March 5, 2024

Reading Your Own Obituary

By David Haldane March 4, 2024     I have a confession. Sometimes I imagine my own obituary. What will it say, I wonder, and how […]
February 26, 2024

Taking a Break for Heartbreak

By David Haldane Feb. 26, 2024     It was the worst night of my life. I had just learned that my (now-ex) Filipino wife had […]
February 11, 2024

A Late Reinvention

A true story of true love, no matter how truly unconventional   The Manila Times Sunday Magazine 11 Feb 2024 BY DAVID HALDANE   IT started […]
December 19, 2023

Socorro Bayanihan: Commune or Cult?

  By David Haldane Dec. 18, 2023     We were a mile off the coast of a remote Philippine Island when I realized the boat […]
December 4, 2023

Roasted Alligator or Fried Rattlesnake?

By David Haldane Dec. 4, 2023   I gave them fair warning. “OK,” I said, facing a bevy of Filipino in-laws, nephews, and nieces, “it’s almost […]
November 16, 2023

Hitler on Lazada

By David Haldane Nov. 16, 2023   It felt like someone had yanked out my kidneys. Unable to sleep, I’d opened my cell phone to Facebook […]
November 2, 2023

Tension

By David Haldane Nov. 2, 2023     The revelation came while I lay leveled on the pavement. Thirty seconds earlier, I’d been speeding home on […]
October 5, 2023

Tik Toking Truants

By David Haldane Oct. 5, 2023   They’re a common sight online. Tik Tokers gone tall. Teenagers courting turmoil. Bad ones boosting boundaries. A new study […]
August 24, 2023

The Perfect Girlfriend

 By David Haldane August 24, 2023   It was a fantasy come true. “Oh David,” the sexy young woman texted me, “you’re so cute and handsome! […]
August 10, 2023

Kids in Space

By David Haldane August 10, 2023   The phone call startled me. “David,” my wife said from the medical lab 142 miles away where she works […]
July 27, 2023

Should Parents Be Told?

 By David Haldane July 27, 2023   It seems like a question with a simple answer. If a child exhibits symptoms of mental illness in school, […]
July 20, 2023

Flailing in the Dark

By David Haldane July 19, 2023   It happened again the other day. “Hey, Isaac,” I said to my 12-year-old son, “let’s go to…uh…you know…uh…I mean…damn…you […]