To Many More Firsts
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Journalism students are taught early on not to use words like...
December 28, 2010Topic
Opinion
Happy Birthday Dilma and Oscar
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One week ago today, December 14th, the Curmudgeon wished “many happy...
December 21, 2010Caring for Rio’s Most Vulnerable
Opinion by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The recent events for which Rio made headlines across the world...
December 14, 2010
The Curmudgeon on Gas and Oil
Opinion, by Michael Royseter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last Thursday, the two biggest news stories were (1) Russia and...
December 7, 2010
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, 2010My Wonderful City
Opinion by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Shock. Disbelief. Fear. Insecurity. Adrenaline. Tension. Anger. Frustration. My Cidade Maravilhosa...
November 30, 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, 2010Will She Surprise Us?
Opinion by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One week after Brazil’s presidential elections, history is somewhat still waiting...
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