Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

First, my thanks to the more than 13,300 folks who read my most recent blog post. I've never had that many readers, even when I've ...

Yesterday was Neil Peart's birthday.  For those who are not Rush fans, Neil spent more than four decades as their drummer.  He was an am...

This past week, as any Rush fan knows, a rock music website published an article containing some quotes from podcaster Eddie Trunk, who asse...

As someone who is fascinated by history, I can understand why many white people in the south have felt passionate about preserving statues o...

I'm going to do something that will surprise some of you:  I'm going to defend Donald Trump.  There was a video circulating online s...

For some reason, I got a number of new followers on Twitter this past week. Some came over because of a friendly exchange I had with Fox New...

There's a guy who stops by periodically to leave nasty comments on my blog.  I have no idea why he does it: I mean, if you don't lik...