Commentary

When the Clinton administration announced the Free Trade Area of the Americas in 1992, South America

American farmers' unhappiness over lower prices and stagnant exports is driving Congress in two oppo

Modern technology is now routinely scapegoated as a cause of human diseases and environmental proble

Exports have fueled much of the nation's growth for the last decade, yet the government has only a f

GOOD NO-FAULT LAWSCAN PAY DIVIDENDSYour recent opinion article by Tim Ryles, a litigation co

Because 4.1 percent of Japan's working population is unemployed, one job is open: that of prime mini

White House officials are touting their brand-new anti-drug advertising binge as the ''largest and m

Well ahead of the regulators, stock exchanges in Europe's two most important financial centers - Lon

Dolly caused quite a stir with her sheepish smile, and a newly cloned mouse may soon become more of

A different kind of car company . . . the same kind of strike threats. Saturn, the General Motors di

By law, the Merchant Marine is a naval and military auxiliary. During World War II, merchant vessels

In about 10 to 15 years, the first wave of baby boomers will begin to retire, and America will start

This month Congress will consider the renewal of normal trade relations - known as most-favored-nati

Waking up is hard to do.The great Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov, in one of his nastiest

DON'T KILLALL THE LAWYERSAs I write this letter, I find myself in a most unusual position: O

If only Postmaster William J. Henderson would get a memo from a staff member that reads like this:

Score one for purity. Scotch whisky distillers raised a triumphant glass last Thursday after the Eur

A year after it began with Thailand's devaluation of its currency, the East Asian crisis has become

America is entering the 21st century with the strongest economy in a generation. Perhaps the best si

Despite resistance, Congress appears to be moving gradually toward a new consensus on unilateral san

Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, whose relevance on the world stage has slipped so badly he is reduced to ho

Remember corporate welfare? Republicans in Congress promised a ''frontal assault'' against unwarrant

The universal consensus is that Asia is truly a mess. Across the region, one country after another -

Americans treasure their independence as a nation and their personal freedom under the Constitution.

Japan's deepening economic and political problems have added a new and frightening dimension to the

Foreign policy is often an intangible thing, something that we all know is important to our security

Argentine Economy Vice Minister Carlos Rodriguez resigned Wednesday night out of dissatisfaction wit

The Chinese, it turns out, weren't overly impressed with all the hype about President Clinton's supp

In an open letter to General Electric employees earlier this year, Chief Executive Jack Welch descri

So you step outside on midnight, Dec. 31, 1999, to welcome in the New Year and the new century and a

A couple of panels were assembled recently by political consultant Jennifer Laszlo, and the consensu

Inevitably, South Africa's currency, the rand, has been caught in the contagion affecting emerging-m

In the movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen's character laments living in Los Angeles, where the only cultu

President Clinton's summit in Beijing showed that China is not prepared to negotiate seriously on Wo

The Clinton administration can take credit for encouraging competition in important sectors of the e

In this era of ''reinventing government,'' the ugly hands of big government often are cloaked by the

The Clintons' failure to understand that publicly paid staff shouldn't be conducting private busines

Campaign finance reform is back. Declared dead in the Senate after its supporters failed to overcome

Anyone familiar with the shipping industry has heard the sentiment attributed to Thermistocles more

MODERNIZE FREIGHTFORWARDER RULESThe battle being waged between large and small forwarders re