Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Marina’s Rise and Fall
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The 2014 Brazilian Presidential elections are no longer “done and dusted”...
October 7, 2014Topic
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Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Investigative Journalism
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last Friday, Candidate Dilma, at a press conference, said “the rôle...
September 23, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Kitchens
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One of the best-known political sound bites in the U.S. is...
September 16, 2014
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Illation and Premium Delation
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon, who likes to think of himself as a polyglot,...
September 9, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon is Stunned
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The first stun gun was Brazil’s 1-7 thrashing by the Germans,...
July 22, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the Cusp of the Cup
Finally, FIFA awoke to the fact that fans really don’t like having good goals disallowed and non-goals allowed.
June 17, 2014
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on “A Billion Here, a Billion There…”
The Curmudgeon quotes former Senator Everett Dirksen "A billion here, a billion there..." and applies it to Brazilian government and...
May 20, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon Predicts [the rest of] 2014
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - [January] “In June and July come the World Cup, which means...
May 6, 2014 Opinion: The Curmudgeon on “Pacific” Policing
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - No, we’re not talking about the ocean west of Chile, which...
April 29, 2014