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Robert C. Sage has been interested in current events and international affairs since his boyhood. He was born and raised in the USA. He learned Spanish in Mexico, where he traveled extensively and worked. He spent a year abroad in Taiwan and learned Mandarin,

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Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Does America's geographic isolation make it less tolerant of other cultures?: 1 of 17
America is indeed an enormous country and within it are areas that may be among the most tolerant and also the most intolerant. The real issue is American insularity and isolation from the rest of the world. Compared to other counties, the American mass media has a strong domestic bias in what news is reported. Except where ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Investigating Bush's involvement in 9/11: 2 of 32
Incompetence, poor preparation and slow reaction were the rules of the day on 9-11-2001. There had been many hijackings previously and repeated advance warnings of impending al-Qaeda action. Nonetheless, despite Dick Cheney's leadership of crisis contingency planning and repeated drills, the Bush Administration was caught un... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Dictatorship is Republicanism Always: 1 of 16
Although it might not be easy to agree on who would monitor our government's tendency to favor despots, it is disgraceful that the world's most powerful democracy has such a legacy of supporting dictatorships. Instead of blaming and lamenting the past, we should focus on improving our governmental system to avoid repeating t... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Asia Has China become a capitalist society?: 1 of 16
"Black cat, white cat, what matters is whether it catches the mouse." is how Deng Xiao Ping justified allowing private capital enterprises and these have been the main source of the tremendous economic activity and growth in China. Certainly, this hand-picked protege of Cho-en-lai and defacto supreme leader of the PRC would ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center What responsibility does the US have toward Vietnamese who believe they've suffered illnesses as a result of their exposure to the dioxin Agent Orange?: 3 of 45
If a corporation exposed employees or consumers to toxic poisoning that was preventable, would it be held liable by a court of law? Of course, it should be. Would the sheer size of the potential liability be a justifiable reason for lack of responsibility for actions/inactions? Of course not. Why should a sovereign state be ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Bush Administration Views on the US foreign policy under the Bush administration: 1 of 15
The Bush/Cheney Foreign policy is based on interventionist neo-con principles. In fact, George W. Bush was initially reluctant to enter politics and he did not have much background in international affairs by when he became the presumptive Republican nominee. Bush had tapped Dick Cheney to assist with his campaign, due to hi... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Should the US continue to detain suspected terrorists without charging them with specific crimes?: 1 of 15
Either we believe in freedom, civil rights and rule by law or we do not. If a suspected terrorist cannot be charged with a specific crime, then he must be set free; otherwise we are inviting abuse. If all it takes is for someone to claim a person is a terrorist, spurious claims could put people away for indefinite periods of... More..
Business > International Business & Trade Should the US continue the Cuban trade boycott?: 2 of 29
Fidel Castro would be long gone, were it not for the US boycott. This misguided policy has lent credibility and strength to Castro, precisely because it gave him a "Goliath" to rage against as a "David". If the US had let him quietly suffer the natural consequences of Marxist thinking, I believe that the people of Cuba would... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Assessing the future of Al Qaeda in Iraq: 1 of 14
Al-Qaeda has little or no future in Iraq, once American troops depart and the country resolves its internal power struggles. The reason is that al-Qaeda's practices are excessively violent and intolerant. That is why it has been losing favor with many Sunnis in recent months. In fact, "al-Qaeda in Iraq" has changed it's name... More..
Business > International Business & Trade Should China face financial penalties for unfair export practices?: 1 of 13
No. We need a more mature relationship than that. It would become "tit for tat". Engage, yes!, provoke, no! Financial penalties would lead to escalation of uncooperative relations with one of the world's most important nations. What the US needs to do is to implement countermeasures in the same fields as the problems, by tak... More..