Clint Cooper is the Free Press editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, representing the conservative side of the newspaper's opinion section. Previously he worked as a lifestyles reporter, and has been an assistant sports editor and Metro staff writer for the newspaper. Prior to the merger between the Chattanooga Free Press and Chattanooga Times in 1999, he was sports news editor for the Chattanooga Free Press, where he was in charge of the day-to-day content of the section and the section's design. Before becoming sports news editor, he was a staff writer. In the Life section, he is responsible for the content of the weekly religion page but also contributes entertainment stories to the current section; health, home and profile stories for the daily Life pages; and general news articles to the news columns. In the past, he has written on technology and baby boomers for the section. Clint has received honors over the years for his writing and design in both individual work and work as part of a team or section. Among those are several best overall team coverage awards from the Southern League (when he was either lead writer or content/design editor), a best section award by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association (when he was content/design editor) and several first-place awards in the community lifestyles category of the Tennessee Press Association contest (as part of a staff). The Chattanooga native is a cum laude graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a degree in mass communications and did postgraduate work there in secondary education. Clint and his wife of 21 years, Donna, have one son, Patrick, 18. He enjoys acting, reading and running. Contact Clint at 423-757-6497 or ccooper@timesfreepress.com. You may friend him on Facebook.
Remember the pay for play aspect of the Clinton Foundation and access it allegedly bought to the former first couple prior to the time Hillary Clinton became the 2016 Democratic nominee for president?
by Clint CooperFive years ago, with the approach of the Republican presidential primaries, discussions always seemed to include the question: "When will Trump start acting presidential?"
by Clint CooperWhenever news bubbles up about legislative plans the incoming Biden administration is considering, the name Joe Manchin is mentioned.
by Clint CooperWednesday's rushed second impeachment of President Donald Trump by a Democratic House prompted us to wonder if the once dark stain on a chief executive's leadership now would become a routine measure taken by an opposing party who doesn't like an action by a president.
by Clint CooperMy but what short memories we have.
by Clint Cooper"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Clint CooperNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suddenly had something better to do than attend last Saturday's Buffalo Bills-Indianapolis Colts National Football League playoff game.
by Clint CooperA woman in line at the mass vaccination station in Mobile, Alabama, stopped short when health officials began asking her for personal information. When they requested her age, she got up and walked out.
by Clint CooperThe morning of the day a mob supporting President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol earlier this week, a Washington Post columnist authored a piece that was quite remarkable in admitting what he and his fellow travelers in the national media did more than four years ago.
by Clint CooperPresident Donald Trump, it appears, will leave office with as few elected Republican supporters as he had when he started his campaign for presidency in 2015.
by Clint CooperIt appears Vice President-elect Kamala Harris won't be moving very far.
by Clint CooperJoe Biden is expected to be inaugurated the 46th president two weeks from today, and we already sense trouble ahead.
by Clint CooperA presidential election is terribly difficult to steal.
by Clint CooperThe left-leaning national media has been full of puff pieces about Georgia U.S. senatorial candidates Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, but the three broadcast networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, have ignored the recent news about the pair as the campaign draws to a close.
by Clint CooperWhoever had the pandemic square on the 2020 game board of predictions may be about the only one smiling these days.
by Clint CooperOne of the casualties of the bitter partisanship of the last four years appears to be a loss of understanding of the principles of governance by some members of Congress.
by Clint CooperUnemployment in Chattanooga fell last month to 4.3%, just 1% above the level it reached in the economic recovery before the coronavirus pandemic shut down many businesses in mid-March.
by Clint CooperIf you knew your taxpayer money was going to support a research program that involves lizards walking on treadmills, what would you think?
by Clint CooperNo one ever said it was going to be easy, this annual trip around the sun.
by Clint CooperNo last-minute Santa Claus came to save a coalition Tuesday that wanted to put legislation for a new Chattanooga police oversight board on the March 2021 ballot. Nor should one have.
by Clint Cooper