Commentary

Interest rates on long-term U.S. Treasury bonds, which have hovered near 7 percent in recent months,

The government of Mexico, which has made a lot of progress recently climbing out of its economic mor

The Customs Service has revamped its vocabulary, changed its attitude and drawn up an action plan, a

In his heart, President Clinton may be a political liberal, as his critics charge. However, the reco

The sacking of Alexander Lebed, Russia's troublemaking security chief, removed a painful thorn from

Voters in Japan's parliamentary election Sunday gave a near majority to the conservatives, virtually

The U.S. media have duly reported that Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta won th

The after-dinner discussion was meant to last no more than 30 minutes. Two hours later, the chat was

A classic story of political ignorance is the one involving a Mississippi governor who was under fir

US CAN'T RELY ONFOREIGN-FLAG CARRIERSOn Sept. 24, the day the Senate vote was scheduled on t

A funny thing happened around the country last week: Americans observed Columbus Day.In New

If you have any lingering doubts that the tax code works against innovative ideas, take a look at th

A profound change has taken place in the relationship of Latin America to the world economy. It is n

There's a basic contradiction at the heart of last week's noisy demonstration by some 50,000 French

State Department officials have pledged to seek a legally binding international agreement on global

Things are about to get serious at the World Trade Organization, which last week appointed a panel t

The prospect of Democratic gains in the Senate this fall has Republicans worried, but some in the GO

Bill Clinton's place in the annals of political chutzpah is so secure that additional testimonials a

Jack Kemp formed his image as a progressive-conservative Republican largely on the strength of his p

Russia's Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin couldn't quite get his lips around Napoleon Bonaparte's

As China's deficit with the United States threatens to pass that of Japan, trade between the two cou

Professional pessimists have been having a ball since last year's disastrous grain harvest, proclaim

For 15 years, the unemployment rate in Europe has averaged 2 percentage points more than the average

There he goes again.In Wednesday's presidential debate in San Diego, President Clinton repea

This presidential race is proving to be a fertile source of late-night campaign humor - if you're no

Just a few weeks after President Clinton declared an end to the era of big government, he affixed hi

For red-meat Republicans, Wednesday night's presidential debate was a taste of what they've been wai

Last July, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu advised a group of journalists in Washington ho

In the important debate on the future of U.S. foreign policy after the Cold War, the very institutio

From its hilltop overlooking Budapest, the grim Citadella - a prison and stronghold built by Austria

We've lived here a little over two years but my wife and I still look at each other and say, ''only

More than nine out of 10 Americans - 92 percent - say companies should seek out ways to be good corp

A 15 percent, across-the-board tax cut is the centerpiece of Bob Dole's quixotic quest for the White

Merger mania continues to grip the railroad industry. Less than two months after the alliance of We

NEC is suing Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor and his agency, claiming they have prejudged the inves

''I'm sick and tired of politicians just beating up on the IRS,'' Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said

Austria shocked its European partners over the weekend, giving the far-right Freedom Party nearly 28

The ancient Greeks believed the greatest tragedies come when well-meaning intelligent, caring humans

CHIQUITA WANTS TO SELLTO WINDWARD ISLANDSIn the article on the labor dispute involving the b

Now that the United States is in the middle of another presidential election marathon, intelligent A