Commentary

President Clinton's recently unveiled $50 billion education proposal is based on the now discredited

During the 104th Congress, the House ethics process tagged a number of prominent members, including

Basta!Enough! Congress should rescind its requirement that the administration annually certi

The U.S. Treasury is about to repay nearly one-half of what it owes the World Bank's International D

As Chairman Alan Greenspan has been hinting for weeks, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates thi

It's a long way from rural America to the markets of China, but that vast distance can be bridged by

A month ago, a group of senior administration executives came up with an idea: Why not stage a ''med

According to most analysts, the strong U.S. dollar represents a clear and present danger to the grow

BROKERS CAN DEAL WITHLAWYERS, NOT CONSULTANTSYour March 10 article, ''Provide and analyze in

The United States and the European Union are heading toward another showdown over access to each oth

No farmer would look at a pasture full of starving cows and refuse to fertilize his grass, especiall

America's economy is experiencing a sustained resurgence. Profit and productivity are up. We are the

They're off! British Prime Minister John Major has visited the Queen at Buckingham Palace and receiv

An effervescent President Boris Yeltsin took home from the Helsinki summit a bag of presents from hi

Only days after a bruising fight over naming Mexico as noncooperative in the war on drugs, Congress

Politics in Washington is once again beginning to interfere with policy. That's always a dangerous l

Dr. Strangelove's wheelchair clattered against the side of the War Room conference table ashe wheele

KEEP THE FEDERALHIGHWAY PROGRAMYour March 14 editorial, ''Paying for Highways'' (Page 6A), i

The National Association of Manufacturers, in its most recent survey, points out that between 1993 a

If you want an objective analysis of competition in ocean shipping lanes that are now reserved for U

Dear Dean Rau:I have just been fired. It was embarrassing, but I got a good severance paymen

SHORT-TERM MODELS HELPTO STUDY GLOBAL WARMINGIn his Feb. 24 opinion article, Dale W. Jorgens

The Federal Reserve Board, which sets the nation's monetary policy, is in a predicament. The economy

Alarmed by a rising tide of unilateral trade sanctions, U.S. companies are fighting back - andnot a

According to Washington, the hazardous wasted generated by private industry is a national crisis. At

The night train was about to leave the Linz Hauptbahnhof when a young woman with raven-black hair pu

ISRAELI UNIVERSITY DOESNO NUCLEAR RESEARCHYour Feb. 6 article on the U.S. clamp-down on comp

The European Union said it will soon propose labeling genetically altered food to protect consumers.

The Department of Transportation has now chosen its 13 members of the National Civil Aviation Review

Cyberspace has become the latest battleground in the take-no-prisoners war among America's cable TV

While Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin were summi- teering in Helsinki last week, the really importan

If at first you don't succeed . . . create a commission.Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., chairman of

Early next year, the federal Surface Transportation Board will consider one of the biggest transport

After a year of relative quiet, political violence in Haiti is on the rise. This impoverished Caribb

As President Clinton meets with Russian President Boris Yeltsin in Helsinki, two compelling question

While the 30-year struggle over the future of the Long Island Lighting Co. - and over its staggering

A World Trade Organization dispute panel, in a 400-page draft report released earlier this week, bro

The long-suffering customers of Long Island Lighting Co. received some good news this week: The util

With the introduction and bipartisan support of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1997 (S. 414),

FREIGHT FORWARDERSNEED FEDERAL PROTECTIONI have read with interest the articles under the he