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.
Seems like old times.
by Clint Cooper 5 hours agoIf you can't win on your own...
by Clint CooperThe 2020 presidential election is likely to be decided on what voters think about President Donald Trump.
by Clint CooperAre presidential debates worth our time?
by Clint CooperThe state Senate campaign website for Democrat Glenn Scruggs says he will not take "a dime" from corporations or political action committees (PACs), but third-quarter campaign finance records show he's taken a lot more than a dime. A whole lot more.
by Clint CooperThe mob is coming for Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart.
by Clint CooperWhen you have been a part of the Washington, D.C., swamp for 47 years, as Biden has, we believe this type of look-the-other-way activity unfortunately tends to become second nature. Not for everyone but for many.
by Clint CooperCalifornians are beginning to reap what they have sown with one-party control, and even members of the narcissistic, self-important celebrity crowd are sitting up and taking notice.
by Clint CooperThe United States is a center-right country in 2020.
by Clint CooperThird District U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Chattanooga, is correct when he says "God willing, I'm going to be [in Congress] as long as I want to," given East Tennessee's longtime Republican bent."
by Clint CooperFortune has been kind to former Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty in the run-up to this year's election to be Tennessee's next United States senator.
by Clint CooperIf we could clone a citizen-legislator running for the Tennessee state Senate in this election year, it would be Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, who is vying for a third term.
by Clint CooperFacing voters every two years is a daunting, expensive and time-consuming task for Tennessee state representatives, but it forces them to be responsive to their constituents.
by Clint CooperWhat do you as a voter deserve to know about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's position on the issues?
by Clint CooperAdd U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, to those who talk the talk but don't want to walk the walk.
by Clint CooperWe don't believe the campaigns of President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden or pollsters have an idea how many people are undecided on their pick in next month's presidential election.
by Clint CooperWhen first lady Betty Ford went public with her breast cancer diagnosis in 1974, it prompted many women to have breast exams or to be more diligent with their self-examinations.
by Clint CooperWhen elected officials are unwilling to debate their opponents, voters often think they have something to hide.
by Clint CooperIf most people are like we are, they'd like to take their face masks and bury them six feet deep, burn them in a bonfire or plunk them into the nearest trash can.
by Clint CooperWhite colonizer, health care thief, psychopath.
by Clint Cooper