Dialogue & Discourse: a blog by Donna Halper

I can't imagine where I'd be without music. That may seem like an obvious thing to say, given that I used to be a deejay, but even d...

She was tired, and it had been a frustrating day, and she just wanted to go home. So, she took a seat on the bus. But before she could relax...

I've always felt differently about New Year's Eve than many other people do. In some ways, I see it as just another day of the year-...

To say the least, this has been a difficult few days. At Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, a lone gunman burst in, killing 2 stu...

As many of you know, I grew up in the 1950s. Some people today like to remember it as the 'good old days,' but that oversimplifies h...

I was reading my local newspaper the other day and came upon an article that really bothered me. It was about the president of the College R...

As I'm writing this, it's Halloween, and only 4 kids showed up at our house for Trick-or-Treat. The entire neighborhood has been str...