Commentary

Aggressive trade policy has replaced ideological confrontation as the cornerstone of post-Cold War U

The Gore commission, which will announce its recommendations for increased air safety and security i

How do U.S. women want to see themselves in ads, you may wonder. What do they want in advertising an

American workers have something to celebrate this Labor Day. The economy they are helping to create

Organized labor has always been a political as well as an economic institution, but on Labor Day 199

We watched a young man die at Niagara Falls last week. There was nothing else we could do.We

A few weeks ago, Forbes magazine reported that the Democratic National Committee was using overnight

Russia's war in Chechnya is on hold, it seems, but it has ignited a war in the Kremlin over the term

Each year, literally billions of dollars in mandatory union dues are taken from American workers and

Back in 1968, when police were battling demonstrators on the streets of Chicago, I didn't give a hoo

Millions of Americans will honor the American worker this Labor Day weekend when they travel on one

Lloyd's of London has been underwriting risks for more than 300 years, but lately Lloyd's itself has

Are German politicians still capable of bringing about meaningful reforms in the nation's economy? T

Arnold Langbo, chairman of the Kellogg Co., knew his company was edging close to the boundary of wha

To paraphrase the old advertising jingle, nobody doesn't like economic growth.Liberal Democr

Mexico has had so many electoral reforms in recent years that it would be easy to dismiss any new in

OIL SUCCEEDSIN THE MARKETPLACEIn his Aug. 19 opinion article, ''Tackling energy problems'' (

While Democrats have tried to put on a moderate face at their convention this week, the reality is t

Strasbourg, in the easternmost corner of France, has been fighting for years to keep the European Pa

It is said that the measure of a just and compassionate society can be found in how it helps its poo

Sorry, but Ross Perot is wrong about trade. Unfortunately, too many people are paying attention to w

Like most thorny public policy issues, there are many sides to the tort reform movement. Unfortunate

CORN BROOM INDUSTRYSAVAGED BY IMPORTSYour Aug. 21 article on the U.S. corn broom industry, '

A flurry of regulatory activity has hit the U.S. tobacco industry recently, and much more is to come

On Jan. 31, in a move that it described as ''a slight easing of monetary policy,'' the Federal Reser

At a time when world markets are supposed to be more open as a result of the Uruguay Round agreement

There's a new kind of anti-technologist out there: executives angry about the failure of technology

The 200 or so trucking companies and 6,000 drivers operating in the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor ar

Bill Clinton has been the most pro-business president in a generation. He has also been the most ant

Japan is gearing up to file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization challenging Indones

''What a time to be alive!'' proclaimed Dan Goldin, NASA administrator, as he gushed about a team of

The new conservative government in Spain, elected to replace a socialist government that after 14 ye

In the 1950s and following, when full-blown socialism began to lose its intellectual credibility, th

Ready or not, here it comes: the year 2000, all fresh and plump and full of promise.Knowing

Chicago, the site of this week's Democratic Party gathering, has hosted more political conventions t

The raw numbers at the beginning of 1993 were absolutely disastrous. The total output of the economy

Money is a wonderful thing. The only problem is, no one ever has enough.Just ask Hvide Marin

A key British demand in this week's ''open skies'' aviation talks with the United States would recre

The United Auto Workers and the Big Three U.S. car companies could be headed for a constructive new

Here's a 10-point message from an ''idealist without illusions'' to those fellow Democrats loudly di