Commentary

For Republicans in Congress, it was perhaps the highlight of the year, the unveiling of tax cuts wor

Top dogs in Congress think it's time to uproot the tax system and rewrite the code. More realistical

A phone company in California recently began announcing one-stop shopping for telephone numbers. No

As senior U.S. and International Monetary Fund officials descend on Jakarta this week to address Ind

A unique combination of political forces is driving the legislative push to reduce corporate welfare

The strains of nativism are being heard again.President Clinton's latest trade initiative we

Americans have discounted the economic crisis in Asia. The stock market fell sharply in late October

How much is a flashlight worth?In the case of the U.S. Senate, it comes to about $190 millio

For the first time in American history, nearly half of the population lives in suburbs, and that sim

I don't often write columns wading into the legal aspects of the software wars, but all of us need t

Private credit rating agencies have taken quite a drubbing following the Asian financial meltdown. T

To Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, it's the ''unholy alliance.''But Mr. Mugabe has done mo

The clock is ticking on two major international trade cases before the Supreme Court this term.<

If there is one thing the Mexican presidency is good at, it's spin-control.Never mind the re

Many stock market analysts will be surprised this year by stronger-than-expected corporate earnings.

Arising tide floats all ships, be they yachts or dinghies. The rich get richer, but the poor get ric

The recent ouster of the free-market-oriented prime minister of Kazakstan and his replacement by the

As the leading component of the Information Age, the Internet has aroused the curiosity and particip

Six years after the death of the Soviet Union, the United States finally has a new foreign policy fo

The French unemployed are striking, often violently, for more money. Yes, the 3 million-plus jobless

In this very difficult period for financial markets in Asia and elsewhere, the ability of the privat

Like Humpty Dumpty, former Amtrak Chairman Tom Downs took a great fall, but Mr. Downs was pushed - f

For most observers of international trade, periodic disputes between the United States and Japan are

It started with an apple. One crunch, and Eve had made her point. God was an overbearing, insensitiv

As the midpoint of the five-year U.S.-Japan automotive trade agreement draws near, auto trade relati

We here in the West don't believe in superstitions. Science guides our lives.Oops, we did gi

It's a standard joke among recent law school graduates that any multiple-choice answer on a bar exam

The latest data show filing for individual bankruptcy has become more or less part of one's financia

''This U.S. triumphalism can be overdone.''(U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers)

What's behind the U.S. ''employment miracle'' - the fruit of an economy that's created 14 million ne

You've got to wonder why the chiefs of higher education are upset by companies that peddle term pape

President Clinton said he wants the creaking Social Security program overhauled and has even threate

Everyone talks about campaign financing but no one does anything about it. The reason, of course, is

Eleven years ago, the word ''biodiversity'' entered the public lexicon at a conference held at the N

The Asian currency collapse has revived a debate among economists over whether exchange rates should

The Multilateral Agreement on Investment currently being negotiated in Paris and designed to establi

Who said shopping isn't addictive? Start with gold-plated toilet seats, next thing you're buying a c

FOREIGN POLICY GOALSSHOULDN'T DRIVE LABOR LAWOne of my early memories of the impact of telev

When Congress shelved campaign-finance reform until March, newspaper editorial writers had a fit. Th

In the 1970s, Japanese electronics manufacturers - with government support - learned how to manufact