Commentary

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on whether to return fast-track tra

In 1996, Congress took an important step in reducing government's role in the marketplace and in set

The country's education, health, civic and art organizations could collect an additional $3 billion

American goods and services must confront fierce worldwide competition in the 1990s, and America' hi

A major reason for the strong U.S. economy over the last 15 years has been a gradual improvement, th

Charles Dickens started his novel, ''A Tale of Two Cities,'' with the famous line, ''It was the best

Like it or not, it's time for farmers in the United States and the rest of the world to seriously co

The European Commission made big headlines last week when it levied massive fines on the Trans-Atlan

Even in his politically weakened state, President Clinton can still muster the energy to do battle o

The economic crisis that began in Asia is now turning into a crisis of confidence throughout the wor

The semester started as the world's financial crisis escalated. Since the real world is always the b

The first supermarket I tried was close to our home, on Tishinskaya Square, which has a little park

Attention Linux terrorists: It is the policy of this newspaper not to negotiate or meet ransom deman

Al Cohen, who owns a beauty-supply shop in Pittsburgh, got an unexpected notice the other day. It wa

With the American presidency floundering, Russia turning its back on economic reform and Asia's deep

Is Europe strong enough to save the world, economically speaking?Only a few years ago, that

After 30 years of unbalanced federal budgets, taxpayers are looking forward to the well-deserved tax

Before Valium, there was Mozart.I say this with no disrespect, but in awe, actually, of the

The chattering classes have made up their collective mind: President Clinton has lost their confiden

Lost in all the rhetoric over the nation's trade policy - the starkly painted positions of advocacy

Typically, economists have attempted to understand the process of growth at the level of the aggrega

Vast forests of the nation's lovelier trees are endangered by the Asian long-horned beetle, another

The Shadow Open Market Committee, a group of business and academic economists who meet to assess pub

China may not have everything the West has, but it's about to catch up in one area: expensive gourme

In October of last year, Tokyo - with three Japanese ship lines facing $4 million in sanctions and a

An all-too-familiar trend in federal regulatory practices took center stage recently when the Federa

Aaron Lukas, in his Sept. 9 opinion article (''A rotten deal at Commerce,'' Page 6A) regarding the a

During his visit to the Dominican Republic on Aug. 21, Fidel Castro, as he has done in the past, rai

In recent weeks, environmentalists have joined with some Democrats in the House of Representatives t

In what can only be the affirmation of long-held suspicion, the College Board has issued a report in

Capitalism, after all, is about boom and bust.The evidence is all around us of some cyclical

Recent events in Russia raise the question of how the country got itself into this mess. One questio

The tragedy of the Clinton mess extends far beyond our borders. Simply put, the world community cann

During my long life in the retail business, I always have sought to offer customers a choice of fine

That classic souvenir of a visit to Egypt - the photo of the visitor atop a camel or horse in front

The strike by pilots at Northwest Airlines may be over, but a controversial subject it highlighted r

With the buzz of impeachment hearings growing louder in Congress and the nation dizzy from the rolle

Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations this week, President Clinton proposed more spending, re

In early July, a summit meeting between railroads and shippers was held in Dallas. Co-hosted by the

If only the financial markets were as forgiving as Hillary Clinton. Alas, they are not. Since the Th