Commentary

Economists seldom agree on anything, but many are coming to the same conclusion on interest rates: I

The U.S. government often works at cross purposes. It simultaneously subsidizes the production of to

Politicians in our country are poll happy. Bob Dole pores over all kinds of survey data attempting t

WTO GASOLINE DECISIONPOSES NO RISK TO CLEAN AIRLori Wallach's letter on behalf of Public Cit

For some artists, writers, musicians, physicians and clergy, the meaning of life lies entirely in th

No one has ever accused long-haul truckers of being overpaid. They are on the road for weeks at a ti

Early returns of absentee ballots by Bosnian refugees have exceeded all expectations, indicating ne

The world may owe a debt of gratitude to a terrible crackpot.While eyes have been focused on

Ross Perot's choice of economist Pat Choate as a running mate is not likely to propel his Reform P

Supporters of shipping deregulation want Puerto Ricans to believe that ending the Jones Act would le

Libyan leader and ''first engineer'' Col. Moammar Gadhafi has seen his dream fulfilled: A river is f

The crash of a ValuJet plane into the Florida Everglades last May underscored the high price 100 pas

This summer the U.S. Olympic team gave America and the world a dazzling display of talent, teamwork

Business travelers who find working on the road expansive may have plenty of company.A recen

Recent events in northern Iraq bring to mind the evils of Saddam Hussein's past excesses. The Americ

Should it die or should it live on to the next century? That's the question the House of Representat

The Overseas Private Investment Corp. is a government agency created in 1971 to provide political ri

With a straight face, the Caribbean banana-produc ing countries have told the World Trade Organi zat

As a government agency that creates jobs for Americans and operates at no cost to American taxpayers

The kind of incentives a company uses to motivate its employees may matter less than the fact it is

The deployment of information technology in government is expanding so rapidly that it is forcing go

A new program to teach U.S. schoolchildren to read is high on President Clinton's election-year shop

Legend tells us that former President Eisenhower, exasperated by John Foster Dulles's nonstop globe-

South Korea says only membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will m

Proud Austria celebrates the 1,000th anniversary of its naming this year, but Viennese tabloids are

LABOR'S FIGHT FOR RIGHTSREFLECTS US POLICY . . .In his article in the Aug. 23 issue (''Organ

Chemical weapons have a grim history, from the mustard gas that shrouded World War I battlefields to

Val Johnson has five children and knows that the odds are against them. They are growing up in one o

Forget about signing bonuses. The real money in American sports isn't on the court or putting green.

The recent flap over illegal drug use by White House staffers is a powerful illustration of how the

I don't recall ever hearing the World Trade Organization or the General Agreement on Tariffs and Tra

US SOLD BLIGHTEDCOTTON TO P.T. AMIYour July 22 article, ''Indonesian group calls for boycott

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, has replaced Josef Vissarionovitch Stalin as the new idol of Prag

W hen the people of Bosnia go to the polls Satur day, they almost certainly will give a majority of

Democratic Party leaders and many political commentators who came to Chicago last month would have u

While U.S. multinationals are capitalizing on the business opportunities arising from Asia's impress

Forty years ago, amid alarming reports of radioactive fallout and Strontium 90 in mothers' milk, the

When Congress passed - and President Clinton signed - the line-item veto into law, it was promoted a

The same folks who brought you last winter's federal government shutdowns have only three weeks to a

An executive vice president was passed over for the presidency because the personnel record containe