media – David Haldane

April 13, 2026

A Filipino Successor to a California Legend?

By David Haldane April 13, 2026 I once went four years without eating a single grape. Which was quite a sacrifice, given how […]

February 22, 2026

The Uncanny Challenge of Knowing What’s Real

By David Haldane February 23, 2026 The scariest part is that he’s becoming my advisor. I have, for a while, been querying […]

February 8, 2026

Reporter or Protestor: Journalism at a Legal Juncture?

By David Haldane February 9, 2026 I’m not a Don Lemon fan. As a correspondent and news anchor at CNN for 17 years, he […]

November 24, 2025

Disconnected

By David Haldane Nov. 24, 2025 It feels like I imagine it would to suddenly go deaf or blind. One minute you’re […]

October 13, 2025

Losing Your Children

By David Haldane October 13, 2025 The text message came from nowhere. “Good evening, David,” it said. “I’ve been staying in motels since May…work […]

September 29, 2025

Death on a Train

By David Haldane Sept. 29, 2025 The video is hard to watch. A young woman sits alone on a train, looking at her phone […]

August 18, 2025

Landing With a Thud

By David Haldane August 18, 2025 The silence was deafening. “So,” the master-of-ceremonies asked the audience at my first book launch on Siargao Island, “are […]

August 4, 2025

Brotherly Love

By David Haldane Aug. 4, 2025 This isn’t the first time it’s happened, though I expect it will be the last. My brother has […]

June 9, 2025

Reinventing the Language

By David Haldane June 9, 2025 It all began when liberals started calling themselves progressives. That happened in 2008 as Barack Obama ran for president […]

June 7, 2025