July 27, 2026

Farewell International Criminal Court?

By David Haldane   July 27, 2026     A recent newspaper article almost made me spill my morning orange juice. It was a Wall Street […]
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June 28, 2026

The Tumbling of Trump

  By David Haldane   June 29, 2026     He’s finally lost me. Two years ago, I wrote a column called “Confession: Hamas Made Me […]
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May 3, 2026

Trouble in Paradise

By David Haldane May 3, 2026     The message gladdened my heart. “Can you help us?” it began. “We received an email regarding San Benito, […]
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April 6, 2026

Full Circle

By David Haldane April 6, 2026     For many years my mother refused to drive a Volkswagen. Though I was too young to understand it […]
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March 9, 2026

The Inevitability of a Righteous War

By David Haldane March 9, 2026     Finally! That was my immediate reaction to last week’s news that the US and Israel had attacked Iran. […]
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March 1, 2026

Another Journalist Bites the Dust

By David Haldane March 2, 2026     I promised to bring him a crucifix. He was my publicist in Manila, a devout Catholic with whom […]
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January 19, 2026

Iran Then and Now: How Much Can Change in a Lifetime

  By David Haldane   Jan. 19, 2026     It was a moment in time that shaped my life’s trajectory. In 1976, at 27, I […]
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December 29, 2025

A Jew Married to a Catholic: What could possibly go wrong?

By David Haldane Dec. 28, 2025   The furor started with a statement by America’s vice president. “Do I hope that eventually she is somehow moved […]
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December 22, 2025

Too Close to Home: Bondi Beach Terrorists Visit the Philippines

By David Haldane   Dec. 22, 2025     Okay, now it’s getting close to home. The two terrorists who attacked a huge Hanukkah fest at […]
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December 15, 2025

Preserving the Carcasses of Dead Houses

By David Haldane Dec. 14, 2025     The devastation was devastating. Block after block stacked with the carcasses of dead houses. Walls punctured by bullet […]
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December 15, 2025

A Cringeworthy Line

By David Haldane Dec. 15, 2025     Had I been eating a donut, I surely would have choked on it. What on God’s earth, you […]
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October 20, 2025

A Tearful Homecoming

By David Haldane Oct. 20, 2025     They’re back! Defying global fears that the war in Gaza would never end, all 20 of the surviving […]
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