Here is an updated list of my "A Liberal Dose" columns. Of course, you can backtrack on my blog page and find them in the archives, but this way is easier.
A LIBERAL DOSE Feb. 25, 2021 "History is the Key to Everything"
A Liberal Dose, March 4, 2021 "Understanding the Many Types of Privilege"
A Liberal Dose, March 11, 2021: "Republicanism, George Washington, and Cowboys"
A Liberal Dose, March 18, 2021: "The Social Contract and the Role of Government"
A Liberal Dose, March 25, 2021 "The Difference Between Liberal and Conservative"
A Liberal Dose, April 1, 2021 "Flags, Mascots, and Outrage: Empathy Is the Key"
A Liberal Dose April 8, 2021 "Thomas Paine, Lincoln, and the Meaning of America"
A Liberal Dose, April 15, 2021 "Defining Terms: What Is Fascism?"
A Liberal Dose, April 22, 2021: "Defining Terms: What Is Socialism?"
A Liberal Dose, April 29, 2021 "May Day, Labor, and the Reason We Need Unions"
A Liberal Dose, May 6, 2021 "The Legacy of Haymarket Square"
A Liberal Dose, May 13, 2021 "What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Are Some People Scared of It?"
A Liberal Dose, May 20, 2021 "Systemic Racism and Implicit Bias: What Are They? Part 1"
A Liberal Dose, May 27, 2021 "Systemic Racism and Implicit Bias: What Are They? Part 2"
A Liberal Dose, June 3, 2021 "Civil War and Slavery: Past Is Prologue"
A Liberal Dose, June 10, 2021 "What Is Lost Cause Ideology?"
A Liberal Dose, June 17, 2021 "Orwell Said It Best: The New Lost Cause Ideology"
A Liberal Dose, June 24, 2021 "Why Do So Many Southerners Not Trust Science?"
A Liberal Dose, July 1, 2021 "The Gradual Conservative Slide from Reality- Part 1"
A Liberal Dose, July 8, 2021 "Slide from Reality, Part 2: Climate Change"
A Liberal Dose, July 15, 2021 "Slide from Reality, Part 3: Fear and Truthiness"
A Liberal Dose, July 22, 2021 "When White County Was Blue, part 1"
A Liberal Dose, July 29, 2021 "When White County Was Blue, Part 2"
A Liberal Dose, Aug 5, 2021 "When White County Was Blue, part 3"
A Liberal Dose, Aug. 12, 2021 "What Do You Hope to Accomplish?"
A Liberal Dose, Aug. 26, 2021 "To Vax or Not to Vax?"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 2, 2021 "Labor History in White County, Part 1"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 9, 2021 "Labor History in White County, Part 2"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 16, 2021 "Labor History in White County, Part 3"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 23, 2021 "Labor History in White County, Part 4"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 30, 2021 "The Duties of a Historian Explained"
A Liberal Dose, Oct. 7, 2021 "What Is So Bad about Columbus?"
A Liberal Dose, Oct. 14, 2021 "Witch Hunts in America"
A Liberal Dose, Oct. 21, 2021 "What's So Important about Tenure?"
A Liberal Dose, Oct. 28, 2021 "Sparta's Black Union Troops Deserve Honor"
A Liberal Dose, Nov. 4, 2021 "The History of Voting in America, Part 1
A Liberal Dose, November 18, 2021 "History of Voting Part 3: Women's Suffrage"
A Liberal Dose, November 25, 2021 "History of Voting Part 4: Native Americans"
A Liberal Dose, December 2, 2021 "History of Voting 5: Reconstruction"
A Liberal Dose, December 9, 2021 "History of Voting 6: The Jim Crow South"
A Liberal Dose, December 16, 2021 "History of Voting 7: The Civil Rights Era"
A Liberal Dose, December 23, 2021 "What's the Big Deal about Voter ID?"
A Liberal Dose, December 30, 2021 "The Present Attack on Voting in America"
A Liberal Dose, January 6, 2022 "The Biggest Attack on Elections in American History"
A Liberal Dose, January 13, 2022 "The Return of the Paxton Boys"
A Liberal Dose, January 20, 2022 "Seditious Insurrectionists' Need to Understand What Treason Is"
A Liberal Dose, February 3, 2022 "A Graphic Novel, A School Board, and Confronting History"
A Liberal Dose, February 10, 2022 "Why Taking Maus Out of Middle School Does Matter"
A Liberal Dose, February 17, 2022 "History Is Still the Key to Everything -Don't Lose It"
A Liberal Dose, February 24, 2022 "Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court"
A Liberal Dose, March 3, 2022 "Russia's Aggression and Journey to Fascism"
A Liberal Dose, March 17, 2022 "It Feels Like the Entire World Has Gone Crazy"
A Liberal Dose, Mach 24, 2022 "World Gone Mad: What Can We Do About It?"
A Liberal Dose, April 7, 2022 "You Can't Teach History Without Being Honest"
A Liberal Dose, April 14, 2022 "This Land Was Made for You and Me"
A Liberal Dose, April 21, 2022 "A History of Upper Cumberland Violence and Its Effects"
A Liberal Dose, April 28, 2022 "Down and Out in the Upper Cumberland"
A Liberal Dose, May 12, 2022 "The Roots of Upper Cumberland Poverty"
A Liberal Dose, May 22, 2022 "The Real Purpose of the Hillbilly Stereotype"
A Liberal Dose, May 29, 2022 "Poverty in the Upper Cumberland: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?"
A Liberal Dose, June 2, 2022 "Fake Conspiracy Theories Can Lead to Very Real Dangers"
A Liberal Dose, June 9, 2022 "Why Is It So Hard to Pass Gun Laws?"
A Liberal Dose, June 16, 2022 "Someone Tried to Steal the Election, All Right"
A Liberal Dose, June 23, 2022 "Trump Knew His Election Fraud Claims Were Untrue"
A Liberal Dose, June 30, 2022 "This Insurrection Was Carefully Planned, and Cold-Blooded"
A Liberal Dose, July 7, 2022 "What Will Be the Legacy of Donald Trump?"
A Liberal Dose, July 14, 2022 "A Republic, If We Can Keep It: Democracy in the Balance"
A Liberal Dose, July 21, 2022 "Stop Treating Our Teachers Like Dirt"
A Liberal Dose, July 28, 2022 "A Very Brief History of Public Education in America"
A Liberal Dose, August 4, 2022 "Leave Teachers Alone and Let Them Do Their Jobs"
A Liberal Dose, August 11, 2022 "Why I Am Not a Christian Nationalist"
A Liberal Dose, August 18, 2022 "The Faith of the Founding Fathers"
A Liberal Dose, August 25, 2022 "The Role of Faith in the Early Republic"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 1, 2022 "What's So Bad About Nationalism, Anyway?"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 8, 2022 "The Monsters Are Coming to Maple Street"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 15, 2022 "Don't Let Fear Be Our Downfall: A Reflection on 9/11"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 29, 2022 "The Good of the Many or the One: Why Not Both?"
A Liberal Dose, October 6, 2022 "What Are You For? What Matters Most to You?"
A Liberal Dose, October 13, 2022 "We as a Society Need to Put on the Brakes"
A Liberal Dose, October 20, 2022 "Vote to Support Our Schools, Our Teachers, and Our Kids"
A Liberal Dose, Oct. 27, 2022 "Allow Me to (Re)Introduce Myself"
A Liberal Dose, Nov. 3, 2022 "Political Violence Continues On, Unabated"
A Liberal Dose, Nov. 10, 2022 "Have We Reached Our Preston Brooks Moment?"
A Liberal Dose, Nov. 17, 2022 "Taking a Deep Breath After the Midterms"
A Liberal Dose, Nov. 24, 2022 "Let's Be Thankful to Native Americans"
A Liberal Dose, Dec. 1, 2022 "Heartfelt Convictions Over Party Lines"
A Liberal Dose, Dec. 8, 2022 "What Is Hegemony? Understanding the Modern World"
A Liberal Dose, Dec. 15, 2022 "WWII and the Rise of American Hegemony"
A Liberal Dose, Dec. 22, 2022 "How American Became the Global Policeman"
A Liberal Dose, Dec. 29, 2022 "9/11 and the Unraveling of Hegemony"
A Liberal Dose, Jan. 5, 2023 "January 6- A Day That Will Live Forever in Infamy"
A Liberal Dose, Jan. 12, 2023 "Today's News or Yesterday's History, Learn to Read Between the Lines"
A Liberal Dose, Jan. 19, 2023 "In America the King Is Not Law, the Law Is King"
A Liberal Dose, Jan. 26, 2023 "A Few Words About Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."
A Liberal Dose, Feb. 2, 2023 "Protesting with Nazis Is an Alliance with Nazis"
A Liberal Dose, Feb. 9, 2023 "Rubbing Shoulders with Nazis: On a Slippery Slope Wearing Skates
A Liberal Dose, Feb 26, 2023 "Thinking About Issues That Concern Native Americans"
A Liberal Dose, March 4, 2023 "Two Years After Trump- Where Are We Now?"
A Liberal Dose, March 12, 2023 "Let's All Find the Better Angels of Our Nature"
A Liberal Dose, March 20, 2023 "What Is Behind the Rage Against Drag Shows?"
A Liberal Dose, March 23 2023 "Perceptions of Reality Are Defined By Your Perspective- So Widen It"
A Liberal Dose, March 30, 2023 "Needed: Your Memories About Weather in the Upper Cumberland"
A Liberal Dose, April 6, 2023 "Falling Down: What a Thirty-Year-Old Movie Tells Us About Today"
A Liberal Dose, April 13, 2023: The Tennessee State Legislature Has Shot Itself in the Foot"
A Liberal Dose, April 20, 2023 "Breaking Bad and the Receding American Dream"
A Liberal Dose, April 27, 2023 "Shot for Getting the Wrong Address- What Is Happening?"
A Liberal Dose, May 4, 2023 "Frustration, Rage, and Searching for the American Dream"
A Liberal Dose, May 11, 2023 "A Final Word (For Now) on Perception"
A Liberal Dose, May 18, 2023 "The Difference Between a Column and a Classroom"
A Liberal Dose, May 25, 2023 "Tear Down the Walls of Division"
A Liberal Dose, June 8, 2023 "Dispossessing the Poor, Part 1- How It Started"
A Liberal Dose, June 15, 2023 "Dispossessing the Poor, Part 2- Building Fences"
A Liberal Dose, June 22, 2023 "Dispossessing the Poor, Part 3- Into the New World"
A Liberal Dose, June 29, 2023 "Dispossessing the Poor, Part 4- Let Them Eat Less Cake"
A Liberal Dose, July 6, 2023 "Dispossessing the Poor, Part 5- Breaking Appalachia"
A Liberal Dose, July 13, 2023 "Dispossessing the Poor, Part 6- The Legacy of Slavery and Race"
A Liberal Dose, July 20, 2023 "Dispossessing the Poor, Part 7- Divided Means Conquered"
A Liberal Dose, July 27, 2023 "Dispossessing the Poor, Part 8- The Commons Are Not Tragic"
A Liberal Dose, August 3, 2023 "Dispossessing the Poor, Part 9- Tying It All Together"
A Liberal Dose, August 10, 2023 "Waving Goodbye to Waving Hello?"
A Liberal Dose, August 17, 2023 "Learn from the Cycles of History"
A Liberal Dose, August 31, 2023 "What Is History, and Why Does It Matter?"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 7, 2023 "Two Very Different Marches on Washington"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 14, 2023 "Who Is It That 'Weaponized the Justice System'"?
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 21, 2023 "Does the History of Slavery Matter Today?"
A Liberal Dose, Sept. 28, 2023 "Now Her Ghost Follows Me Everywhere"
A Liberal Dose, Oct. 5, 2023 "How the Transatlantic Slave Trade Began"
A Liberal Dose, Oct. 12, 2023 "How Slavery Differed in the New World"
A Liberal Dose, Oct. 19, 2023 "1619: How Slavery Started in the English Colonies"
A Liberal Dose, Oct. 26, 2023 "How America's Bloodiest Forgotten War Affected Slavery"
A Liberal Dose, Nov. 2, 2023 "Why the True History of Slavery and Race Matters Today"
A Liberal Dose, Nov. 9, 2023 "The Republican Party Is Eating Itself Alive"
A Liberal Dose, Nov. 22, 2023 "Tennesse Wants to Reject 1.8 Billion Dollars in Education Funding"
A Liberal Dose, Dec. 14, 2023 "Understanding the Past Is the Key to the Present AND the Future"
A Liberal Dose, Dec. 21, 2023 "It Is Not Just Donald Trump That Is on Trial"
A Liberal Dose, Dec. 28, 2023 "Disqualified? Trump and Section 3 of the 14th Amendment"
A Liberal Dose, January 4, 2024 "Three Years Ago This Week: Was It an Insurrection?"
A Liberal Dose, Jan. 12, 2024 "Why NIkki Haley Could Not Say the Word 'Slavery'"
A Liberal Dose, Jan. 18, 2024 "How Do We Know the Civil War Was About Slavery?"
A Liberal Dose, Jan. 25, 2024 "Understanding WHY the Civil War Was About Slavery"
A Liberal Dose, Feb. 1, 2024 "Why Is Everyone Talking So Much About the Civil War?"
A Liberal Dose, Feb. 8, 2024 "Dr. King's Words on Conscience, Acton, and Courage -True As Ever"
A Liberal Dose, Feb. 15, 2024 "Civil War Historians and the 14th Amendment"
A Liberal Dose, Feb. 22, 2024 "The Illegal Act of Teaching History in Tennessee"
A Liberal Dose, March 14, 2024 "No TVA Pipeline in the Upper Cumberland"
A Liberal Dose, March 21, 2024 "Trump Promises a Bloodbath for the Country"
A Liberal Dose, March 28, 2024 "The Power of Quiet Democrats"
A Liberal Dose, April 11, 2024 "Stop the Death-March of Education in This State"
A Liberal Dose, April 18, 2024 "Your Voice Doesn't Matter to Them"
A Liberal Dose, April 25, 2024 "Biden vs. Trump -By the Numbers"
A list of other historical essays that have appeared on this blog can be found HERE
Author website: www.troyduanesmith.com
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