Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Last April Fool's Day, Sir Leon Brittan, the European Commission's top trade official, made a speech

After several weeks of anticipation President Clinton finally revealed his plan for ''targeted'' tax

For pure theater, it's hard to beat last weekend's stage-managed ''declaration of independence'' by

Your kid's first-grade class meets in a portable, a converted science room, or in what used to be th

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

Corporations spend a mint searching for the right name for their products, but the truth is even the

There is a cutting-edge technology running through America today that is responsible for millions of

US CIVIL AVIATIONDOESN'T NEED REGULATINGAs Richard C. Leone points out in his article, ''Ref

Africa's economic outlook is decidedly mixed, and so is the latest plan for improvement drawn up by

As many East Asian economies have gone from strength to strength in recent years, their successes ha

The White House, in what industry considers a meaningless gesture, is planning to shift export licen

The Middle East Development Bank, an idea first conceived by former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Pe

Many nations have revised their central banking structures over the past five years to achieve great

So who are you going to vote for?It's a tough question to answer. As the final months of the

This fall, the attention of the nation's electorate will once again focus on the economy. Federal ta

Chancellor Helmut Kohl has led Germany to reunification and Western Europe to a union. Now, he is fa

In the first years of his presidency, William Jefferson Clinton seemed to understand the importance

Dockworkers on the East Coast are looking at the proposed wage hikes of their West Coast brethren, a

In October 1963, when the United States was no more involved in Vietnam than it is now in Iraq, the

Are there still bargains to be found at American universities? I believe academic research remains a