Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

Last night, Arnie Ginsburg passed away. He was 93, and had been in poor health for a while. You probably didn't know Arnie Ginsburg, unl...

In late April, a nice guy named David reached out to me on Facebook. He introduced himself as the owner of Fantoons. I was very familiar wit...

I've always found it amusing to read "let's predict the future" articles-- newspaper and magazine editors throughout hist...

As a professor who teaches Political Communication, and as a former broadcaster, I understand that lots of stuff politicians say is tailored...

A journalist friend of mine, whom I've known for many years, was working on a segment for his radio program, and he wanted my recollecti...

On Tuesday evening, Republican Senator John N. Kennedy of Louisiana went on Fox News to advocate in favor of reopening the economy very soon...

Since last I blogged on March 15th, I've been spending a lot of time at home-- and so have many other people I know.  As the coronavirus...