December 2, 2024

Confession: Hamas Made Me Vote for Trump

  By David Haldane Dec. 2, 2024     I’m ready to confess something that most regular readers of this column have probably already guessed. I […]
October 20, 2024

Ilan Fluss: Israel’s Embattled Ambassador

By David Haldane October 20, 2024     The security precautions were impressive. The invitations, issued in advance after thorough screenings, were non-transferable. Invitees were given […]
October 7, 2024

Exploding Pagers Offer New Hope After a Painful Year

By David Haldane Oct. 7, 2024   It’s hard to describe my reaction to last month’s news that pagers were exploding all over Lebanon. Joy, happiness, […]
September 9, 2024

Zone of Interest

By David Haldane Sept. 9, 2024     I hated the speech. Accepting an Oscar for his movie, “The Zone of Interest,” earlier this year, English […]
May 27, 2024

Satan Versus the Jews?

  By David Haldane May 27, 2024     I’ve never been a Greta Thunberg fan. Back in 2019, when the then-teenage Swedish activist achieved overnight […]
May 20, 2024

Can America Be Trusted?

By David Haldane May 20, 2024     It’s a painful question. Especially for an American who wants, more than anything, to take pride in his […]
May 13, 2024

DeJa Vu: I was an Outside Agitator at Columbia in 1971

  By David Haldane May 13, 2024     The only thing unusual about the call was that it came so early. “Good morning, comrade,” said […]
May 10, 2024

The Homeland I’ve Never Seen

By David Haldane May 9, 2024     My late Uncle Joe had a saying he liked to use. “Scratch a goy,” he’d say, “you got […]
February 12, 2024

Friends in Germany

By David Haldane Feb. 12, 2024     It felt like a tropical breeze. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently announced a trip to Germany in March. […]
January 1, 2024

Redefining Aggression

By David Haldane   Jan. 1, 2024       It felt like a punch in the gut. The Philippines, my favorite country and historically a […]
December 25, 2023

A Jewish Christmas in the Philippines

 By David Haldane Dec. 25, 2023     For me it’s always the same. Gangs of Christmas carolers gather on the patio to sing until we […]
November 23, 2023

One-Sided News

By David Haldane Nov. 23, 2023     I had just put the finishing touches on a three-minute video presentation for an annual gathering of would-be […]