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Friday, March 29, 2024

A Liberal Dose, March 28, 2024 "The Power of Quiet Democrats"

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  A Liberal Dose March 28, 2024 Troy D. Smith “The power of quiet Democrats”   Back in the summer of 2021, I did a series of col...
Friday, March 22, 2024

A Liberal Dose, March 21, 2024 "Trump Promises a Bloodbath for the Country"

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  A Liberal Dose March 21, 2024 Troy D. Smith “Trump Promises a Bloodbath for the Country”   As I write these words (four days b...
Saturday, March 16, 2024

A Liberal Dose, March 14, 2023 "No TVA Pipeline in the Upper Cumberland"

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  A Liberal Dose March 14, 2024 Troy D. Smith “No TVA Pipeline in the Upper Cumberland”   Have any of you heard about the massiv...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

A Liberal Dose, February 22, 2024 "The Illegal Act of Teaching History in Tennessee"

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  A Liberal Dose February 22, 2024 Troy D. Smith “The Illegal Act of Teaching History in Tennessee”   I have spoken often in thi...
Saturday, February 17, 2024

A Liberal Dose, February 15, 2024 "Civil War Historians and the 14th Amendment"

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  A Liberal Dose February 15, 2024 Troy D. Smith “Civil War Historians and the 14 th Amendment”   Last week, the Supreme Court ...
Thursday, February 8, 2024

A Liberal Dose, February 8, 2024 "Dr. King's Words on Conscience, Action, and Courage -True as Ever"

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  A Liberal Dose February 8, 2024 Troy D. Smith “Dr. King’s Words on Conscience, Action, and Courage -True As Ever” My MLK Day spe...
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Friday, February 2, 2024

A Liberal Dose, February 1, 2024 "Why Is Everyone Talking So Much About the Civil War?"

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  A Liberal Dose February 1, 2024 Troy D. Smith “Why Is Everyone Talking So Much About the Civil War?”   I want to preface this ...
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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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