If memory serves, Marsha Blackburn ran successfully for the Senate by promising to take "Tennessee values" to Washington.

The perpetual Republican, conservative Christians' lie for nearly 60 years is that prayer and Bible reading were removed from school.

We have all seen the videos of the lawlessness, looting, thievery, etc., perpetrated by individuals or groups of all sizes. And blame gets thrown at district attorneys, mayors, police, etc.

I have read and heard many comments from people who are puzzled as to how someone can contract the coronavirus even though they had been vaccinated.

The presidential race in 2024 looms very scary.

We were blessed by many folks outside of a recent Christmas Market who cared enough to help us after a nasty injury.

"It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness."

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson said of his friend Rep. John Lewis, who both lived through segregation and have now passed, both so deeply respected, "John and I represent how things can change if people really want them to."

Thank you, TFP, for a year of letters to the editor.

We must create the Christmas we desire

In early October, my husband developed a four-day nosebleed.

Many politicians/writers today use the word "socialism" as something bad to make you afraid so that you will support their position/agenda. Socialism means pooling resources to help everyone.

It is incredible how detached from reality the media has become.

On Dec. 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks gestation. One of the solicitors included a statement like "... aside from the philosophical argument of when life begins ..."

The city of Chattanooga needs more gardens such as the Warner Park Urban Garden.

The Dec. 3 Times editorial claims, "America doesn't make sense anymore" because pro-lifers, while opposing abortion as murder, are supposedly inconsistent for making guns accessible and for resisting mask mandates.

Bob Dole was a Republican in principle.

The reports of tension between the Erlanger board of trustees and the medical staff should be of concern to Chattanoogans.

We have no guarantees of complete safety when we choose to drive a car. But we do have a guarantee that the law will be vigorously enforced on the miscreants in our midst.

I was pleased to see a strong and politically balanced rejection of the recently announced plan to pour more than $270 million into an attempt to prop up Moccasin Bend Hospital.

The advance of Marxism relies upon three fanatical laws.

The COVID-19 crisis has brought us to a new crisis point in this country. And it is not a "health" crisis, it is rather a "liberty" crisis.

Chattanooga halted recycling services in August, citing a lack of truck drivers. Services resumed Nov. 1, after Mayor Tim Kelly raised drivers' pay.