weeks he would appoint former President Barack Obama to the United States Supreme Court if he would take the job.

One thing is clear from the second round of meetings on the Hamilton County School district's potential 10-year master facilities plan: The community still is unable to realistically deal with it.