Commentary

In something of an anticlimax, the White House last week finally admitted that President Clinton has

Washington and Tokyo are in a dialogue of the deaf. Clinton administration officials urge Japan to d

As Bruce Barnard mentions on these pages, British Prime Minister Tony Blair may have been a hit in W

Millions of Americans remember ''Remember the Maine!'' but few remember why.At 9:40 p.m. on

The Department of Commerce has yielded to reason and decided to ease restrictions on the export of e

In the wake of the Asian economic crisis, some of China's die-hard communists have adopted an ''I to

It's one of the great mysteries of the world: How is it even statistically possible for attractive s

With much of Asia in economic convulsions, a plump Beijing economist thrashes an imaginary whip to e

The chaos of the Great Depression leading into World War II convinced American leaders that economic

Strong U.S. job growth continues to point to the unprecedented underlying soundness of America's lon

The U.S. telecommunications revolution that was supposed to crack open competition, increase consume

In his recent State of the Union address, President Clinton again proposed plans to improve educatio

When Uncle Sam closed the books on fiscal 1997, federal budgeteers were shocked to find the deficit

It's coming. When the Clinton administration reports the nation's final 1997 trade results next week

Raghuraj Pratap Singh - politician, minor feudal lord and a man accused of 13 serious crimes - is ou

The big cloud on the U.S. economic horizon today is the Asian crisis. The United States should end a

A memorable wine bar from my university days in Australia flashed back as I meandered from one gloom

Julian L. Simon, 65, a prolific writer who taught economics at the University of Maryland, died of a

Proponents of foreign aid and environmental initiatives rarely find many allies among Republicans in

Raymond W. Kelly, the muscular treasury undersecretary for enforcement, has been a weightlifter for

The Europeans, especially the French, are taking their usual patronizing attitude toward our latest

Boris Yeltsin's recent ''world war'' outburst in Moscow and the role Russia's shuttling diplomats ar

The U.S. economy continues to operate at a robust level of performance, but early warning signs are

The United States, in a move that should be accepted by acclamation, has proposed a World Trade Orga

The middle-aged woman stood in the bitter cold, a small array of cheap barrettes and hairbands sprea

When President Clinton met with his Brazilian counterpart last October, he was told, ''The new globa

Long after the rubble has been swept away, residents of disaster-prone areas often face a financial

Of all the challenges facing South Korea and the other cash-strapped ''tiger'' economies, none is mo

The administration's message is getting through to Congress: If the developed countries don't respon

As tobacco companies settle multibillion dollar cases with state governments over the health costs o

In keeping with the classic form of re-election years, congressional leaders have plans to spend the

Recently I was asked by an owner of a 2-year-old health-care software company whether or not the com

The recent financial crisis in East Asia has given China's leaders another headache in addition to t

Five years ago, when Paul Keating was prime minister of Australia, he firmly informed Queen Elizabet

Not long before the First World War plunged Europe into chaos, German novelist Thomas Mann rode a tr

It was 1986, and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Bob Packwood, R-Ore., was desperate to rescue a m

What gets front-page coverage when Monica Lewin- sky leaves Washington? It's the ''Free the Winnie

The use of short-term capital controls to curb ''hot money'' flows to developing countries is an ide

Everyone has had the experience of hearing something different from what was said, or watching someo

Aconference last week that at one time was supposed to generate momentum in Congress for ''fast-trac