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Thursday, August 14, 2025

A Liberal Dose, August 8, 2025 “Tennessee Universities No Longer Allowed to Host Native American Themed Events”

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  A Liberal Dose “Tennessee Universities No Longer Allowed to Host Native American Themed Events” Troy D. Smith   Most of y’all know...
Sunday, August 3, 2025

A Liberal Dose, August 1, 2025 "Superman and the Meaning of Truth, Justice, and the American Way"

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  A Liberal Dose “Superman and the Meaning of Truth, Justice, and the American Way” Troy D. Smith   This week I’m going to talk abou...
Monday, July 28, 2025

A Liberal Dose, July 25, 2025 "A Historic Downfall May Be Echoed Today with Donald Trump"

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  A Liberal Dose “A Historic Downfall May Be Echoed Today with Donald Trump” Troy D. Smith   During a wave of racism and anti-immigr...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

A Liberal Dose, July 11, 2025 "You're All About to Lose a Lot of Valuable Services"

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  A Liberal Dose “You’re All About to Lose a Lot of Valuable Services” Troy D. Smith   Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” has b...

A Liberal Dose, July 4, 2025 "A Country Founded on Resistance to Violent Oppression"

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  A Liberal Dose A Country Founded on Resistance to Violent Oppression Troy D. Smith   Four-and-a-half years ago, at their idol’s be...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

A Liberal Dose, June 27, 2025 "Trump Supporters -Is This What You Voted For?"

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  A Liberal Dose “Trump Supporters -Is This What You Voted For?” Troy D. Smith   I know that many of those who read this weekly column...
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Troy D. Smith was born in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee in 1968. He writes in a variety of genres, achieving his earliest successes with westerns -his first published short story appeared in 1995 in Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, and he won the Spur Award in 2001 for the novel Bound for the Promise-Land and in 2017 for the short story "Odell's Bones" (being a finalist on two other occasions.) He received his PhD in history from the University of Illinois, and is currently a history professor at Tennessee Tech.
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