Commentary

Statistics, the science used nowadays to prove just about everything, is being tested in Europe. Tha

Pity the poor chief executive officer at a transportation company.Rate wars, bankruptcies, t

Four years ago, Bill Clinton won 43 percent of the vote and mistakenly claimed a mandate. On Tuesday

John Sweeney, the president of the AFL-CIO, has been boasting that organized labor will bring an end

Ten million new jobs. The lowest budget deficit in a generation. Inflation under control. Strong eco

If this is the hottest Senate race in the country, it'll be a chilling day for politics when the nex

The Lippo Group is not the only foreign entity to contribute to this year's political process, but t

Except for Margaret Thatcher's Britain, Europe never found much good in Ronald Reagan and the polici

An accident aboard a nuclear-powered warship in the Baltic raises new worries about the security of

Who's been putting the ''suffer'' in suffrage? The 1996 presidential campaign has been one of the mo

As every environmentalist knows, plans for a potentially disastrous gold mine near Yellowstone Park

Halloween seems as good a time as any to consider the monsters our health-care system has created. T

ANOTHER VIEW OFAUSTRIA'S ELECTIONSI would like to comment on your Oct. 16 editorial, ''Austr

In a rash attempt to reverse four years of bad China policy overnight, the Clinton administration is

Fortress Mercosur is under attack, and rightly so. In a report prepared but not released by the Worl

In early December - after the election, but before the 105th Congress convenes - the Advisory Commit

The European Union said recently it will complain to the World Trade Organization about the way Japa

A commission headed by Vice President Al Gore wants the government to assume primary measures. But t

Congress recently passed a bill that would, in effect, burn down the barn to get rid of two rats whe

Tie your writing hand behind your back and wear a glove on your other hand. Now, go about your ''nor

One year ago today Canada came close to splitting apart as Quebec secessionists almost won a referen

A friend who came to the United States from France started a conversation with me that has stuck in

An old phantom of ocean shipping is threatening to make a reappearance. Container carriers want to r

After Bob Dole loses to President Clinton Nov. 5, analysts should not waste a minute on speculating

In his bomb-blackened hometown of Ludwigshafen during the years after World War II, young Helmut Koh

The 1996 congressional and presidential elections will go down as the most expensive ever. By Nov. 5

Of the many forecasts for the next century, an easily safe one is that privacy will be a goner. The

HIGHER CANAL TOLLSWILL PAY FOR BETTER SERVICEIn the Sept. 30 article, ''Panama may raise rat

U.S.-based magazines with separate Canadian editions have been taxed out of existence in Canada, and

Ask most Americans what they've done lately for the environment and you get encouraging responses. T

As the presidential candidates debate reducing America's federal tax burden, and as many states tigh

It's time to resolve the ambiguous and stressful relationship we have had with the United Nations. U

David Ervine spent five years in a Northern Ireland jail in the 1970s for possession of explosives.

It has been more than 35 years since we've had a humdinger of a railroad proxy fight, but it appears

The builders of fast ships, which are increasingly being used to haul cargo, have a problem - slow p

The most important piece of maritime legislation in a quarter-century became law recently, but there

Nearly half of California's high-tech public companies would consider leaving the state if Propositi

One of the dirty little secrets of international commerce is that free trade is often thrown overboa

MEXICO NOT A PARTYTO TOMATO AGREEMENTWe read with interest your editorial titled ''The Flori

Bulgarians head to the polls Sunday to pick a new president. The key opposition candidate, Peter Sto