Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

Opinions and commentary about politics, the media, history, religion, and current events.

Friday, October 30, 2026

We're Losing All of Our Friends

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I never met Sir Patrick Stewart. I'd seen him on TV many times, playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard on "Star Trek: The Next Generation,...
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Thursday, October 15, 2026

Some Things Never Change (but maybe they should)

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I can remember it as if it were yesterday. I was living in New York and working in broadcasting. I was between jobs, and I attended a party ...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

That Day I Talked to Rachel

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As many of you know, I spent four decades in broadcasting. I was a music director, a deejay, and an assistant program director (in that era ...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

When You're With Rush, You're With Family: Some Thoughts About R50 in Boston

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There are moments in the life of a Rush fan that stand out. For example, I remember R40 like it was yesterday. It was June 23, 2015, and Ann...
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Monday, August 31, 2026

Things I'd Like to Say

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In the Jewish religion, it's customary to go to the cemetery and visit the graves of departed family members during the weeks before the...
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Saturday, August 15, 2026

And Sometimes, Things Change for the Worse

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I spent the first eight years of my life in a part of Boston that was predominantly Jewish. Boston was a city of ethnic neighborhoods. (Even...
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Friday, July 31, 2026

Sometimes, Things Do Change for the Better

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She loved playing the drums from the time she was a kid, and fortunately for her, she had a very supportive dad who saw her potential. She b...
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Donna Halper
I'm a professor; a media historian; author of six books and many articles; a mentor; researcher; and public speaker. I've been a radio consultant, radio disc jockey and music director. I'm best known for having discovered the rock band Rush (who dedicated two albums to me). I have also been a free-lance reporter for several newspapers and magazines. In my spare time, I love to read, I follow news and politics very closely, and I'm also a stamp collector. In addition, I enjoy doing volunteer work: I have been a Big Sister; and for more than four decades, I have served as the advocate for an adult with autism.
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