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.
The leaders of the United States Senate and House were all smiles when they faced the media Sunday night to say that details on another COVID-19 relief bill finally had been agreed to.
by Clint CooperU.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, who recently suggested President Donald Trump should be "investigated" after he leaves office to "send a message across the world that we will not tolerate the undermining of our democracy in the way this president has done," apparently sees nothing wrong with her daughter collecting nearly a quarter of a million dollars from her campaign over the 2019-2020 cycle.
by Clint CooperTennessee senior Sen. Lamar Alexander is fond of citing his grandfather's advice — to "aim for the top; there's more room there."
by Clint CooperAny assessment of a county's health in 2020 without mention of the coronavirus feels somehow inadequate, but The Sycamore Institute's recently released 2020 health profiles report of Tennessee counties provides an updated baseline with which to track the state's nearly 7 million residents.
by Clint CooperWe figure a reader had it about right on the upcoming Georgia Senate runoffs.
by Clint CooperThe story is often told about Richard Nixon, understanding fraud may have cost him the 1960 presidential election, magnanimously refusing to pursue the matter for the good of the American people.
by Clint CooperThe vaccine's here.
by Clint Cooper"Retreads," "going backward," "going back to the future" — those are some of the words that have been thrown around to describe the Cabinet that President-elect Joe Biden has begun to put together.
by Clint CooperIt was bound to happen.
by Clint CooperMuch is being made of the potential for Democrats to win the two Georgia U.S. Senate seats in January's runoffs, causing a virtual 50-50 tie and allowing presumed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to break logjams.
by Clint CooperToo late to help the voting public form an objective opinion about their presidential choice, the national media has suddenly decided that the Chinese business dealings of Hunter Biden are worth mentioning.
by Clint CooperAs late as October, as the presidential election drew near, national media reported that the United States economy was unlikely to recover from its global pandemic recession until 2022 or later.
by Clint CooperTalk about Santa Claus knowing when you are bad or good. Santa apparently hasn't met the folks at WalletHub.
by Clint CooperFor the first time in history, the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition tweeted last week, "senior [White House] communications roles" "will be filled entirely by women."
by Clint CooperThough President Donald Trump has not conceded defeat, the postmortems on his administration already are being pondered by cultural conservatives who were never sure he was one of them in the first place.
by Clint CooperLocal and national public health officials could say "we told you so," but what would be the point?
by Clint CooperA prophet, it is said in the Bible, is seldom heard in his own land.
by Clint CooperOne doesn't have to look very far to find articles that suggest our neighbors in the state of Georgia are racist for holding runoff elections in which it is required that the winner have a majority of the votes.
by Clint CooperFew lasting fusillades of outrage have been launched over President Donald Trump's Thanksgiving-Eve pardon of former national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
by Clint Cooper