Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

I probably won't be able to blog for much of next week, since I'm going into the hospital for knee surgery-- it's my third surge...

When I entered college in the early 1960s, most campuses were still very conservative; at Northeastern University, boys were expected to wea...

To say the least, this has been a bizarre year for politics.  I mean, who would have predicted that a brash New York billionaire, who has b...

There are times when politicians completely mystify me.  I'm not naive:  I've been a broadcaster and a news reporter, and I've t...

Back in 1998, linguistics professor Deborah Tannen wrote a book I've always liked. It's called "The Argument Culture:  Moving f...

When I was a rock and roll disc jockey, I always liked the Steve Miller Band, largely due to its versatility. The band's music during th...

I never realized until about 1979 that throughout my radio career, I was paid less than my male colleagues for doing the same job-- and not ...