Commentary

Somebody threw the stealth switch again. For a brief period in April and May, the bill to amend the

Eduard Shevardnadze, who this week began his first official visit to Washington as Georgia's preside

In the last two years, more than 20,000 business alliances have been formed worldwide, and about 75

The old-fashioned world of Protection and Indemnity clubs, which insure their shipowner members on a

In recent years, the increasingly prosperous East Asian economies of Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Ko

The development of renewable energy resources is important to the economicand national secur

Shool's out for summer, and for hundreds of thousands of graduating high school students across the

Every year Congress doles out more than $60 billion of taxpayer handouts to corporateAmerica. For ye

It's likened to the American Wild West of the 1800s and called the world's ''last frontier.'' It har

Aviation has become the latest bugbear in U.S.-Japan trade, and the dispute is approaching a critica

The European Union is gearing up for a long debate over admitting new members from Central and Easte

The nation's capital is hardly known as a hotbed of humility and introspection, so it was a surprise

Athough much is made of Japan's trade surplus with the United States and an unresolved territorial d

The Jones Act reform bill recently introduced by Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., would inject life into a

Persistently benign inflation accompanied by low unemployment poses a serious challenge for the rece

In a glorious testament to the benefits of free trade, the firecrackers people lit to celebrate Inde

JAPAN'S STEEL INDUSTRY:UNDER THE KNIFERegarding your July 10 editorial, ''Remaking Japan'' (

Mexican history abounds with anecdotes about leaders' missing appendages. Cognoscenti insist that 19

After walking away in a huff from global financial services talks two years ago, the United States h

As Llewellyn Rockwell argues ably on this page, there's not much value to be found for the American

For most of us, sports have represented an extraordinary outlet. We've rooted for the home team, app

Poland, newly admitted to NATO, also is a candidate for membership in the European Union. But Poland

As every reader of Dilbert knows, enormous amounts of time and attention are given to developing, di

In 1994, the year the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect, Celadon Trucking - now a $165

Ever wonder why the number of lawyers in Washington is exploding?Two reasons stand out. Firs

Just as the United States was positioning itself to reach a historic ''open skies'' agreement with J

Congress is dabbling in diplomacy again, and making a mess of it.The House last week overwhe

A recent survey by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University shows Americans are increasingly

His given name is that of Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec leader, who fought a desperate battle to head o

Is long-distance passenger rail travel destined for the scrap heap of American history?Recen

Former GOP standard-bearer Bob Dole, an agnostic on free trade during last year's presidential race,

The Highwaymen:Warriors of the InformationSuperhighwayBy Ken Auletta334 page

As our Washington report notes nearby, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank wants to make board members o

If membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were based on military competence, the allia

The balanced-budget compromise the White House and Congress have agreed to in principle bears all th

In another era, women were ignored by financial pros who focused their sales pitches on the men of t

The application by CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. to divide Conrail poses one critical questio

A number of years ago a movie depicted a phony planetary exploration in which the government conspir

Ah, summer. Time for trips to the beach, visits to the neighborhood pool, concerts in the park. It's

At their recent summit in Denver, Group of 7 leaders urged the World Trade Organization to reach an