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A lifetime achievement award will be presented to the American Jewish TV producer Norman Lear at this year’s Golden Globes ceremonies on Feb. 28, and it may be time to wonder whether Lear’s fierce optimism was fully deserved by the nation he has devoted himself to for almost a century. Born in 1922, Lear was the presiding force behind such landmark sitcoms as “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son,” “The Jeffersons,” “Good Times” and “Maude.” The resolve that Lear showed in flying combat missions as a radio operator/gunner on B-17 Flying Fortress bombers during World Wa...

A half-century after its bracing debut, sitcom ‘All in the Family’ speaks to today’s conflicts The issues and lessons of ‘All in the Family’ still resonate By David M. Shribman Globe Correspondent,Updated January 9, 2021, 3:54 p.m. Email to a Friend Actor Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in "All in the Family."AP One of them spewed ethnic slurs. Another was flighty and yet grounded. A third loved to dance, and danced around her parents’ bickering. And the last of them was a rebel without a pause. They were Archie, Edith, Gloria, and Meathead. Actually the fourt...