The Curmudgeon on “Pork Barrel”
Opinion, By Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Orçamento impositivo” is the sesquipedalian rendering in Portuguese of “pork barrel”...
December 10, 2013Topic
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The Curmudgeon on “Secret” Ballots
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last August 28th, in a secret ballot, the Federal Chamber of...
December 3, 2013 The Curmudgeon on Lockerbie Revisited
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon does not believe that José Genuíno is any more...
November 26, 2013 The Curmudgeon on the Gang of Four. Again.
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Wednesday, November 13th a majority of the Federal Supreme Court...
November 19, 2013 The Curmudgeon on Divided Loyalties
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Since the politicians have not done anything outrageous this week, the...
November 5, 2013
The Curmudgeon on Privacy and/or Censorship
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At the time of writing, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) is...
October 29, 2013 The Curmudgeon on the 2014 Elections (Revised)
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In his June 11th column, the Curmudgeon stated: “Elections will be...
October 15, 2013 The Curmudgeon on Marina Silva
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After the June protests the favorite to become the next President...
October 8, 2013 The Curmudgeon on the Litmus Test
In American politics, it is common for appointees to the Supreme Court to be asked about their position on certain...
October 1, 2013