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5 picks · 1967–1990

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INVISIBLE PEOPLE
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about human rights violations in the Philippines. Writer travelled with Sidney Jones & Jemera Rone, who were investigating the …

Smooth Pebbles at Southfork
the air ·

Michael J. Arlen reviews the hit television show “Dallas,” appreciatively describing the soft, spacy charm of its villain, J. R. Ewing, played by Larry Hagman.

The Media Dramas of Norman Lear
the air ·

Michael J. Arlen on the mysteriously mass fascination with Norman Lear shows—and how “All in the Family” got America to deal regularly with racism.

Television’s War
the air ·

From 1967: Michael J. Arlen on television coverage of the Vietnam War.