March 1, 2026

Another Journalist Bites the Dust

By David Haldane March 2, 2026     I promised to bring him a crucifix. He was my publicist in Manila, a devout Catholic with whom […]
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 […]
January 19, 2026

Iran Then and Now: How Much Can Change in a Lifetime

  By David Haldane   Jan. 19, 2026     It was a moment in time that shaped my life’s trajectory. In 1976, at 27, I […]
December 29, 2025

A Jew Married to a Catholic: What could possibly go wrong?

By David Haldane Dec. 28, 2025   The furor started with a statement by America’s vice president. “Do I hope that eventually she is somehow moved […]
December 22, 2025

Too Close to Home: Bondi Beach Terrorists Visit the Philippines

By David Haldane   Dec. 22, 2025     Okay, now it’s getting close to home. The two terrorists who attacked a huge Hanukkah fest at […]
December 1, 2025

Interfaith Marriage: Uniting Disparate Faiths

By David Haldane Dec. 1, 2025     The furor started with a statement by the US vice president. “Do I hope that eventually she is […]
October 20, 2025

A Tearful Homecoming

By David Haldane Oct. 20, 2025     They’re back! Defying global fears that the war in Gaza would never end, all 20 of the surviving […]
October 6, 2025

Hate Invades an Idyllic Philippine Island

By David Haldane Oct. 6, 2025     It feels like something a Nazi might say. “If Chabad House is legal,” Maria Tokong wonders on Facebook, […]
September 14, 2025

Wailing at the Western Wall

By David Haldane Sept. 14, 2025   It hit me like a stone. One minute I was standing awkwardly at Jerusalem’s historic Western Wall wondering what […]
August 25, 2025

A Bleeding Nation

By David Haldane August 25, 2025     The pain is everywhere. You see it on the posters massed in random places bearing the pictures of […]
June 22, 2025

All Flights Delayed while Israel Saves the World

  By David Haldane June 23, 2025     I expected to be writing this column from Israel. All the t’s were crossed and the i’s […]
May 5, 2025

What I Hope for in a New Pope

  By David Haldane May 5, 2025     It’s almost never suitable to speak ill of the dead. Especially when the dead you’re speaking of […]