To them, Bunker famously embodied the same brand of resentment, anger and misunderstanding that seems to saturate the populace at the expense of rational, sustained dialogue. To others ...

The show then opens with Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton, as their characters Archie and Edith Bunker, sitting side ... the square hard hat out to be bad.” The show was having such an ...

We remember O’Connor best as the lovable bigot, Archie Bunker, in the TV sitcom “All in the Family.” Much more was at work than comedic artistry. Whatever our race, faith or politics ...