Commentary

Most federal agencies have yet to feel the full force of the cuts that will be needed to balance the

These are heady and dangerous times for France as it waits to see whether it can pull off its bigges

What's with the Republicans?They control both houses of Congress. They've got a juicy scanda

''The Tailor of Panama,'' British novelist John Le Carre's latest spy thriller, opens with a radio b

The 105th Congress will not overhaul the federal income tax. Nor will it privatize Social Security,

Minority shareholders get little respect in Central Europe, investors often complain, and the em-

With Deng Xiaoping's passing, China is at a critical crossroads. What happens today likely will shap

In a remote Minnetonka, Minn., back office of the grain giant Cargill Inc., financial wizards devise

President Boris Yeltsin of Russia has demonstrated once again that he has a refined sense of politic

They must be having a good laugh south of the border at Americans' shocked outrage that China might

The private saloon was shuttered during the 1970s after colleagues suggested that Commissioner Rober

Recent allegations of Chinese spying in the United States - perhaps to pilfer American technology -

Gamesters get upset when people at the table make ill-considered moves.So it's little wonder

As the primary reporter covering labor for this newspaper, I wish to express my dissent with a Journ

A recent statement by more than 2,000 economists, including six Nobel Laureates, calls on the United

As a member of Hong Kong's legislature in 1991, I supported the creation of a Bill of Rights. And in

The following is a footnote to whatever it is that's going on in the stock market these days.

Superman had one power every boy entering puberty wished he had: X-ray vision. The man of steel coul

Despite the mood of accommodation in Congress and the pressure to support bipartisan compromises, Re

Pierre Salinger, the erstwhile presidential spokesman, is again stirring a hornet's nest, claiming h

In less than nine months, the Clinton administration will make one of the most important economic de

Albania is falling apart.Europeans have been saying that for centuries about a country rough

Congressional Republicans are heading toward a test of their resolve to reduce the government's role

Maw and Paw were shuffling cards for their usual midday game of strip poker when the phone rang.

While the congressional debate on fast-track au- thority drags on, and the administration's pro- p

In its drive to name Mexico as non-cooperative in the war against drugs, Congress has embarked on th

There are seeming contradictions in two major threads running through recent congressional testimony

NEEDED: ENFORCEMENT OFCHILD LABOR TREATIESIt's disturbing to see how little outrage there is

Recent calls for legalization as the panacea for the nation's drug ills should be taken with the sal

President Clinton signed an executive order in 1995 to bar federal contracts with firms that hire pe

Cut short by the death of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's visi

In September 1995, when Mersey Docks and Harbour Co. in Liverpool fired the last of the union docker

When the seven regional Bell telephone companies talk about why they should be able to provide long-

The hanging of Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa two years ago sparked a worldwideprotest agai

Court cases involving ethnic-gender frictions and alleged discrimination in corporate settings (Edis

Tourists visiting Britain this year should not expect the locals to explain how the railway system w

Washington is fighting another bout of mandate mania. The outbreak was caused by complaints about c

Britain's Labour Party is telling beer drinkers they'll get a full pint when the party is in power,

Ask Canadians what makes them different from Americans, and health care is sure to be near the top o

Congress is facing an old and tired issue this year - the Jones Act Reform Coalition's clamor to ''d