Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

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

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Just Another Mad, Mad Day on the Road: Some Thoughts About Seeing Rush in Concert

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Annie, a journalist friend of mine from Cleveland, tweeted last night that she was listening to "Moonlight Mile" by the Rolling St...
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Monday, June 22, 2015

The Myth of a "Post-Racial Era"

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I noted with mild amusement this morning that President Obama is yet again being excoriated on Fox News, this time for daring to say the wor...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Why Prison Reform Matters, and Why Most People Think It Doesn't

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In this age of people falsifying their resumé or their life story (talking to you, Rachel Dolezal), some of you will be surprised to learn t...
Monday, June 8, 2015

Swimming While Black and the Persistence of Racial Stereotypes

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The other night, there was some noise in my neighborhood; loud music, loud voices, not what generally happens in this quiet, suburban part o...
Monday, June 1, 2015

John Anderson, Rand Paul, and Bernie Sanders

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Many of my conservative friends believe I'm one of those Blue State liberals (not that there's anything wrong with that).  Truth be ...
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Monday, May 25, 2015

Defining (and Redefining) Memorial Day

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My father, of blessed  memory, was a decorated combat veteran of World War II.  Like many young men of his generation, he had never expected...
Monday, May 18, 2015

When It's Difficult to Forgive

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The hardest thing in the world, it seems to me, is to genuinely forgive someone.  I don't mean just saying the words because your religi...
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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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