Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

Thanksgiving has never been a favorite holiday of mine. For one thing, I don't like turkey. And for another thing, when I was growing up...

Like all people of good will, world-wide, I was outraged by the brutal attacks on Paris this past Friday night.  The terrorists who committe...

Several days ago, the Boston Globe published an editorial praising the Catholic Church for something it did fifty years ago-- the actions of...

Many people who have met me assume I have a lot of confidence.  After all, I've spent many years working in broadcasting; I've inter...

I generally avoid writing about the Middle East, because what is happening there really makes me sad.  Like many American Jews, I am pro-Isr...

I never thought I'd write a blog post about dogs-- I have no pets (I'm allergic to dogs and cats, in fact) and I admit to being genu...

Over the weekend, the New York Times published a very important investigative piece, entitled "The Families Funding the 2016 President...