Norman Lear
Founder, People for the American Way

Norman Lear

Founder of People for the American Way is a TV and movie producer, creator of Archie Bunker and the show "All in the Family." Awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1999.

Archive: Norman Lear

Forgiving Helen Thomas

I will never forgive Helen Thomas' offensive last words, but rest well, Ms. Thomas, on the billions of other words and on the 90 years it took to say them.

By Norman Lear | June 8, 2010; 08:54 AM ET | Comments (73)

A father's advice to the Holy Father

Until the pope opens up to us --what did the church know, when did the church first learn of it , and how was that information processed?-- I think the world press, on behalf of the world's families, owes it to us to stay circumspectly but diligently on the case.

By Norman Lear | April 6, 2010; 10:45 AM ET | Comments (10)

A church for people like us

How did stained-glass rhetoric and sanctimonious bickering about moral superiority become more important than the religious experience itself? What makes me religious is the way I experience life and the way I try to live it. What makes you religious?

By Norman Lear | February 12, 2010; 12:43 PM ET | Comments (123)

 
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