Commentary

Political scandals and back-room intrigues are again swirling through Moscow's corridors of power, s

Biotechnology applied to pharmaceuticals has made signal contributions to our medical resources duri

President Clinton told the nation Tuesday that Washington should set standards for the readingabilit

There are few things in life that Jesse Helms and Jesse Jackson can agree on, but one of them is the

Take a look at the fringes of the rail business. Now think about what's going on in the shipping bus

Is it safe to send your credit card over the Internet to order shoes from Italy? Unfortunately for I

On the dubious assumption that a constitutional amendment will somehow produce fiscal rectitude, con

Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., is once again using his Foreign Relations Committee chairmanship to cause

Finance ministers around the world have had a tough time persuading voters that fiscal austerity is

This month the Clinton administration is expected to decide whether to keep the current ban on advan

The classic definition of a New York liberal is a person passionately committed to solving an urgent

CHINA, TAIWAN: PEACEIS A LONG WAY OFFTrudy Robin's op-ed piece, ''The 'one China' fantasy''

Why did the trading arm of the Japanese firm Sumitomo last year lose more than a billion dollars in

In the bitter strife between mainstream science and animal-rights advocates, the scientists have mad

It took strong pressure from the United States and Europe, but Japan finally may be moving toward re

Rep. Bud Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, is under investigation by a federa

This week, opinion leaders from around the world are gathering in Washington to explore microcredit

That rift between Peru and Japan over the hostage crisis in Lima is confounding pundits who have emp

Last year's Republican Congress was so power-mad, it seems, that it conferred upon the presidency ex

France has been living up to its stereotype of late, confirming foreigners' perception of a country

Government subsidies to business are again under attack in Congress. Campaigns against ''corporate w

''The Next War'' (Regnery, 1996), written by Casper Weinberger, former secretary of defense (with Pe

Senate Energy Committee Chairman Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, employed a maritime metaphor to express

Desperately strapped for cash, North Korea has agreed to become the dumping ground for Taiwan's nucl

Remember the classic war-movie scene where an enemy grenade lands in the midst of a squad of Marines

North Korea is in the news regularly because of its threat to the world - nuclear proliferation, nuc

WISHING FOR LOWER RATESPOSES RISKS FOR SHIPPERSThe opinion article by Allen Wastler, ''Be ca

Several new tax laws during 1996 added 650 separate items to an already extremely complex tax code.

Glenda Jackson, the Oscar-winning star of ''A Touch of Class'' who is applying her thespian skills i

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has called for a dramatic construction project to reinvent the

Self-described ''public citizen'' Joan Claybrook knew air bags were potentially lethal when she was

Three years ago, when Eastman Chemical became a public company after more than seven decades as a di

The lines have been drawn and the clock is ticking. In about two weeks, barring a successful negotia

The year is already 8 percent gone, but, our guardian angel advises, there's still time left for a 1

Moscow's in-crowd is abuzz with rumors of President Boris Yeltsin's imminent demise. The Communists

A recent trip to Havana by members of the U.S. House Hispanic Caucus had a less than congressional a

SAN FRANCISCO PILOTS WORKON NO-DRUGS POLICYYour Jan. 15 article, ''Bay area pilot probe unde

Congress is preparing to send another charge through the electric power industry - one that could be

Recent reports from China describe a rising tide of nationalist sentiments aimed principally at the

After a 13-month delay, the Clinton administration has decided to comply with the North American Fre