Michael Reid

Jan 7, 2025 | americasquarterly.org | Michael Reid

Reading Time: 4 minutesIt is a coincidence of history that Jimmy Carter died on December 29, just two days before the 25th anniversary of the United States’s handing back the Canal Zone and its waterway to Panama under the terms of a treaty he negotiated in 1977. And just three weeks before Donald Trump, who has threatened to try to recover the canal, moves back into the White House.

Oct 16, 2024 | woroni.com.au | Michael Reid

A few weeks ago, I said to a friend: “I haven’t had a single coherent thought in years.” When I said it, I meant the comment as ironic and self-deprecating, not to be taken seriously or to linger in the conversation for more than a few seconds. But for some reason, it’s stuck in my mind, and the more I think about it, the more I worry I might have been right.

Sep 23, 2024 | woroni.com.au | Michael Reid

The sensation of being at the edge of a personal revelation can be at once terrifying and beautiful. Words, heavy with possibility, are placed at the tip of your tongue. Once they escape, they can never be put back.

Aug 27, 2024 | woroni.com.au | Michael Reid

The recent vicious campaign of harassment against Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has been a case study in predictable outcomes: the gender-critical movement was always going to become a burden, not just for transgender people, but for all women who fail to neatly slot into the ever-shifting goalposts of who can be a woman.

May 20, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Michael Reid

Michael Anthony Reid AM Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Heart Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government, Strengthening Medicare Support for Health, Care and Support Services in Thin Markets, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author