Safety – David Haldane

August 31, 2026

Killing Your Classmates

By David Haldane Aug. 31, 2026 We’re expecting them soon. Planned school drills preparing students like my 15-year-old son to survive gun attacks from deranged […]

December 29, 2025

Killing Your Parents: Rob Reiner and his Schizophrenic Son

By David Haldane Dec. 29, 2025 I never favored his politics. Nor did I ever travel in his elite circles. Like most Americans of […]

November 10, 2025

Flying Gazebos

By David Haldane Nov. 10, 2025 And just like that, another gazebo is gone with the wind. Well, not entirely. Though its foundation still sits […]

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 […]

December 30, 2024

Misbehaving Airplanes

By David Haldane Dec. 30, 2024 It seemed like a good idea at the time. I’m kidding, it never seemed like a good idea at […]

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 […]