Speechless in Knoxville

By: Bruce Barry

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: July 13, 2026

Words: 1,191

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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How fitting it was that Tamar Shirinian landed on the happy side of a nearly $2 million legal settlement just as the country was celebrating its 250th. After all, when we think of the things that make America America, what is more quintessentially American than building wealth by suing the pants off someone?

The pants here belong to the University of Tennessee. Shirinian is the (now former) UT Knoxville anthropology professor who brought …

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