Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

So strapped is Moscow for money, it appears to be willing to sacrifice the future of its telecommuni

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

Don't believe everything you hear about the courts' get-tough attitude on white-collar crime.

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

When asked in the second presidential debate how he plans to handle the U.S. trade deficit with Japa

For months, the Todd family stashed its spare dollars in a sailboat fund. I envisioned something abo

Researchers this week released the largest and most comprehensive study ever undertaken of K-12 math

In the next few weeks, the quadrennial Advisory Council on Social Security will issue its long-await

In his campaign speech in favor of road safety and against drugs, President Clinton said his adminis

What is it that Pierre Salinger knows about the crash of TWA Flight 800 that others don't?Ac

The economy is off to a slow start in the fourth quarter. Both real retail sales and industrial prod

As the weather turns damp and dreary with the cold winds of Manchuria blowing south, the capital cit

A federal court in Philadelphia this week has been asked to decide whether Conrail, the subject of a

USING FOREIGN-FLAG SHIPSWON'T COMPROMISE SECURITYIn his Oct. 22 letter, Maritime Administrat

Imagine an airline that uses faulty instruments for takeoffs and landings. In a competitive market,

Hundreds of millions of people, many of them children, are starving. Not because the world can no lo

As part of Beijing's campaign to join the World Trade Organization, a senior Chinese official recent

ADVISORY GROUP'SCLOSED-DOOR MEETINGAs a member of the Railroad-Shipper Transportation Adviso

The on-again, off-again talks between China and Taiwan could be on again, if Beijing accepts a sensi

In the Babelsberg film studio's golden era, Fritz Lang directed the Expressionist classic, ''Metropo

Consultation with fellow seniors confirms the experience: The 65th birthday is a signal event for th

The Nixon Center for Peace and Freedom recently presented Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew its Archit

I'm a mass transit guy, dating back to first grade at St. Louis Catholic School in Virginia, a long