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Opinion: In defense of parents

danielchathamtn@gmail.com (Daniel Chatham) — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:59:03 -0500

Guest columnist Daniel Chatham responds to “the festering view that parents aren’t qualified and can’t be trusted to raise their kids, or at least to raise them in the ways of progressive ideology.”

Opinion: Two-year reappraisals is not a good idea

danielchathamtn@gmail.com (Daniel Chatham) — Thu, 6 May 2021 04:00:14 -0500

If the goal of more frequent reappraisals is not a bigger pot of tax revenue, what are we trying to accomplish? Is anyone clamoring to have the county government poke into their property value more often?

Opinion: Vaccines are great; vaccine passports are not

danielchathamtn@gmail.com (Daniel Chatham) — Wed, 7 Apr 2021 04:00:05 -0500

This pandemic has at times warranted the federal and state government assuming emergency powers. Those powers should have been limited in scope and rescinded as quickly as possible.

Opinion: With 'historic crime,' let's end the foolishness and let police live where they want

danielchathamtn@gmail.com (Daniel Chatham) — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:00:11 -0600

“Crime reduction is clearly a complex conversation.”

Opinion: Let's fix how we make local decisions during a health crisis

danielchathamtn@gmail.com (Daniel Chatham) — Tue, 2 Mar 2021 04:00:11 -0600

“It’s time to claw back the power our public health institutions have accumulated this year. That’s the goal of Tennessee House Bill 7,” says guest columnist Daniel Chatham, a Shelby County physician.