Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

Opinions and commentary about politics, the media, history, religion, and current events.

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Good Times, Bad Times, You Know I've Had My Share

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So, here we are at the end of the decade, and if I had to describe it, words like "surprising" and "shocking," as well a...
Sunday, December 15, 2019

It Goes to Show You Never Can Tell

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If I'm still here on Tuesday the 17th (and I sincerely hope I am), it will officially be five years since I had my cancer surgery. I am ...
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Saturday, November 30, 2019

What We Leave Behind

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I grew up in an ethnic neighborhood-- Dorchester, MA, back when it was predominantly Jewish. There was also another ethnic neighborhood in D...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Reporting the News in a Post-Truth World

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Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward is coming to Boston in a couple of days to do several speaking engagements, and I'll have a chance...
Thursday, October 31, 2019

The Team (and the Song) We Needed

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On any day in Washington DC, you can find politicians from both sides of the aisle criticizing their political opponents. It's almost li...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Is This Any Way to Choose a President?

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I'm teaching a very important course this semester, and the timing couldn't be better. It's called Political Communication, and ...
Monday, September 30, 2019

Politics and the Ten Days of Repentance

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Since it's Jewish New Year, and the beginning of the Ten Days of Repentance, I'd like to talk about politics. No, I don't mean t...
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Donna Halper
I'm a professor; a media historian; author of six books and many articles; a mentor; researcher; and public speaker. I've been a radio consultant, radio disc jockey and music director. I'm best known for having discovered the rock band Rush (who dedicated two albums to me). I have also been a free-lance reporter for several newspapers and magazines. In my spare time, I love to read, I follow news and politics very closely, and I'm also a stamp collector. In addition, I enjoy doing volunteer work: I have been a Big Sister; and for more than four decades, I have served as the advocate for an adult with autism.
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