Commentary

I'd like to use this space today to bash big business. If the media are as liberal as some critics s

One of the least-known features of the bruising, $10 billion battle for control of Conrail is that n

Handsome, square-jawed Peter Bijur, president and CEO of Texaco Inc., is a thoroughly modern busines

Britain's 1997 budget, dubbed ''judicious and prudent'' in local editorials, sends mixed signals to

We're mediocre! We're mediocre!U.S. students will be first in the world in math and science

The idea of reorganizing the U.S. international trade bureaucracy is an old one.President Ca

The U.S. economy grew at an average annual rate of 2.47 percent during the first Clinton administrat

It was interesting to be in London when the alliance between British Telecom and MCI was announced.

NVOCCS ARE VITAL PARTOF MAERSK'S BUSINESSYour article of Nov. 20 regarding transatlantic non

The rapid growth of the economy of China is attracting increased interest on the part of American in

The week of Thanksgiving always brings out the temptation to celebrate this most American of holiday

The European Union is well on its way to a having a single currency by the year 2000, but a uniform

Trade and transport go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other. And if you control one, y

Medigoguery, the demagoguing of Medicare reform, is passe. The next wave of bipartisan health-care s

CATCHING UP WITH SMALL,HISTORIC 'ALPHABET ROUTE'Long before there were only large mega-railr

For 50 years the superpowers have kept tight control over their respective nuclear arsenals. Now tha

Mercosur, the trade pact among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, has recently come under atta

Last year, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a landmark bill supported by both Rep

One of the benefits of belonging to the European Union for small countries is that they get the chan

Although their work is not front-page news, negotiators from the industrialized economies are puttin

Pacific Rim leaders concluded their summit Monday with a master stroke of ambiguity: a call for the

Just before it adjourned recently, the U.S. Senate may have provided an opening for a long-overdue c

Here's a statistic that would make Joe Six-Pack wince.The Coors brewery in Golden, Colo., sp

NO CHEAP WATCHESFOR THIS SHIP LINEI appreciate the fun Tom Baldwin was having with his opini

In the closing days of the 104th Congress, surprise legislative maneuvering stripped U.S. inventors

Before the fragile post-election spirit of cooperation breaks down entirely, why can't the White Hou

When Canada and Chile signed a free-trade agree- ment last week, they did something the United Sta

Don't underestimate Rep. Bud Shuster's ability to influence the pending takeover of Conrail. The dom

Russia's Mars mission ended up on the bottom of the Pacific. Civil servants haven't been paid in mon

Abdala Bucaram, the quirky president of Ecuador known as El Loco, or the Madman, is coming out with

With Congress and the White House once again controlled by opposing parties, America will probably h

It's official: Not only can't Johnny read, he can't count very well, either. A massive survey of mat

Bill Clinton's White House has been likened to a bowl of spaghetti: Everywhere you look, the lines o

MERCOSUR IS A MODELOF OPEN REGIONALISMRegarding the editorial ''Mercosur under siege'' (Oct.

American presidents in their second term generally look for issues to help them develop their place

For months, I've been wondering why the United States was trying so hard to oust Boutros Boutros-Gha

When did the United States suddenly become so ''robust?''The term resurfaced last week at a

WOODEN RAIL TIESGO THE DISTANCEYour Oct. 25 article, ''Riding the rails on discarded yogurt

Are scientists cut out for high-stakes lobbying? Virtually every other ''special interest'' does it,

Six warehouses exploded in Bardstown, Ky., sending 20,000 barrels of bourbon whiskey flaming to the