Commentary

Adam Smith said it: The initial purpose of law and government is to protect the rich from the poor a

As Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. seek federal approval of their $10 billion Conrail breakup plan, t

The U.S. government often acts on the world scene as a bull in a china shop, doing more damage than

Space-age communications, jet travel and the involvement of manifold federal agencies in foreign aff

Earning less than $2 per day, once a private misery, has become international news.Nike, Ree

Before we bury the maritime reform bill (S. 414), as so many seem bent on doing, let's take a look a

President Clinton has until Monday to decide whether to use his brand new line-item veto power and s

How much is saving face worth? A lot in Japan, if the latest financial scandal provides any clue. No

Iran got itself a new president this week, and already there is talk that it's time for the United S

Bonn held a street party the other night - a strange notion indeed since anyone who knows the extend

HARBOR TAX ON EXPORTSIS UNCONSTITUTIONALDavis Helberg's ''On the Waterfront'' column (July 2

Internet users thought they could breathe a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court recently struck do

In his more than four years in office, President Clinton has learned one of the great truths of life

The U.S. Department of Defense faces a paradoxical management challenge. Although threats to the nat

Striking Teamsters have been defiant and determined during this week's walkout at United Parcel Serv

This fall, just before next year's midterm election politics put it out of reach, President Clinton

Just when there is rising concern over China as a threat to our national security, two Cabinet-level

Canadians have a love-hate relationship with their Big Six banks.On the one hand, they're ha

The claim is that cancer prevention receives too slim a share of government research funds and is a

Secret monitoring of employees has grown dramatically because of increasingly sophisticated technolo

FORGING A NEWJAPAN AVIATION DEALIn an opinion article entitled ''Settling for crumbs'' (July

The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, long criticized for inefficiency, has found a worthy p

South Korea imported five tons of mozzarella cheese in 1993. Last year, it imported more than 8,000

This must be the most successful moment in the European left's postwar history. Three of Western Eur

Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat has become one of the Clinton administration's most articul

Americans are increasingly skeptical about free trade. So say some of the nation's most vocal consum

Recent events in the Czech Republic, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia demonstrate o

If your life sometimes seems like a mad round of business meetings, unanswered e-mails, truncated va

THOUSANDS OF PRODUCERSBACK SHIPPING REFORMOn behalf of the American Forest & Paper Associati

Even before he resigned to lobby for Senate confirmation to be U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Massachuse

China's booming economy conceals a rotten core: hundreds of thousands of money-losing, state-owned c

In mid-July, two U.S. senators mounted a challenge to a controversial and central component of Ameri

A strain of midsummer madness is infecting Europe that will force its leaders to reset their politic

Japan and the United States face an uphill battle to win domestic and regional support for a planned

U.S. SHIPPERS WILL WINREFORM OF JONES ACTGeorge J. Ryan's July 30 attack (''Subsidies, civil

Four years ago, United Nations peace-keeping forces oversaw Cambodia's first free national elections

President Clinton has said he will not intervene in the United Parcel Service strike ''at this time.

Without access to world-call highways, ports and railroads, American industry cannot compete in inte

On Aug. 28, 1996, President Clinton announced that for the first time in its history, the Food and D

Major railroads were scrambling on Capitol Hill last week to fend off a Democratic proposal that