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CLAY JENKINSON: The Future In Context — The Early Republic Was Stress Tested For Times Like Ours

Posted on February 13, 2022February 13, 2022 by Clay Jenkinson ,Leave a Comment

America’s consciousness is indelibly shaped by the competing legacies of three distinct personalities: a fast-talking New Yorker, a quintessential Yankee and a Virginia squire. In his book, “Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding,” historian Darren Staloff explores the social, intellectual and personal dynamics that shaped these men and helped define the nation. Staloff teaches courses …

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CLAY JENKINSON: The Jefferson Watch — Meriwether Lewis On The Ohio

Posted on September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 by Clay Jenkinson ,Leave a Comment

The extension of the Lewis and Clark Trail from St. Louis all the way to Pittsburgh is an invitation for all of us to reboot our understanding of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The late Stephen Ambrose deserves credit for giving ample space to the Ohio River portion of the transcontinental journey in “Undaunted Courage” and for penning a sentence …

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CLAY JENKINSON: The Jefferson Watch — Help This Program Go Viral

Posted on September 13, 2019September 16, 2019 by Clay Jenkinson

The semipermanent guest host rebukes me for all the begging I do on “The Thomas Jefferson Hour.” I think you know I am mostly joking — but do send books, gas cards, wine, Yeti coolers and titles to your ranch. All in good fun. But here is what I really want from you. Help this program go viral. Tell everyone …

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CLAY JENKINSON: The Jefferson Watch — That America

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Clay Jenkinson

What Jefferson wanted more than anything else was severely limited government, administered by modest and reluctant representatives who would rather be home tending their fields. He wanted well-educated, self-sufficient and vigilant citizens to do whatever it took to protect their liberties and their natural rights. He wanted our leaders and representatives to be high-minded, virtuous (in the Roman sense of …

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CLAY JENKINSON: Theodore Roosevelt, John Steinbeck, and Pinnacles National Monument

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Clay Jenkinson

The other day, our Steinbeck cultural tour made the journey from Monterey, Calif., to Pinnacles National Park. There is no clear and obvious Steinbeck connection, except that the National Park is part of the Gabilan Mountain system, and that range marked the eastern boundary of the Salinas River Valley, sacred to Steinbeck and the source location of several of his …

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CLAY JENKINSON: Thanksgiving

Posted on November 23, 2016November 23, 2016 by Clay Jenkinson

To all my friends around the United States and beyond, I am writing to give thanks for your friendship, for your interest in my work, for your commitment to the principles of Enlightenment. In the wake of the raucous election and the American circus of failed political civility; in the wake of the appalling and unnecessary crisis on the Standing …