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June 11, 2013Section
Opinion
Op-eds, perspectives, and editorial commentary
The Death of the Forest is the End of Our Lives
Dorothy Stang, the 73-year-old American killed in the Amazon Basin in 2005, is remembered by a famous picture where she...
June 4, 2013
Big in Brazil
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It feels a little self-involved to write about ourselves in the editorial, but when...
May 28, 2013
The Curmudgeon on “Hygientrification” ©
The Curmudgeon confesses: he has been to Singapore, and he liked it. The Curmudgeon thinks that Hizzoner, aka DuDu, Lord...
May 28, 2013
Brasileirão Makes Underwhelming Start – As Always
Blink and you might have missed it. The 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro, the country's national league season, kicked off this past...
May 28, 2013 Time for Neymar to Move On
The scene was the end of the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo state championship, in which Corinthians had just defeated...
May 21, 2013 White Elephants and Soccer Balls
Futebol, aka "soccer", is the most popular sport in Brazil for good reasons: people love it and it is part...
May 21, 2013
Guns, God, Football (Soccer) and Jimmy
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It may be a sign that I've been an expatriate too long (or long...
May 14, 2013 The Curmudgeon on “Y oh Y?”
The Curmudgeon wonders why. Why, oh Why? He gets up every morning and walks some 300 meters to the newsstand...
May 14, 2013