Commentary

A battle is looming on California's waterfront that may be a prelude to broader struggles over worke

Some people look up to the stars, but when I was a kid the thing that inspired limitless dreams was

The Franco-German alliance will continue to call the shots in the European Union in the wake of Gerh

The law of unintended consequences has taken root at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A pol

Except for noting that fast-track had suffered a ''resounding defeat'' in the House, William Roberts

Since the dawn of politics, it has always been convenient for politicians to blame foreigners and un

Readers fixated on The Starr Report and the House Judiciary Committee have missed some major activit

Global finance leaders meeting in Washington this week failed to galvanize public support for the ma

The collapse of the Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund has clearly demonstrated serious flaws i

Rarely in modern history has an International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meeting proved as impo

About a year ago, I was one of the first journalists fortunate enough to participate in the REX expe

The U.S. government recently warned American citizens worldwide that they are potential targets of t

Four issues I've written about in the past deserve further comment: the National Defense Reserve Fle

The influx of women into the work force over the past half-century, and their growing interest in ma

As the American economy continues to grow, there is perhaps no greater danger facing it than complac

Yes, there is a way for an emerging-market economy to find shelter from the financial storm that has

America's youth might have found Easy Street.A recent survey of students in ''Generation R,'

As German painters know, mixing red with green results in a dark, muddy color that isn't much use on

As the World Economic Development Congress convenes in Washington, key decision-makers will be devel

Protecting the public's safety is one of the most important roles of government. The U.S. Environmen

Four years of intense political wrangling climaxed last week when the Ocean Shipping Reform Act fina

Part of the road-rage phenomenon sweeping the nation's highways is a motorist's ability to consider

It has been sitting on a chair for the last four days while I waver back and forth. Should I throw o

Doing what everyone expects seldom attracts much attention. But that is not true when the Federal Re

You would think that all the ingredients were in place for Congress to pass a huge tax cut this year

The Americans who oppose freer farm trade have finally come into the open.Groups that oppose

President Clinton's address to the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly late last month reaf

Legislation that would have opened much of the U.S. domestic market to foreign-flag cruise ships san

ToIs it sex? And if not, why was he doing it?As President Clinton said, when asked about the

Europe's disjointed rail freight network may now have its last, best hope for reversing its decline

For 30 years, Tony the Tiger peacefully hawked breakfast cereal while another cartoon tiger pushed g

As Yogi Berra once said, ''It's deja vu all over again.''With the implementation of the Cana

At three recent international social events here, it was hard to get a word in edgewise about Japan'

The Russian crisis may actually turn out to have its benefits - if it makes both Russians and Americ

As the so-called Year of the Ocean draws to a close, it is more than likely the 105th Congress will

There was a time not very long ago when a cruise to the islands in the Aegean Sea was reserved for H

Now that the bottom has fallen out of the Asian and Russian financial markets, questions are being r

As many importers are finding out, Customs has developed another method to monitor importer activiti

The intermodal industry is accustomed to using the relay race as an industry model. In the search fo

As China seeks to build its economy and take its place among the world's industrialized nations, its