Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

Back in the 1990s, when I was an instructor at Emerson College in Boston, they needed someone to be the Jewish chaplain; our previous Jewish...

I've never met Ayanna Pressley, but I did write an encyclopedia entry about her for the African-American National Biography.  She's ...

For the past several days, I was in Toronto attending a conference about the impact of the media on our lives-- a topic I'll blog about ...

I was sitting in my office earlier this evening, staring at my computer, and feeling really frustrated.  No, it wasn't because I had to ...

I have a friend who sincerely believes our current problems all began when the Supreme Court got rid of mandatory school prayer back in 1962...

There are a few things I miss about growing up in the 50s and early 60s. For one, it was a more polite culture:  people said 'please...

As many of you know, I teach courses in Communication, and one thing I've always found fascinating about the study of language is how wo...