Opinion: Ayn Rand’s ‘Money Speech’ timely as ever
With capitalists coming to Washington to straighten out our bloated and unaccountable government via DOGE, the left is up in arms about businesspeople having t…
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Opinion: Black History Month conversation was uplifting
How wonderful to celebrate Black History Month at Mizpah Congregation with our February "Intriguing Conversations."
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Kennedy: ‘The Pitt’ on Max sorts out life and death
I don't often get hooked on a TV show, but a new steaming series called "The Pitt" on Max has me riveted.
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Opinion: Trump’s Gaza plan is a crazy answer to a valid question
President Donald Trump's plan to take over the Gaza Strip, remove its 2 million Palestinians and turn the coastal desert strip into some sort of Club Med prove…
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Opinion: The imperative remains: End Hamas’ control of Gaza
On Saturday, Hamas gunmen paraded three skeletally thin Israeli hostages for a propaganda video in which they were forced to thank their captors before their h…
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Local History: Cherokee resist but ultimately face removal
The late Dr. James Livingood, distinguished University of Tennessee at Chattanooga professor of history, discussed the Cherokee removal in excerpts from his "C…
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Reps., why are you Trump’s accomplices? and more letters to the editors
I am outraged that the president is unconstitutionally and illegally withholding congressionally approved funds, firing career civil servants, eliminating agen…
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The Rant
Taylor Swift booed at the Super Bowl! After all she's done for people in need? Outrageous!
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Good Deed: Performing Arts League awards grants and scholarships to support youth
The Performing Arts League recently announced $41,975 in grants and scholarships to support youth involvement in the performing arts in Hamilton County.
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Opinion: Trump and company are not your father’s Republican Party
This is not your father's Republican Party. It has become more libertarian and practical in its approach.
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Opinion: Kendrick Lamar’s subversive hard truth
As a professional food writer, I promise any other time I'd be writing about Kendrick Lamar's apparent fondness for the Italian pasta dish Cacio e Pepe, which …
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Opinion: The state of our society: A prophetic perspective on Tennessee
If we say we are without sin, we deceive ourselves. The political and social realities in Tennessee — and particularly in Memphis and Shelby County — are riddl…
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Kennedy: Boomers exit quietly from the workplace
Every time I walk by Dave Flessner's old desk, my heart sinks a little.
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Opinion: We need to rethink polarization before it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
It's time to rethink the notion that we Americans are too polarized to work together and get things done. And it's time to get clear-eyed about what's really h…
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Opinion: Trump’s tariff threats fit a growing global phenomenon: hardball migration diplomacy
As diplomatic spats go, it was short-lived.
