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Steinbeck: A Life of Moral Courage
Monday, October 13 2025
While he avoided the public spotlight, John Steinbeck spent a life "in the arena" exhibiting great moral courage both in his writing and deeds.
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Reopening the Wounds of Wounded Knee
Monday, October 06 2025
Wounded Knee, really?
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The Stubborn Enigmas of Lewis and Clark
Monday, September 29 2025
After decades of close study and a year following their trail, Clay remains dogged by the many unknowables surrounding the famous American expedition.
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Humor on Trial in an Age of Disruption
Monday, September 22 2025
Free speech and the future in context.
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A Lewis and Clark Report Card: The Phases of a Journey
Tuesday, September 16 2025
How did the Lewis and Clark Expedition stack up against the model for the classic journey? Clay makes his assessment.
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Drowning the Missouri River — Lewis and Clark on the Reservoirs!
Monday, September 01 2025
The Missouri was a wild, free-flowing river when Lewis and Clark began their epic western journey in 1804. Today, much of that river is a series of reservoirs.
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Hunting Rivers’ Sources on the Upper Missouri
Monday, August 04 2025
Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and Clay Jenkinson all share a fascination with the origins of rivers.
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The Quest for the Authentic on the Lewis and Clark Trail
Saturday, July 26 2025
As Clay Jenkinson leads his annual canoe trip through a remote section of the Missouri River, a sudden thunderstorm makes for dramatic challenges
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Meriwether Lewis’ Deadly Encounter
Tuesday, July 22 2025
Clay reports on his visit to the remote Montana site where Lewis and Clark had their only fatal encounter with Native Americans on their historic 1804-1806 expedition.
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On the Missouri River With Two Rapscallions
Monday, July 14 2025
When I began to plan for my 2025 retracing of the Lewis and Clark expedition, hauling an Airstream from Jefferson’s Virginia across the country to Astoria, Oregon, I realized I was planning a paradox.
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