David Haldane
David Haldane (born January 18, 1949) is an American writer, journalist, columnist, and radio broadcaster. He is known for books and essays, about his life in the American counterculture of the 1960s. He also wrote about being an expatriate living in the Philippines. The broad theme of Haldane’s later work is finding a place to call home, both physically and spiritually. A former Los Angeles Times staff writer with a writing career spanning five decades, Haldane is currently a columnist for Mindanao Gold Star Daily, a leading newspaper in Northern Mindanao, Philippines.