Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

The other night, I attended an anniversary party-- hundreds of enthusiastic fans, along with local sports celebrities and sportswriters, gat...

Sometimes, I feel as if life has turned into a giant reality TV show.  Of course, this feeling is not new-- way back in the early 1600s, a...

The past two weeks have been kind of surreal: I watched four nights of the Republican convention and then four nights of the Democratic conv...

It was 2012, and I was doing some volunteer work as a Big Sister.  My Little Sister was a truly adorable African-American ten year old. She ...

One of the most challenging aspects of recovering from surgery is being stuck at home for days, even weeks, with lots of time on your hands....

I know I haven't blogged much these past several weeks, and believe me, it's not because I had nothing to say.  Part of it, as some ...

Two weeks ago, I had knee replacement surgery.  I was warned by others who have had it that it's a very painful operation, and they were...