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Peter Rosenwald

A resident of São Paulo for almost 20 years, New Yorker Peter Rosenwald combines careers as a marketing executive and journalist. Senior dance and music critic for 'The Wall Street Journal' for 17 years, his writing has also appeared in 'New York Magazine', 'The Guardian' and many other publications. He is the author of 'Accountable Marketing'.

Opinion: Joe Biden and Redefining “Old Age”

(Opinion) The endless and growing debate about Joe Biden's age – he is 80 now – and whether those years mean he would be...

Opinion: How Can We Unhear All This Noise?

(Opinion) Here’s how I feel about the ‘impeachment’ inquiry into President Biden. I know in my head and in my heart that this is nothing...

Opinion: Is Everything Changing Too Fast?

Suddenly, everywhere we look, we find AI looking back at us. And it was only yesterday that we had never heard of it. And when...

Opinion: Will common sense prevail?

(Opinion) My eyes fill with tears. How could 6 out of 8 wannabe GOP presidential candidates sharing the first debate stage of the 2024 U.S....

Gringo view: when will the other shoe drop?

(Opinion) Of late, I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop. It’s more a general anxious feeling that something momentous is about to happen...

Gringo view: TV or not TV that is the question

(Opinion) Which is likely to be more educational, the vivid televised details of senate hearings on the extent of organized crime's influence on American...

Gringo view: activist lawyer (David) versus Chevron (Goliath) – Erin Brockovich revisited

Erin Brockovich's story of her advocacy against Pacific Gas and Electric Company ended with generous compensation payments to those people hurt by the company’s...

Gringo view: where has all the respect and trust gone?

Dare I say it, my respect and trust of institutions and the people in them is badly tanking. And so is the respect and trust...

Gringo view: presidential wannabes claim Trump takes all the oxygen

(Opinion) Once upon a time, before the internet, television, and jet travel, presidential hopefuls rode the trains to reach out to voters with their...

Gringo view: are we ready for the Anthropocene epoch?

(Opinion) When I lived in London some years ago, there was a national joke that the daily weather report on the BBC morning news...

Gringo view: a hole in one for the Saudis

(Opinion) The last time I ventured out on a golf course was with friends in Trancoso years ago. And I didn’t do at all well,...

Gringo view: the joy of a breathtaking concert

(Opinion) The alluring mezzo-soprano, Isabel Leonard must have one of the world’s largest troves of frequent flyer miles. She has a repertory to match. She...

Gringo view: who’s winning the culture wars?

(Opinion) Back in March I warned my readers that welcoming the great ‘awokening’ of American politics may be more than a little over the...

Opinion: death in the Sea

(Opinion) The desperate differences that plague our dangerously uneven society have never been better displayed than the recent deaths at sea of wealthy passengers...

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