Safety – David Haldane

October 27, 2024

Sleeping With the Lights On

By David Haldane Oct. 28, 2024 I first noticed it years ago when my Filipino wife’s family moved into our house. Rising in the middle […]

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 […]

May 20, 2024

Can America Be Trusted?

By David Haldane May 20, 2024 It’s a painful question. Especially for an American who wants, more than anything, to take pride in his […]

November 9, 2023

Water

By David Haldane Nov. 9, 2023 I was lathered to the gills, about to step under the spigot, when the darned thing choked up. […]

October 5, 2023

Tik Toking Truants

By David Haldane Oct. 5, 2023 They’re a common sight online. Tik Tokers gone tall. Teenagers courting turmoil. Bad ones boosting boundaries. A new study […]

September 21, 2023

Traversing China. Again.

By David Haldane Sept. 21, 2023 The first red flag got hoisted at Manila Airport. Eager to check in early for my Air China flight […]

September 14, 2023

A Fungus Among Us

By David Haldane September 14, 2023 The experience impacted my life profoundly. It was 1969, and I was a 20-year-old student at a hippie […]

July 13, 2023

Scrapes in the Night

By David Haldane July 13, 2023 It was the scrape you never want to hear. A dull rub from the car’s right rear end as […]

February 23, 2023

Turbulence

By David Haldane Feb. 23, 2023 Everyone knows that airplanes crash. That’s why, for years, I’ve always contemplated death when boarding a flight. Could […]

February 17, 2023