Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

Well, evidently Jill Biden is a failure, at least according to about 50% of the folks online: her Christmas decorations are boring and ordin...

As some of you know, I used to be a chaplain. I was teaching media courses at Emerson College in Boston at the time, and my job was to be a ...

When I tell my students I'm 74, they're often surprised-- fortunately, I'm still reasonably young-looking, but that's not wh...

The other day, I got some folks on social media upset with me when I said that I never understood the popularity of Kim Kardashian and Paris...

Several days ago, I saw an article about country singer Jason Aldean, his wife, and their two kids (ages two and three).  I admit I'm no...

As I am writing this, it's nearly time for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. For Jews all over the world, it's a day of self-reflect...

For the past few months, I've been part of a webcast called the Rush Deep Dive (you can find the episodes on YouTube). Each of the parti...