He dominated late-night television for 30 years, before our shoutfest era. A new biography of the reclusive Nebraskan is also an elegy for a lost America.
1980s
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Can the 1980s Explain 2024?
The yuppies embodied the winning side of America’s deepening economic divide. Bruce Springsteen spoke for those left behind. Two new books consider what liberals can learn from the decade.
