Opinion: “No [Olympic] Legacy is so Rich as Honesty”–Shakespeare
Opinion, by Sam Watt RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This week the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is...
February 27, 2015Section
Guest Opinions
Opinion Articles from The Rio Times
Opinion: The Blame Game, a Bovine Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The media are having a field day with one of President...
February 24, 2015Opinion: The Dark Side of Carnival
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Carnival is all but ended; the only thing left on the...
February 20, 2015Opinion: Too Bovine to Fail, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Yesterday was Friday the 13th. The Curmudgeon is not superstitious, albeit...
February 14, 2015Opinion: Water, Water … Where?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s Northeast has long suffered from periodic droughts, particularly in the...
February 13, 2015Opinion: Bovinity and Puppetry, Petrobras in Brazil, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Bovinity has been defined as: “the state or quality of being...
February 7, 2015Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the Sacred Cow, an updated Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Groundhog Day, a prominent Brazilian daily announced that President Dilma...
February 5, 2015Opinion: Fisiologismo 101, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - When you look up this word in Portuguese, you get a...
February 4, 2015Opinion: Impunity 102, a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Under long-standing Brazilian administrative law, all companies whose executives have been...
February 2, 2015