Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

He was called a "giant of the Senate" by both Republicans and Democrats, and referred to as a man who "inspired universal adm...

It was a Thursday night in mid-October 1971, as I recall. And while I may be wrong about the date, I still remember the exciting opportunity...

Most of you never met my maternal grandfather. His Yiddish name was Shmu'el Feivel (which became Samuel Philip) and according to his imm...

When I was in high school, we studied some of Shakespeare's plays. The one that had the greatest impact on me (and not in a good way) wa...

I generally try to be courteous when I blog, but I have to admit I'm really fed up with the ongoing verbal attacks on the media. I'v...

I just read an article in the Boston Globe, and it really resonated with me. No, it wasn't about politics or rock & roll or the medi...

Over the past couple of days, social media has been a microcosm of everything that's wrong with our current society.  First, there was t...