The death of Norman Lear, at age 101, late last year, on December 5, was a strange moment for me as a historian. I have spent the last ten years with the man. I have not only worn out my copy of his 2014 autobiography Even This I Get to Experience, but I have read, watched, and listened to everything I could get my hands on, including interviews, articles, speeches, and even his private correspondence. A personal highlight while working on my dissertation, a political history of Lear’s situation comedy All in the Family, was interviewing Lear, still working on Read more