Pam Sohn is the Times opinion editor, representing the left-leaning side of the Chattanooga Times Free Press opinion pages. Sohn has been reporting or editing Chattanooga news for 30 years. A Walden's Ridge native, she began her journalism career with a 10-year stint at the Anniston (Ala.) Star. She came to the Chattanooga Times Free Press in 1999 after working at the Chattanooga Times for 14 years. She has also been a city editor, Sunday editor, wire editor, projects team leader and assistant lifestyle editor. As a reporter, she covered the police, courts, health, education and environment beats. She has won dozens of writing and editing awards in both Alabama and Tennessee, including first-place honors for breaking news, investigative news, public service, features, reporting without a deadline and editorial writing. During her tenure as Sunday editor at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the paper received the 2002 first-place honors for Best Sunday editions and Sweepstakes Award — Best Paper in the State. She has been married for 41 years to photographer, Louis Sohn. They have a grown son, Mitch, as well as three dogs and a grand cat. When not working, Pam gardens, researches family roots and plays piano. Contact her at psohn@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6346.
We all need help sometimes. Especially when life throws us a curve ball.
by Pam SohnIt is a misnomer to call the deal finally reached by congressional leaders Sunday a "stimulus."
by Pam SohnWhat is wrong with us?
by Pam Sohn"It's clear the house is on fire and we're still lighting matches."
by Pam SohnAll transition meetings between President-elect Joe Biden's team and the Trump team - scheduled at the Pentagon on Friday - were postponed, Pentagon officials said.
by Pam SohnHas anyone heard a peep from our president about the massive Russian hack of about 18,000 government agencies —including the Pentagon, the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security — and top businesses in our country?
by Pam SohnIt's been a long time coming: President-elect Joe Biden's punch back to Donald Trump's totally false characterization of a stolen election and his "unconscionable" fraudulent attack on voting.
by Pam SohnWhen the Trump administration last week finalized a rule that could make it more difficult to enact public health protections by changing the way the EPA calculates costs and benefits of new limits on air pollution, the rule makers didn't take into account Chattanooga's example of how such costs and benefits play out.
by Pam SohnIs the whole country going nuts?
by Pam SohnOur president - the current one, not the incoming presidential one - wants credit for COVID-19 vaccines.
by Pam SohnDonald Trump went down to Georgia on Saturday - ostensibly to campaign for two incumbent Republican senators who, on Monday were ever so slightly behind in polls for a Jan. 5 runoff election against their Democratic challengers.
by Pam SohnForty-five days and some change.
by Pam SohnThe clock keeps ticking.
by Pam SohnIt's clear we can expect scary COVID-19 headlines for a while - despite the good news of late about vaccines on the horizon.
by Pam SohnThere is a serial killer roaming among us, and its name is COVID-19.
by Pam SohnThe devil went down to Georgia. He was lookin' for a soul to steal.
by Pam SohnLet's talk about contrasts.
by Pam SohnLooking forward to Jan. 20, we need to do some soul-searching in order to understand how so many people in America became vulnerable to so many lies.
by Pam SohnAmerica should give itself a pat on the back.
by Pam SohnJust before 4 p.m. Friday, the U.S. had logged 253,458 deaths from COVID-19.
by Pam Sohn