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Big oil, big buildings, big hair — the TV series Dallas made its glittering debut 30 years ago this month. Neither its namesake city nor TV has been the same since. Longtime Dallas TV critic Ed Bark discusses the show, the city and "Who Shot J.R.?"

A new book, The Sinatra Treasures, celebrates the life of the legendary crooner with never-before-seen photographs, music and pull-out mementos from the Sinatra Family archives. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Frank Sinatra, Jr. about his father.

His new novel is Hard Revolution. It's set in Washington, D.C. in 1968, during the riots sparked by the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Pelecanos is also the author of Right as Rain, Soul Circus, Hell to Pay, Sweet Forever, King Suckerman, The Big Blowdown, Down By the River Where Dead Men Go, Shoedog, Nick's Trip and A Firing Offense. (This interview was originally broadcast on Aug. 25, 1998.)

Robert speaks with legal scholar John Shepherd Wiley, Jr. about the implications of the California Supreme Court decision to allow judges to dispense lighter sentences to third-time felons. Wiley, a professor of law at the UCLA Law School, considers this another loophole in the law, once previously reserved for prosecutors. he says it's a big step towards making the so-called "Three-strikes-and-you're-out" provision more optional.

Robert talks with Ralph Reed, Jr., the director of the Christian Coalition. The Coalition is directing most of its resources toward the retention of a Republican majority in Congress, and election of state and local candidates who support the conservative ideals of the Coalition's membership. Reed says that this retargeting of Coalition resources does not mean that they've written off Bob Dole's chances of election, or that they don't support a Dole candidacy...but that their focus has always been on state and local politics and grass-roots involvement in political issues.

Linda talks with George Lardner, Jr., a staff writer with The Washington Post. Lardner has been listening to 201 hours of recently released audio tapes, which are recordings of Oval Office conversations during President Nixon's administration. While most of the Oval Office conversations are proving mundane and devoid of scandal, there are sections of the tapes that are interesting. In a conversation held in May 1971, Nixon outlined for aides Haldeman and Ehrlichman that he was looking for a "ruthless" new IRS chief who would not be afraid to audit the White House's political enemies.

Veteran Buffalo attorney David Edmunds Jr. is now a Buffalo City Court judge.

Linda talks with Senator James E. "Jim" King, Jr. the Majority Leader (Republican, 8th District) of the Florida State Senate about the select joint committee's call for a special session of the Florida State Legislature to select presidential electors, "as soon as practicable." If the Republican-dominated legislature names a slate of 25 electors pledged to Bush, it may give Florida Governor Jeb Bush the opportunity to sign off on the measure, which would make his brother the president.

The venerable New York investment firm Goldman Sachs has a long track record for producing political bigwigs. Treasury Secretary-nominee Henry M. Paulson Jr. has served as both chairman and CEO since 1999. The company boasts a return on equity of upwards of 40 percent.

A series of protests broke out in cities across America in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. A wave of new activists were eager to continue the fight for justice and equality.