The Wild Reed

Hidden deep in the Port Macquarie hinterland is Boorganna Nature Reserve . Last Friday, my parents and I, along with our friends George ...

Well, I may be marking time in Australia, but back in Minneapolis the good folks who comprise the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual M...

My friend Lydia recently e-mailed me an insightful commentary written by Frank Rich and published October 15 in the New York Times . Titled...

One of the books I’ve read while in Australia is Conversations with Tariq Ali: Speaking of Empire and Resistance . This book is comprised...

See also the previous Wild Reed posts, Pacific Skies , Alva Beach , Coastal Views , Bago Bluff , and A Solitary Ramble .

My sister-in-law recently lent me a VHS copy of Norman Jewison ’s 1973 cinematic interpretation of Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice’s “roc...

I’ll give you a clue: It can be discerned in the recent debacle involving U.S. Republican Congressman Mark Foley. But first, an insightful s...

Well, friends, my return to the U.S. has been delayed yet again. Basically, I’m still waiting to receive word on the scheduling of my interv...

I watched Oliver Stone’s 2004 film, Alexander , the other night. Up until now, I’ve avoided this particular film adaptation of the life of...

This is the fourth and final post documenting my recent visit to (and my previous life in) my Australian hometown of Gunnedah. Above: On Su...