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Thursday, October 22, 2026

A Liberal Dose, October 2026 "Donald Trump and the Republican Party Have Betrayed You"

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    A Liberal Dose, October 2026 By Troy D. Smith “Donald Trump and the Republican Party Have Betrayed You”   People seem to forge...
Sunday, September 20, 2026

A Liberal Dose, September 2026 "Proud to Live in Dolly Parton's Tennessee"

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    A Liberal Dose, September 2026 “Proud to Live in Dolly Parton’s Tennessee” Troy D. Smith   There are a lot of reasons to love ...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

A Liberal Dose, Aug. 2026 "Who Is Going to Help You with Your REAL Problems?"

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  A Liberal Dose, August 2026 "Who Is Going to Help You with Your REAL Problems?" by Troy D. Smith Howdy neighbors. First, I want ...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

"A Liberal Dose" July 2026 "Don't You Think It's Time for a Change?"

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  A Liberal Dose, July 2026 Troy D. Smith “Don’t You Think It’s Time for a Change?”   July 11 was the annual dinner for the Putnam C...
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Monday, July 6, 2026

A Liberal Dose, July 6, 2026 "What Has Made America Unique, What Has Made it Great?"

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 "What Has Made America Unique, What Has Made It Great?" I have returned to my newspaper column, but it is only monthly now instea...
Friday, June 26, 2026

A Liberal Dose, June 26, 2026 "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around"

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  A Liberal Dose “We Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around” Troy D. Smith   Below is the text of a speech I gave at the Spencer June...
Monday, May 25, 2026

A Liberal Dose, May 22, 2026 "Why Republicanism Matters So Much"

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  A Liberal Dose Troy D. Smith “Why Republicanism Matters So Much”   When I say republicanism, I don’t mean the Republican Party -wh...
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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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