Commentary

This week, Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., in an attempt to appease a small but vocal group of foreign shi

Chalk up another victory for talented wordsmiths at a political summit.Faced with a dangerou

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The United States has vowed to keep this wisdom

Preparations for next week's Earth Summit Two in New York, marking the anniversary of the celebrated

The annual summit season is upon us again. It will culminate this weekend in Denver where the leader

The Federal Trade Commission has become the target of unfair criticism for trying to bring its produ

Israel and Jordan have reached another water agreement, putting to rest a lingering controversy aris

HARBOR FEE REFUNDS ARELARGER THAN YOU THINKExporters seeking refunds of harbor maintenance f

In a centrally planned system, banking and finance play a decidely minor role. Since the production

Recently, The Des Moines Register ran a praiseful column on Norman Borlaug, the Iowa-born wheat bree

Although the Clinton administration insists there is no connection between aid to Russia and Boris Y

Leaders of eight Muslim nations met in Istanbul over the weekend to launch the ''Developing Eight''

The clock starts running today on a historic deal between CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. to ac

After the ValuJet accident in 1996, the airline industry developed a plan to prevent similar tragedi

Professional life isn't quite what they told us it was at our college commencement. Hard work, persi

Helmut Kohl's dreams could dissolve into a nightmare by tonight.The German chancellor's life

In a rare instance of global solidarity, nations of the world joined hands last week in Geneva for a

This is the moment of China. The 1980s may have belonged to Japan and the first half of the 1990s to

Faced with worsening lead, carbon monoxide and other air pollutants during the 1960s, the public rig

Without much fanfare, the administration last month made a decision that will save the Treasury at l

President Clinton's order banning all new U.S. investment in Myanmar, formerly Burma, is working, ac

The long-running feud between film giants Eastman Kodak Co. and Fuji Color Film Inc. could come to a

Poor Francois Mitterrand used to cut a forlorn figure at Group of 7 summits in the late 1980s and ea

This week two major railroads, Norfolk Southern and CSX, will ask the Surface Transportation Board f

I have here on my desk the latest in one-to-one Personal Communications Devices with innumerable imp

There is nothing like getting older to sharpen your focus on certain issues. As I age (I'm 57), I fi

The current U.S. policy toward Germany is troubling.The Clinton administration seems to beli

''I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it s

HAVING THE COURAGETO DISAGREE WITH EMPLOYERWe are writing in support of Conrad Everhard for

Recent U.S. court rulings interpreting the Warsaw Convention on airline liability are good examples

The ''Insurance on the Internet'' column that appeared Thursday, June 5, on Page 8A, should have sta

The Grand Old Party appears institutionally incapable of sending a clear message on what it stands f

So tiny Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern wants to be the third railroad serving the coal fields of Wyomin

The Russian government is on a borrowing binge that could lead to a financial and economic crisis of

The Republican tax package, unveiled this week with much fanfare, was billed as a comprehensive, ''c

The anti-Cuba hard-liners in the U.S. Congress have struck again.Barely two months after the

The U.S. bankruptcy courts rule the world.That, at least, is the implicit state of affairs f

In President Clinton's recent trip to Europe lie the answers to a number of vital questions about Am

Canadians paid scant attention to a government study earlier this spring that showed declining popul

Recent elections in France and Great Britain may not tell us much about what will happen in the 1998