Obviously I don't write in Portuguese, and as you might guess after reading the last 1,100 or so of these pieces, that's because I don't speak it. My English is pretty good, though; I've been reading it for almost 72 years and have a pretty good idea from that experience.
So it is of great interest that, joining my surprising readership in the Netherlands, recently there has been a huge number of readers of this column from Brazil. And I mean huge.
Sure, I'm immensely grateful that you in the Southern Hemisphere (and the little part of Brazil that pokes above the equator) have been coming here and reading some of my columns here. But with that gratitude comes an equally great curiosity, my never having been closer than Panama.
Tell me about yourselves! Are you native Brazilians who enjoy reading the ramblings of a geriatric American with a terribly bizarre life story, to practice your English? Are you expats living in Rio who share all my political opinions and appreciate the sentiments?
This is just to ask you to get back to me privately (contact information in the notice block below) and assuage my curiosity. How did you come across the site? A friend? A search? And do you know how the site got so popular in Brazil? Inquiring minds want to know!
As our president might say, "Thank you for your attention to this matter."
Copyright 2025 by Robert Sutton. Like what you read here? There are over 1,000 posts from Bob at www.uberthoughtsUSA.com and, after four years of writing a new one daily, he still posts thoughts once in a while as "visiting columns", no longer the "prolific essayist" he was through 2018, but still around. Appearance, advertising, sponsorship and interview inquiries cheerfully welcomed at bsutton@alum.mit.edu or on Twitter at @rmosutton.
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