Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

I had lunch earlier today with some of the members of a wonderful Rush tribute band from New Jersey called A Farewell to Kings . As you migh...

Not many folks read my blog post from August 1, the one where I defended the importance of fact-checkers. I was disappointed, but not surpri...

I was disappointed to hear that Glenn Kessler was leaving the Washington Post, and even more disappointed that no replacement had been named...

Sometimes, I enjoy looking back at some of my historical photos, especially the ones that relate to the years I spent in radio. And  wheneve...

I don't know how many of you recall a book from 1982 by Benjamin Hoff called The Tao of Pooh . It was a best-seller, and in it, the auth...

On Saturday morning, Rep. Melissa Hortman, an influential Democratic state legislator from Minneapolis, was shot dead in her home, along wit...

As many of you know, I'm the advocate and medical guardian for an adult with autism. I've been helping to take care of him, and stan...