Commentary

The United States is no longer generous when it comes to sub-Saharan Africa. It is not offering bill

Many Wall Street analysts and commentators have their noses pressed hard to their grindstones lookin

Downsizing. Re-engineering. Total quality management. These techniques are all the rage in America's

The administration's two-year push to gain ''fast track'' authority has been neither fast nor on tra

The night was hot and muggy. The air conditioning in the ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel had lost it

Tell me the sort of state legislature you would like to have, and I can tell you how to get it.<

Anyone who has traded Mexican pesos or invested in Mexican stocks and bonds knows how it feels to sw

LEARNING WITHOUT BASICSIS A TOOLBOX WITHOUT TOOLSYou carried an article by Bruce Alberts Sep

Frank N. Wilner, no stranger to these pages, has completed a prodigious effort in his ''Railroad Mer

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia is pleading with Washington for higher quotas

In Russian villages, people say the law is like a sleigh in winter - a clever judge can steer it eit

Beware the law of unintended consequences.The recent budget deal slashed the capital gains t

Congress once again has come tantalizingly close to overhauling federal regulation of the maritime i

What do hamburgers have to do with air raid shelters? A report recently commissioned by the mayor

A former international law professor of mine was fond of saying there is little rhyme or reason to t

Like a big kid in a candy shop, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl thundered into a convention hall stuff

Asia is both the fastest growing economic region and the fastest growing telecommunications market i

Greece and Turkey, out of harmony for much of this century, have at last struck a chord that is musi

The draft of a major business-backed bill to halt, or at least slow, the spread of unilateral U.S. e

Southeast Asia's most interesting and controversial leader, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohama

Value is in the eye of the beholder. So, too, are risk and confidence, those ideas on which the mark

The Panama Canal will run just as smoothly in the hands of the Panamanian government as it has as a

TAIWAN'S WTO ENTRYNOT IN US INTERESTI read with interest Greg Mastel's article, ''Let Taiwan

Remember when ''Japan'' on the bottom of a knickknack was a source of derision? And when the land of

Although the White House nomination of William Clyburn Jr. to the Surface Transportation Board is un

In assessing the Russian economy between now and 2000, it's important to focus on three issues - the

If chief executive officers of the nation's largest corporations ran the country, consumers might no

Waterfronts in most countries are mucky and that's even before you consider the quality of the wa-

When the government began its investigation of the Union Pacific Railroad following a series of fata

Ukraine is bigger than France, with a population of 51 million, but six years after the Soviet Union

NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUTHONG KONG'S TAX REVIEWYour Aug. 11 article on the review of the profit

The European Union's top farm official, Franz Fischler, has a problem with world trade rules and log

As many as one-third of American companies allow their workers to dress casually every day, and the

Researchers have recently documented the unwanted spread of a European insect that was introduced in

Although the United Parcel Service strike is over, the impact on other companies is just starting.

President Clinton faces the prospect of becoming the first U.S. president since Herbert Hoover who l

Torn between its apartheid past and a multiracial future, South Africa's still predominantly white N

C&II COULD BEBOX SHIPPING ADVOCATEThis is in response to Don Becker's Notebook column publis

Governments have traditionally discharged their role as the protector of public welfare using reams

''Is Social Security going to be there when I retire?'' the woman asked.A television produce