Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

As some of you know, on November 19, 2018, I won the 9th Annual Collectors Prize from an organization called Historic New England, for my co...

Let's face it:  freedom of the press is not something most people think about.  In fact, in our polarized political universe, many peopl...

For as long as I've been blogging (which I began doing in early 2015), I always get the most page views if I write about Rush.  But whil...

Several weeks ago, I was surprised to receive an email from a nice guy who is the producer for Eddie Trunk's satellite radio show.  The ...

I admit that the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings the other day were compelling television.  And I'm sure that folks on each side saw...

On the cover of this week's Time magazine, there is a story I know about from first-hand experience: how little most teachers are paid....

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