February 3, 2025

Hitting the Proverbial Jackpot

  By David Haldane February 3, 2025     The phone messages always start the same. “Congratulations,” they say, or words to that effect. “Your book […]
December 16, 2024

A Return to Old-Fashioned Journalism at the LA Times?

  By David Haldane Dec. 16, 2024   I’ve been meaning to write this column for a couple of months. My hesitation was because it involves […]
September 30, 2024

Cosmic Comedy

By David Haldane Sept. 30, 2024     I had just finished breakfast when the phone rang. It was my wife, crying like I’d never heard […]
July 7, 2024

Speaking English in the Philippines

By David Haldane July 8, 2024   It’s both a blessing and a curse. A double-edged-sword, as they say, a blade that cuts both ways. What […]
June 17, 2024

On God’s Orders: The Eruption of Mount Pinatubo

  By David Haldane June 17, 2024     It was almost Biblical. First came the earthquake, one of the most powerful the Philippines had ever […]
August 17, 2023

Barbie Brouhaha

By David Haldane Aug. 17, 2023     I went to see Barbie because it almost got banned in the Philippines. The problem, it turns out, […]
June 1, 2023

Reinventing Einstein

By David Haldane June 1, 2023     The Facebook photo demanded a double take. There he was, Albert Einstein, standing on a street in SoHo, […]
May 25, 2023

Spelling Names

By David Haldane May 25, 2023     It came up again the other night. We were at the Gateway Hotel for a family dinner when […]
April 27, 2023

Whiplash!

By David Haldane April 27, 2023     It felt like riding a rollercoaster. First there was the comforting click of rails, accompanied by an anticipation […]
March 2, 2023

Grounded Plane

By David Haldane March 2, 2023     I probably wouldn’t have seen the film without the headline. “Why is the movie ‘Plane’ banned in the […]
February 17, 2023

American Expat Launches Book on Finding Island Home

Cebu Jose Joya Gallery   LITERARY TREATS 2023: A TOOTH IN MY POPSICLE BY DAVID HALDANE BOOK LAUNCH APRIL 12th, 15th, and 25th.       […]
January 26, 2023

Teach Your Children

By David Haldane Jan. 26, 2023     I think of it as the anthem of my generation. You, who are on the road Must have […]