Opinion: Can You Live on the Minimum Wage?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On February 12th, former President Lula told the New York Times...
February 18, 2014Section
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Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Foreign Doctors (Re-revisited)
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A while back the Curmudgeon began a diatribe with “The Cubans...
February 11, 2014
Opinion: The Fed-Up Foodie
Dining out in Rio's restaurants is never cheap at the price.
February 4, 2014
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Downtown Traffic
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This week marks the beginning of the end for Rio traffic....
January 28, 2014
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on “Rolezinhos”
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Rolezinhos” (“flash mobs”) have sprung up like mushrooms around urban centers...
January 21, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Live-In Maids
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Readers of last week’s column will recall that the Curmudgeon fearlessly...
January 14, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon Predicts 2014
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Iraq and Afghanistan will prove that, post U.S. aggression, they are...
January 7, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon Revisits 2013
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Revisiting Rio de Janeiro in 2013, whose biggest events might be...
December 31, 2013
Environmental Currency: Carbon Crypto Coins?
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – We live in the anthropocene era and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...
December 24, 2013