Commentary

AMERICA'S RESISTANCETO METRIC SYSTEMYour Aug. 8 front-page article about the European Union'

One conclusion is inescapable in the round of finger-pointing that has followed the tragedy of ValuJ

Further evidence that the two-week Teamster strike against United Parcel Service may hurt the long-t

Could short lines be rhinestone railroads? Could the future of pocket-sized railroads - most only a

The science establishment is in one of its periodic snits over what it sneeringly deplores as quack

Some of my fellow Middle East watchers have been getting a bit anxious lately. They have been jumpin

All things being equal, one would expect the nation's largest transportation company - the U.S. Post

BOEING'S SUSPICIOUSEXCLUSIVE SALES DEALSA July 29 opinion article by Teresa Wyszomierski and

Anybody who has ever bought breakfast cereal knows that a market-oriented society means individuals

Ron Carey and the Teamsters union are celebrating the outcome of their strike against United Parcel

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's political heavyweight, resisted the urge last week to rage against globa

Scratching around in the policy dirt to come up with proposals that are popular, noncontroversial an

What do Mexico's recent elections augur for the country's future?For better or worse, the ol

It's no secret that Americans are frustrated by the inefficiencies they experience in their encounte

Are President Clinton's line-item vetoes constitutional? Only if he already had that power before Co

During the Cold War, the U.S. State Department and national security agencies were frequently critic

With hardly a whisper of dissent from the compa- ny, the Teamsters union spent much of Tuesday cro

SLIPPING UP ONCARIBBEAN BANANA POLICYAs ambassadors representing the 13 democratic nations o

Earlier this month President Clinton used his ''item veto'' power to cancel one spending and two tax

The bad news has been known for some time - the developing nations of Asia are in the midst of an ec

The Latin American and the Caribbean region has made enormous strides toward achieving macroeconomic

These are truly interesting times in Asia. The International Monetary Fund is back in business in Th

If you want to save forests, recycling paper can help a little. Growing trees faster can help a lot.

Who has been grabbing whose pension money in the long-running Teamsters strike against United Parc

The endless round of tit-for-tat that is the Mideast ''peace process'' is reaching new lows.

With Russia's ailing shipping companies struggling for survival, some experts wonder if the fleet st

SHIP REFORM BILL WOULDABANDON SMALL SHIPPERSI agree wholeheartedly with Ed Emmett's suggesti

Despite its much-hyped tax cuts for investors and families, the new federal budget offers relatively

The message has finally gotten through - Europe will launch a single currency on Jan. 1, 1999.

The Teamsters strike against United Parcel Service may have a direct bearing on a possible strike ag

Maybe it's something in the stars or space alien influence or just an ordinary conspiracy, but it se

If you have any doubts that cultural conservatives completely control the national Republican Party,

The row over the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger that brought the United States and Europe within a

A SAD FAREWELL TODON BECKER'S COLUMNFrom a very selfish standpoint, I took the news of Don B

Recently, Sens. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., and Byron L. Dorgan, D-N.D., thr

The law of unintended consequences struck with unusual force in Thailand recently, where that nation

The Financial Times' editorial last Friday had it right: Britain's image is under assault, not only

Until the division of British India, during which 1 million people died and as many as 15 million we

Former Vice President Dan Quayle, who teaches ''Global Competitiveness'' at a university, is staking

Let's turn back the clock to midfall 1994.''The 1994 congressional session,'' a commentary i