Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

February is Black History Month. We've been observing a celebration of Black History for nearly 100 years: ever since early February 192...

As a professor, I can't count the number of times that students of mine found a quote online and inserted it into their papers. Often, i...

In the early 1920s, when radio was new, a local bandleader named Jimmy Gallagher gained a large following. At the end of each radio show, af...

In many ways, this past week has been gratifying. I was a guest on my friend Bob Cesca's podcast, and we had a good time talking politic...

I was in my car yesterday, and I turned on the news. President Biden was giving a speech about Syria, and I paused to listen to a little of ...

I posted a Thanksgiving message on social media a couple of days ago. I thought it was a fairly straightforward and peaceful message, about ...

I never wanted to have kids. Back when I was growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, I was told there was something wrong with me, but these days...