1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (325+ words) A Tennessee state senator is asking Gov. Bill Lee to disclose the location of any new nuclear energy and waste sites as part of a potential partnership with the federal government. Sen. Heidi Campbell, a Nashville Democrat, sent a four-page…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (666+ words) The Republican president has been guarded about what he plans to say in the 9 p.m. Thursday speech, scheduled as he confronts a collapsing deal to end the war with Iran. He also faces numerous domestic issues, including recent deadly shootings by…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (683+ words) "A republic, if you can keep it," Benjamin Franklin famously responded when asked by a Philadelphia socialite what it was that he and the other founders had wrought. Her question, and his answer, in the 1787 conversation framed the choice for…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (270+ words) Not Christian nor American I find this version of "Christianity" that insists God is blessing this war, that prays for "bullets to find their target," that promotes bombs as God's instruments, to be repulsive, reckless and irresponsible. Those descriptors don't…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (54+ words) Democracy has a history that goes back millennia. In the 2,532 years since the ancient Athenians launched the first democratic experiment, it has faced countless trials. Democracy has failed, been... Letter to the editor: Action required to protect democracy Action is…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (443+ words) We've seen this pattern before. A U.S. missile strike. An initial statement emphasizing precision. Then, later, reports that civilians -- including many children -- were among the dead. In Afghanistan, these reports came so often they formed a grim pattern. Each incident is…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (778+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Free Press Opinion: Premature exit in Iran will create its own problems President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening offered the nation a defense of America's offensive against Iran, assuring the country the mission will end "very…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (976+ words) A year and a half after winning the White House by promising to lower costs and end wars, Donald Trump is a wartime president overseeing surging energy costs and an escalating overseas conflict. The war in Iran was largely unpopular…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (447+ words) We Americans are an impatient lot. If we must engage in warfare, we would prefer it be wrapped up in weeks, not months, and certainly not years like World War II, Korea and Vietnam. In those wars we had the…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago   (510+ words) As it turns out, we aren't quite so divided as a nation. Again and again, surveys show Americans agree that billionaires and corporations don't need more tax breaks. We agree we want quality, affordable health care, housing, child care and…...