Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Black Friday
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Yesterday was Black Friday, in the U.S. and in Brazil. Unlike...
November 26, 2016Topic
Opinion
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the U.S. Election Results
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The voters of the United States have spoken, and the American...
November 10, 2016 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the 2016 US Presidential Election
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – At a debate held in Rio last month, sponsored by the...
November 7, 2016
Opinion: Rio de Janeiro and The Lords of Sewage
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Even during the most modest rainfalls in Rio, storm sewers overflow...
November 1, 2016Opinion: Rio’s Runoff Election, Part II
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO – The voters of Rio have spoken, and for the first time in...
October 31, 2016Opinion: Rio’s Runoff Election
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A month of Sundays after the first round of Rio’s mayoralty...
October 28, 2016
Opinion: The Genie and the Bottle
Opinion, by Peter J Rosenwald SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The temptation to just put my head under the pillow and...
October 27, 2016
Opinion: Brazil’s “Criminal Mastermind” — A Curmudgeonly Explanation
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Quite a bit of backlash has arisen since the spokesperson for...
September 20, 2016Opinion: Lula as Brazil’s “Criminal Mastermind”?
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Just when we all thought Brazilian politics might become boring after...
September 16, 2016