July 6, 2023

Technicolor

By David Haldane July 5, 2023   It’s happened at last. What conservatives hoped and liberals feared: the US Supreme Court has banned race-based affirmative action […]
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June 29, 2023

Stones

By David Haldane June 29, 2023   In the end, it was a stone that broke loose the tears. A small brass brick embedded in an […]
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June 24, 2023

Hey, Joe!

By David Haldane June 15, 2023   It happened again the other day. I was riding my motorcycle along the coast towards downtown Surigao, minding my […]
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June 12, 2023

Slaughter, Slaughter Everywhere

By David Haldane June 8, 2023   The headline was a grabber. “We had our own holocaust here,” it grievously intoned. The story that followed–on the […]
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June 1, 2023

Reinventing Einstein

By David Haldane June 1, 2023     The Facebook photo demanded a double take. There he was, Albert Einstein, standing on a street in SoHo, […]
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May 25, 2023

Spelling Names

By David Haldane May 25, 2023     It came up again the other night. We were at the Gateway Hotel for a family dinner when […]
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May 18, 2023

Empty Corridors

By David Haldane May 18, 2023     Standing alone in the hallway of a darkened hospital, I cursed out loud. Then the situation’s absurdity hit […]
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May 11, 2023

Good Intentions: The Road to Perdition

  By David Haldane May 11, 2023     The agency meant well. To show support for those it considers underserved, the federal Philippine Land Transportation […]
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May 4, 2023

Digital Nomads in the Philippines: A New Mode(m) of Living

By David Haldane May 4, 2023     The meeting was long overdue. As my publicist and I waited at the Pancake House in Cagayan de […]
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April 27, 2023

Whiplash!

By David Haldane April 27, 2023     It felt like riding a rollercoaster. First there was the comforting click of rails, accompanied by an anticipation […]
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April 20, 2023

Trophy American Husband

  By David Haldane April 20, 2023     A kept man. That’s how some of my friends see me. But here’s the thing: I don’t […]
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April 13, 2023

Fishing

By David Haldane April 13, 2023     It wasn’t my first time. As a child, my father used to take me fishing in gurgling mountain […]
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