Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Better think twice before you say something nasty about beef in Texas - or certain vegetables in mor

On the U.S. trade and global relations front, 1998 is shaping up as a year of little movement but lo

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

Everyone interested in international finance has been marveling at the dramatic ups and downs of the

The latest political rallying cry emanating from grass-roots America is the unlikely ''Get the gover

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

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

Microsoft makes software that has led the global revolution in information technology, but now consu

Starting in the early 1960s a series of shocks - including the deaths of John Kennedy and Martin Lut

SAVE THE USMERCHANT MARINEAs most people celebrate the arrival of a new year, my husband wil

In his standard-issue navy suit and red power tie, accountant Bill Caldwell is the kind of guy who c

Many observers of the U.S. economy and the financial scene are coming to the conclusion that 1998 wi

South Korea breathed a sigh of relief when the bells in Seoul rang out the old year. The bells ended

Competition in U.S. local telephone markets suffered a significant setback last week when a federal

Delegates to the Kyoto global warming conference have by now jetted home to their respective countri

While many socialists and welfare statists debunk this, there really is a connection between poverty

The British record for a corporate deal was shattered recently when shareholders approved the $40 bi

These aren't the best of times for banks or their employees. In Switzerland, workers at soon-to-merg

The uncomfortable relationship between business and politics in post-apartheid South Africa has gain

UTILITY DEREGULATIONIS A DELIBERATE PROCESSAmerica's electric utility companies are gearing

Two factors will drive the transportation industry in 1998. Relentless market pressure will continue

In the United States, campaign contributions to the ruling party earn ambassadorships, plots in nati