Commentary

Apromising plan to expand trade in 21st century information technologies has been slowed by 18th-cen

Where Van Woods is today is where a lot more blacks may be by the year 2000: ready to vote for a Rep

The IMF's executive board did not cover itself with glory last week when it papered over an extremel

The term ''sex appeal'' was coined by a Hollywood columnist back in 1924. ''An actress with sex appe

Despite the doomsday reports, the vast scientific enterprise financed by the federal government is c

HOLDING AGENTS LIABLEFOR PRINCIPALS' OBLIGATIONI was troubled in reading the ''On The Waterf

Most advocates of large tax cuts, such as those recently proposed by Republican presidential candida

Many members of Congress are trying to win support this election year by taking a tough stand on imm

Halloween came to Washington early this year, as special-interest groups went trick-or-treating for

The furor over the U.S. Helms-Burton law refuses to die down.Earlier this year Congress pass

President Clinton is basking in the warm glow of moderate economic growth and low inflation as the 1

After nearly two years of political wrangling, prospects for reasonable immigration reform in Congre

Social Security and its much-needed reform would be one of the victims of presidential politics if R

A tug-of-war has broken out over the future of U.S. policy toward Iran, after 17 years of enmity bet

Singapore has made it to the top of the charts in the economic league, but to its leaders, the count

The United States is the world's leading agricultural producer and exporter. The nation has farming

A half century ago, the Palace of Justice in bomb-blackened Nuremberg echoed with the verdicts that

Whatever happened to the Republican plan to win over women? It seems to have sputtered out only a fe

The prestigious Carnegie Corp. announced a great new idea for kids last week in New York. It's too b

Bill Clinton and Bob Dole both claim to have economic strategies that will realize the U.S. economy'

The Senate is set to vote today on $1 billion in new subsidies for U.S. shipping companies. Supporte

One of the basic features of the structural adjustment programs of the International Monetary Fund a

In an information age, the ability to keep information private is more than a luxury. It is vital fo

When Bill Clinton vetoed a major reform of the product liability system earlier this year, he no dou

When the Commission on Presidential Debates unanimously decided last week to exclude Ross Perot from

Look for a better U.S. trade balance in August, after July's exceptionally poor showing. Aircraft ex

Judy Hooper has two passions in life: her Evanston, Ill., bakery and the Occupational Safety and Hea

SECURING AIRPORTSAT LEAST COSTLittle has been done since the ill-fated TWA flight 800 of Jul

Job security has become the holy grail of the American labor movement, and the United Auto Workers u

The growth in trade stimulated by Nafta and trade liberalization worldwide is putting North American

Perot and Choate, meet Barlett and Steele.For anyone outside the Philadelphia area, the seco

To buy or to build, that is the question. And it is one that managers at U.S. companies are asking w

Do Americans buy more premium gasoline than they need? The news media are quick to claim they do, bu

Poor Bob Dole. His campaign has been out of sync, out of kilter and just plain out of luck for month

Dear Ship Designers:I know you're busy at the drawing boards, bent over connecting lines to

Since the Cold War ended in 1989, the United States has done some military downsizing. Even a cursor

With the election little more than six weeks away, it's time to think about the supporting players i

Blending politics with economics, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will lik

Bob Dole's drug war strategy promises to take us back to the future. If he wins, George Bush's drug

Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, who died Tuesday at age 77, was the only American to resign th