Commentary

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

ENDING BOTTLENECKSAT AMERICAN PORTSWhile we didn't appreciate the headline, Charles Bookman

Unless carefully monitored, cloning - the Xerox-copying of life, as it were - could accelerateone of

South Korean President Kim Young-sam has wisely backed down in the needless confrontation he started

Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has until March 20 to decide whether to approve the Northeast

The French government is moving with the times. Privatization is firmly on its agenda. Some industri

Capitol Hill watchers have long observed the Democrats' penchant to arrange their firing squads in a

The 2004 ''greatest Olympic games'' - a title the Olympic committee bestows on each Games - may well

Are the Iraqis onto something? In a recent editorial, an Iraqi government newspaper described the In

If you think the flap over political fund-raising in Washington is a mess, wait until you find out w

CALIFORNIA'S NEW LAWWILL CUT ELECTRIC BILLSFar from being the ''nightmare'' described by Jon

John McCain, the newly appointed chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, plans to tackle

When we think about the impact of the Peace Corps, we often think only of the influence volunteers h

Fresh from their success in reaching agreement on telecommunications services, trading nations are g

President Clinton's efforts to require minimum hospital stays following births and mastectomies were

Congress is revising the Shipping Act of 1984 to strike a new balance on such important issues as co

First to come to us pitching an ad campaign were the condom companies, with their lambskin products

Washington's loony Cuba policy has reached new heights of absurdity.The latest chapter in t

HOW TO BEEF UPAIRPORT SECURITYThe air security issue prompted by the TWA 800 tragedy deserve

For millions of Americans the Internet has become not only their primary source of information, comm

I discovered a few days ago that something has gone awfully wrong in my life; my very existence has

America is having a hard time taking Europe's plans to establish a common currency seriously. That's

The U.S. services sector generated an all-time high $73 billion trade surplus in 1996 on record expo

We finally know what expanding NATO will cost - or, rather, what our government thinks it will cost.

With enrollments declining and costs escalating, many small independent colleges will disappear in t

BROKERS' IMAGE IS SULLIEDBY ''BIG LIE'' CHEAP SHOTSI must admit you did make me laugh with G

Is the U.S. Department of Agriculture about to ''tax away'' 40 percent or more of the economic benef

Government delegations are meeting in Bonn to discuss how to implement the U.N. Framework Convention

France wants its relations with Canada to be as warm as possible. So, to add heat to it, the French

After months of bitter fighting, the two big contenders for control of Conrail have started to talk

The coming months could prove to be a make-or-break period for Germany and thus the prospects for Eu

ENCRYPTION POLICYSTRIKES A BALANCEYou recently printed two opinion pieces, ''Taking unconsti

When it comes to fiddling with the inflation numbers, legions of economists are willing to do the go

After a long delay, Congress is getting back to work on an important bill to reform the nation's ana

Recent public hearings on new national air quality standards pitted the compassionate ''public inter

The book that is all the rage in France these days, ''The Economic Horror'' by Viviane Forrester, bl

The federal government may be kicking the habit of subsidizing industries, but states and cities are

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan cautioned Congress last week about ''the sharp rise in equit

A little-noticed but highly important international conference took place this past week in Amsterda

In Tokyo this week, central bankers and finance officials from Asia and the United States will test