Opinion: Grieving with food: The Thanksgiving Way
"Can you please make it?" I asked my grandmother, begging her to make her famous Cherries Jubilee. It was a simple but oh-so-perfect dish.
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Opinion: On Thanksgiving, step away from the outrage industry
One of the remarkable things about our political and cultural battles is how many of them are fought on behalf of other people.
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Opinion: This Thanksgiving, let Trump’s ‘best people’ do the arguing with your MAGA uncle
Last Thanksgiving, Donald Trump had just announced he was seeking re-election, yet his political stock was low. He was blamed for Republicans' unexpectedly bad…
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Opinion: Thanksgiving quiz: Turkey Day 1923
Thanksgiving is marked by tradition.
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Happy Thanksgiving
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for November 23, 2023.
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Thankful and Hopeful
Lisa Benson's Free Press cartoon for November 23, 2023.
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Opinion: Why Democrats are ride or die for Biden
Donald Trump has made it increasingly clear that the survival of democracy in 2025 and beyond likely depends on a Democratic presidential victory in 2024.
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Opinion: Xi and Biden agreed on easy steps. Bigger problems will be harder to crack
In a world beset by wars in Gaza and Ukraine, it's good news when two superpowers step back from frictions that increased the danger of another war in Asia.
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Opinion: Parents deceived about their children’s education
Despite widespread griping about the quality of K-12 education, polls consistently show that most parents are happy with the public schools their children atte…
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Opinion: If this economy is Biden restoring American Dream, what do nightmares look like?
The holidays are around the corner and in this economy, that means Americans will either stretch budgets as best they can, go into debt or go without.
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Fat Chance
Michael Ramirez's Free Press cartoon for November 22, 2023.
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Opinion: License plate readers rollout requires fairness, intention
Will Hamilton County become a surveillance state?
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Opinion: If most homeless are ‘local,’ try working on prevention
It was a rumor that many Chattanoogans had heard — that the city offered such accommodating services that homeless people purposely came to the city.
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Opinion: Whom should we blame for the war in Gaza?
Inflation is slowing, the GDP is up, gas prices are down and last week The Associated Press reported a 14% drop in illegal border crossings in October. Yet my …
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Opinion: Solution to debt: Cut spending
Congress just passed — and President Biden just signed — the latest short-term government funding bill to keep the government running.
