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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 12, 2023

Survival

By David Haldane October 12, 2023 I had a whole other column prepared for this week, an amusing little piece about Filipinos getting 20% disability […]

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 28, 2023

Fear of Nuns

By David Haldane Sept. 28, 2023 I have always been afraid of nuns. As a child, I used to see them in black habits with […]

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 […]

August 31, 2023

Renewal

By David Haldane Aug. 31, 2023 We’d been stalled in traffic for more than three hours when we finally called it quits. “Hey,” I gingerly […]

August 24, 2023

The Perfect Girlfriend

By David Haldane August 24, 2023 It was a fantasy come true. “Oh David,” the sexy young woman texted me, “you’re so cute and handsome! […]

August 17, 2023

Barbie Brouhaha

By David Haldane Aug. 17, 2023 I went to see Barbie because it almost got banned in the Philippines. The problem, it turns out, […]

August 10, 2023

Kids in Space

By David Haldane August 10, 2023 The phone call startled me. “David,” my wife said from the medical lab 142 miles away where she works […]

August 3, 2023

Cruelly Tortured (American) Pigs

By David Haldane Aug. 3, 2023 I suppose it was just a matter of time. The day I first heard the anguished squeals of a […]

July 20, 2023

Flailing in the Dark

By David Haldane July 19, 2023 It happened again the other day. “Hey, Isaac,” I said to my 12-year-old son, “let’s go to…uh…you know…uh…I mean…damn…you […]