I find myself puzzled by recent events. I wonder why people who call themselves "pro-life" are committed to protecting the lives of the unborn, yet those same people don't care enough about protecting children in schools from being massacred to see that laws are changed.

I know the pro-choice group is very unhappy with the Supreme Court's decision to return the abortion issue to the individual states, where it belonged in the first place.

What about neglect, abuse, torture and killing of children by mothers did anti-abortionists consider as they celebrated?

Accountability? I was assaulted on June 6. Very shortly before that on the same premises, another elderly white man was assaulted.

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty: Think about it. We all know that 18-year-old kids should not be allowed to have access to an automatic rifle that was designed to be a weapon for war, yet we have watched as hundreds of children are killed year after year because we have done nothing to prevent an 18-year-old from getting these horrible weapons and invading our schools.

To Police Chief Celeste Murphy: When I arrived in Chattanooga, my first thoughts about the city were how beautiful the mountains and the river are

Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, I am a retired newspaper editor in Chattanooga, a conservative Republican and a supporter of the Second Amendment.

For years now, I have delayed in writing this letter. I had good intentions after each school shooting, hoping something would be done, only to hear crickets.

When will the American public decide it has had enough of the gun violence plaguing our country and the partisan ways of our politicians?

Republicans sat by and watched as Democrats took God out of the classroom, stopped teaching civics and American history, and people wonder how we got into our current mess.

So we should penalize unaffiliated voters? As an unaffiliated independent, I vote for representatives of various political parties. I like to feel my vote counts, too.

Thanks to former President Donald Trump, now any election where somebody loses, they've decided that it must have been rigged.

This is getting old.

Regarding abortion and a woman's right to choose: If men gave birth, abortion clinics would be as numerous throughout the country as payday loan centers.

The liberal/Democrat/communists always accuse the other side of exactly what they are doing themselves. Now it is us who are "extreme."

When I heard about the Supreme Court's intent to revoke Roe v. Wade, I was shocked.

If you awoke last week to news that the candidate you wanted didn't win and you failed to vote, then you shouldn't have anything to say.

Unless you've lived under a rock for the last 15 months, you are glaringly aware of the mess the Biden administration has created with every decision it's made.

Sabrena Smedley isn't another good ol' boy.

Having known her for over 25 years, it is with great enthusiasm that we offer our personal endorsement of Amanda Dunn for Criminal Court Judge, Division III.

I've had the privilege of working with Weston, first as his boss at Lamp Post Group, and then as his co-founder and partner at Dynamo.

Although I am not a Republican and in recent years have found none of their candidates worthy of my vote, I want to thank Weston Wamp for standing up for all citizens and acknowledging the 39% of Hamilton County residents who are not Jewish nor Christian.

We'd have a lot more credibility selling those values if our nation and our politics actually worked to live up to them: civil and voting rights, bodily autonomy, education by teachers instead of politicians, fair wages and health care, and a livable planet.