Commentary

SOCIAL SECURITY TAKESMONEY AND SQUANDERS ITSeveral points are being overlooked in the curren

How clean is clean enough, when it comes to environmental and health rules? Until now, the answer ha

One year ago, when Benjamin Netanyahu took office as prime minister, Israel's economic success was l

Someone must think I don't have enough credit cards.The college from which I graduated 24 ye

As new U.S.-Japan aviation trade talks draw closer, speculation grows wilder.Washington and

Asia's spectacular growth has dazzled economists and business leaders alike for almost three decades

ANDREW YOUNG'S CURSORYLOOK AT ASIAN LABORIn former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young's Nike-finan

When Gary Wheeler goes to work in the morning, many of his co-workers are nowhere to be seen. Instea

It doesn't take a lot of experience with the airline industry to know that the vast majority of inte

The Russian government this week took a big step on the long road to membership in the World Trade O

Suppose you owned an enchanted forest. Now suppose you had servants who sold the tall timber in your

Globalization holds the promise of boosting growth and raising world living standards. For companies

The government routinely warns Americans of the dangers of smoking cigarettes, but that doesn't stop

KEEP MARITIMEDEREGULATION ALIVESince when has the simple matter of bringing together a buyer

The European Commission has changed its mind and preliminarily endorsed the $15.5 billion merger bet

In all parts of America, there is beginning a revolt against health maintenance organizations by man

Washingtonians are down in the dumps.It was bad enough when the rest of the country just did

The Republican Congress' proposal to cut estate taxes would have a social benefit that has gone unno

The U.S. economy continues to hum along. Inflation remains at bay and not a forecaster in sight is p

Americans aren't getting their money's worth for the estimated $200 billion spent each year on envir

Perhaps you've seen the newspaper ads - full-page takeouts with big black borders: ''For your own sa

Renewed attention to Africa - notably at the recent Denver summit and other high-level conferences,

Congress holds its semiannual monetary policy circus, called the Humphrey-Hawkins hearings, this wee

As marine blockades go, last weekend's anti-U.S. protest by Canadian fishermen, which ended Monday e

The news coming out of Africa isn't very good these days. In fact, with a few exceptions, it's downr

The mutual recognition agreements recently initialed between the United States and the European Unio

A CLEAR THREAT FROMMONOPOLISTIC RAILROADSYour July 9 story, ''Ports see threat in remarks by

The president and the Congress have one last chance this year to agree on fast-track legislation for

So it's official. The European Union has decided it will invite five former Eastern bloc countries t

A steady drop in gold prices over the past dozen years is raising questions about whether it's time

The hot international aviation issue this summer is whether the United States will agree to negotiat

President Clinton is pushing ahead on signing a U.N. sponsored global-warming treaty that would pena

I kicked the habit a year ago.Most people give up smoking because of the rising cost of ciga

Freight rates may be at rock-bottom levels because of the huge number of new containerships now bein

Australia's central bank recently sold 167 metric tons of gold - two-thirds of its official gold hol

France's new Socialist government is agonizing over how much and how fast to privatize publicly owne

Washington would be faced with a difficult legal brief in the World Trade Organization if it decided

In a possible preview of the fall debate on ''fast track'' trade authority, U.S. Trade Representativ

Amtrak's fatal flaw:government monopolyThis is in response to the July 14 opinion article ('

The international labor movement accused the China-backed Hong Kong government on Friday of tramplin