Recollections in Dallas: A Pivot of American History
Saturday, November 02 2024
While in Dallas, Texas, on his Steinbeck Travels with Charley Tour, Clay revisits places and memories connected with President John Kennedy’s tragic assassination on November 22, 1963.
- Published in Features
Theodore Roosevelt’s Unmatched Conservation Footprint and Eight Reasons He Got Away With It
Sunday, September 15 2024
Imagine America if Theodore Roosevelt had never been president. During his tenure, the “Cowboy President” set aside an astounding 230 million acres of U.S. public land as National Parks, National Monuments, National Forests, National Wildlife Refuges, and National Game Preserves.
- Published in Features
Looking Forward to My Zoom Call With Lindsay
Tuesday, September 10 2024
I’ve read Lindsay Chervinsky’s new book Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic. It’s outstanding.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Peaceful Transfer of Power: Then and Now
Tuesday, September 03 2024
Lindsay Chervinsky’s new book closely examines the dramatic events that shaped America’s pattern for the peaceful transfer of power.
- Published in Books
Clay drops in at Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s Beloved Home on Long Island — Video Dispatch
Monday, June 03 2024
Clay visits Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s home on Long Island.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Pondering Thomas Jefferson at Niagara Falls
Monday, May 27 2024
Thomas Jefferson said it is worth a trip across the Atlantic to see Niagara Falls. Although he never got there.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Space: The Final and Unforgiving Frontier
Monday, February 19 2024
The inverted landing of the $125 million Japan Space Agency lunar probe makes us realize not what can go wrong but how many things must go exactly right for one of these incredibly complicated space missions to succeed.
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My Life as a Space Junkie
Sunday, February 18 2024
I’ve been captivated by humanity’s exploration of the heavens since I was a boy growing up on the plains of western North Dakota.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Sports as American Metaphor
Tuesday, January 30 2024
The Super Bowl has become an unofficial American holiday. Though it may not be as important as Christmas or the Fourth of July it fixes everyone in the country on a single monumental event.
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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
Monday, January 15 2024
We are excited to welcome Lindsay Chervinsky, a regular guest of Clay’s weekly podcast as an ongoing contributor to Listening to America. In her first installment she reviews The Spymasters.
- Published in Books