The Curmudgeon on Push Coming to Shove
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One sad piece of last week’s news was that almost 400...
November 30, 2010Section
Op-Ed
Editorial, Opinion and Letters to the Editor
The Curmudgeon on Shock Treatment
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week the Mayor’s office announced, with a discrete amount of...
November 23, 2010
The Curmudgeon on Elections Here and There
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The results of the U.S. midterm elections, which created a small...
November 9, 2010
The Curmudgeon’s Post Election Predictions
Opinion, by Michael Royster The Curmudgeon had predicted the results of the second round election would be sixty to forty...
November 2, 2010
The Curmudgeon on Election Uncertainties
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the first round of voting October 3rd, Brazilians elected 513...
October 12, 2010
The Curmudgeon on The Second Round (Part II)
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Okay, okay, the Curmudgeon was wrong. The post two short weeks...
October 5, 2010
The Curmudgeon on Vans
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO - Last week the Curmudgeon opined on bicycles on Rio streets, mentioning the...
September 28, 2010A Brazilian Youth Activist Making Waves Abroad
Letter to the Editor Gabriel Borda – 22 years old – an activist When you enter Rio de Janeiro, you...
September 28, 2010
The Curmudgeon on Carfree Cycling
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO - Last June, the Mayor of Rio announced he wanted to turn Avenida...
September 21, 2010