Expat Eye – David Haldane

March 10, 2025

One Job

By David Haldane March 10, 2025 He had one job. To sign an already-negotiated agreement granting US rights to Ukrainian rare-earth minerals, which America […]

February 17, 2025

Double-Edged Sword: Siargao’s Foreign Invasion

By David Haldane Feb. 17, 2025 I’ve never paid much attention to celebrities. In a world full of monumental problems, I believe, what celebrities […]

February 10, 2025

Sinning Priests

By David Haldane Feb. 10, 2025 I don’t even remember the story. It was published back in 2003 when, as a staff writer for […]

February 3, 2025

Hitting the Proverbial Jackpot

By David Haldane February 3, 2025 The phone messages always start the same. “Congratulations,” they say, or words to that effect. “Your book […]

January 20, 2025

Blazing Skies

By David Haldane Jan. 20, 2025 It was like stepping into a surreal world under a dark cloud of gloom. Exiting the terminal at […]

January 6, 2025

Filipino Cardinal Leaps Aboard a Sinking Ship

By David Haldane Jan. 6, 2025 I thought I was done with this subject for a while. Two weeks ago, I wrote a […]

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 […]

December 23, 2024

The Pope’s Anti-Semitism

By David Haldane Dec. 23, 2024 The image was surreal. There, in the run-up to Christmas, a baby Jesus reclined on the floor of […]

December 2, 2024

Confession: Hamas Made Me Vote for Trump

By David Haldane Dec. 2, 2024 I’m ready to confess something that most regular readers of this column have probably already guessed. I […]

November 17, 2024

Sexual Suffrage or Feminist Freakout?

By David Haldane Nov. 18, 2024 I can’t say I’m surprised. Distressed by Donald Trump’s recent electoral victory, some leftist American women are vowing to […]

November 3, 2024

Election Week in America

By David Haldane Nov. 4, 2024 I’ve come to America to vote in this week’s national election. I’m not telling you how I’m voting but […]

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 […]