Commentary

The deepening financial crisis in Asia is overshadowing the earlier agenda for the summit of the Asi

We're constantly reminded of soaring college costs and how saving money for college is a daunting ta

American coal producers predict that much of their industry will be eliminated over the next 10 year

Early in the next millennium, part-time work will likely be the norm in the United States rather tha

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's struggle to restructure Japan's intricate and powerful bureaucrac

Asia's financial tremors have rocked world markets, but an earthquake of a different sort hit Russia

The Export-Import Bank's financial problems continue. The Clinton administration's Office of Managem

Economics students around the country, in advance of the holidays, have been learning that Christmas

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has a problem. One-third of his country is owned by several thou

A lay public depends heavily on the media to translate the opaque language of scientific theory. Yet

Last week's indefinite postponement of the House vote on fast-track trade negotiating authority is a

The European finance ministers are agonizing over whether to include gold in the reserves of the fut

The first question South Korean voters should ask as they go to the polls next month is why nobody w

REFORM ADVOCATES TAKELITTLE FOR WHAT THEY SAVEIt comes as no surprise that the insurance ind

The U.S. airlines never had it so good.Record profits are everywhere. Last year was just und

For the fourth time in just over a year, the warning bell has rung for science education.The

President Ernesto Zedillo returned home from his two-day visit to Washington displaying an even grea

America's high-technology, information-age industries are fueling our economic expansion.The

A German economic think tank this week said the government could create more than 150,000 jobs by st

The official statistics on U.S. unemployment for October dropped to 4.7 percent, raising anew for co

Bill Schneider of the American Enterprise Institute observed a while back: In 1997 there will be one

Even though American workers are more productive than they've been in years, experts say a shortage

By refusing to give the president a blank check to negotiate international trade agreements, the Hou

The changing structure of the global oil industry underscores the need for a coherent U.S. oil impor

This year you expect to spend $816, on average, during the holiday season, according to a new survey

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

Does the United States have to resign itself to the fact that this administration is going to be the

Teamsters President Ron Carey, until recently Mr. Clean of organized labor, was disqualified for run

Is a flat income tax possible with President Clinton in the White House? That's a question I hear re

Microsoft's latest difficulties with the U.S. Department of Justice reveal the absurdity of attempti

The considered argument on free trade lost last week when President Clinton failed to win congressio

Quietly and without fanfare, Asian markets are being slowly closed to U.S. products. This is no acci

Drums are about to roll, trumpets to blare, as President Clinton and other leaders convene in Vancou

Events in the Middle East in recent days underscore the need for the United States and other Western

From London to Tokyo and everywhere in between, the United States has been delivering a forceful mes

GENEVA DEBATEIS WELCOMEDStephen Lamar's article ''U.S. Misguided Trade Activism,'' which app

President Clinton has already proved that he is not afraid to order the use of military force. The t

Sixty years ago, France was fortifying its Maginot Line against likely German invaders. And, across

Six months ago, Hong Kong investors were lining up to buy into a bundled-up medley of businesses has

If you listened to lawmakers as they left Washington last week, Congress deserves credit for just ab