mental health – Page 2 – David Haldane

December 29, 2022

Divided Faith

By David Haldane Dec. 29, 2022 I read some surprising news the other day. An American Catholic priest, it seems, had been dismissed from the […]

December 22, 2022

By David Haldane Dec. 22, 2022 The headline hit me like a breath of fresh air. “New York will treat mentally ill, even if they […]

December 15, 2022

By David Haldane Dec. 15, 2022 I remember the day I became a writer. It was 1970, and I had spent six months roaming […]

November 17, 2022

By David Haldane November 17, 2022 Talk about a blast from the past. I was relaxing at home, minding my own business with my favorite […]

November 10, 2022

By David Haldane November 10, 2022 The stories are hard to read. A young woman from Mexico said she felt the weight of other […]

August 18, 2022

By David Haldane August 18, 2022 One of my most vivid memories of Dad is hearing him fall through the wall of our house. It […]

June 30, 2022

By David Haldane June 30, 2022 We’ve all heard the stories. A young man with a smiling disposition goes into his room one day […]

June 9, 2022

By David Haldane June 9, 2022 For a moment, I felt like a time traveler. Watching the first episode of a new HBO series […]

June 2, 2022

By David Haldane June 2, 2022 It enrages me every time. I’ll be working on a column—regarding, say, a construction project—and type the word […]

May 26, 2022

By David Haldane May 26, 2022 It was a heart-rending headline. A crazed young man walked into a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, […]

May 12, 2022

By David Haldane May 12, 2022 A few days ago, my 11-year-old son asked a terrifying question. “Is Santa Claus real?” Isaac wanted to know. […]

April 27, 2022

By David Haldane April 27, 2022 My 11-year-old son came home grinning a few weeks ago. The cause of his joy soon became apparent; […]