Reagan described the U.S. as a ‘shining city on a hill,’ signaling American exceptionalism.J. David Ake J./AFP via Getty Images On the night of January 11, 1989, near the end of a 21-minute farewell address, President Ronald Reagan asked the TV audience, “How stands ‘The City’ on this winter night?” The City—a reimagined America based … Continued
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