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April 1, 2022

Defining Gender

By David Haldane March 31, 2022 The moment oozed drama. “Can you define the word ‘woman’?” a Republican senator asked President Joe Biden’s nominee for […]

March 17, 2022

TikTok Tidings

By David Haldane March 17, 2022 The news was astonishing. “Significant breaking news out of Ukraine,” the broadcaster breathlessly intoned. “Ukraine has killed a […]

March 10, 2022

Back to the Barricades

By David Haldane March 10, 2022 For the first time in decades, I feel like an antiwar protestor. It’s not an entirely novel sensation. As […]

February 24, 2022

Tik-Toking Teens

By David Haldane Feb. 24, 2022 It became an almost weekly occurrence at our house in Surigao City. My teenage nieces would gather somewhere […]

February 10, 2022

Who Do You Trust?

By David Haldane Feb. 10, 2022 When I was a college student in Southern California, the name Ferdinand Marcos evoked visions of hell. Wasn’t […]

January 20, 2022

Studying Shakespeare

By David Haldane Jan. 20, 2022 It was the first time I recall Shakespeare ever putting a lump in my throat. It happened in […]

November 11, 2021

Rest in Peace, Uncle Jorge

By David Haldane Nov. 11, 2021 This is the story of a man and his hat. The hat is a military green cap adorned at […]

October 21, 2021

A Thousand Cuts

By David Haldane Oct. 21, 2021 The title says it all. “A Thousand Cuts” is the name of a PBS documentary in which renowned Philippine […]

July 8, 2021

Newcomer

By David Haldane July 8, 2021 New kid on the block. That describes my status at the Mindanao Gold Star Daily. And yet, back in […]

June 2, 2021

Sitting in the Dark

By David Haldane June 2, 2021 There was something soothing about the dimness. Excited, we sat in eager anticipation of the experience to come; one […]

April 29, 2021

Banning the F–Word

By David Haldane April 29, 2021 I curse too much. I know it and my wife knows it. Even my 10-year-old son knows it. “Daddy,” […]

March 25, 2021

Asian Angst

By David Haldane March 25, 2021 The words hit me like a punch in the jaw. “White supremacy and hate are haunting Asian Americans,” the […]