Commentary

Sometimes it takes a radical idea to turn failure into hope.The state of Wisconsin is demons

When German Chancellor Helmut Kohl visited China last fall, his agenda clearly was commercial rights

The automobile industry has become truly global. Unfortunately, regulations and testing procedures t

As such events go, the summit of the world's seven richest democracies held over the weekend in Lyon

The recent upheaval in the Kremlin may be disturbing, but news from another distant land - Ulan Bato

Finally, the United States is on the road to prosperity.There can be no doubt. This time it

ValuJet's troubles have been splashed across front pages for weeks now, but the government's handlin

Former Commerce Department Undersecretary Jeffrey Garten had few admirers at the White House during

Less than two years after a feud with Russian President Boris Yeltsin and former Defense Minister Pa

Imagine that you once tried pot, ducked the draft and faced a string of scandals longer than the Oly

Eco-labels, those benign reminders of a product's environmental friendliness, are under attack. A ha

Has the Middle East peace process done anything to help Israel's economy? Time and again, media repo

The appointment of two Communists to India's new Cabinet last Friday is unprecedented in the nation'

He was not the first choice for the job. He is not cut from flashy cloth, and he does not inspire.

Talk isn't merely cheap on the Internet: It's free, much to the dismay of some long-distance phone c

The last decade has witnessed an explosion in private capital flows to developing countries. In addi

OPENING TELECOMSIN ZIMBABWEI wish to commend you for your June 16 article, ''Cellular firms

The week that followed the first round of Russia's presidential election was extraordinary, even by

This week's Communist Party Congress in Hanoi is offering little hope for accelerating the slow pace

It's time to bring back economic nationalism - not the grab bag of anti-trade, anti-immigration and

This week's terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia has given Congress another reason for passing a tough s

Here's an offer too good to refuse: You can pay less for a basic necessity - electricity - and at th

Russia's presidential election campaign is getting nastier by the day.Incumbent Boris Yeltsi

For anyone who worries that the Clinton administration has sacrificed new free-trade agreements in a

I don't know about you, but I count it a day lost if my mailbox does not contain at least one credit

Publicly owned international agencies that lend to poor countries often are accused of damaging the

I've got a problem. So do you, if you're one of the millions of people who have been pouring billion

Created at the beginning of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is undergoing the m

On June 30, 1997, control of Hong Kong will revert to China and its communist leaders. A British col

Now is the time for all who value the good health of the American political system to stand against

TITLE XI PROGRAMYIELDS BIG BENEFITSJohn S. Tottie's June 18 opinion article, ''Scrap Title X

Washington has confirmed reports that it has tight ened the rules of romantic engagement between it

Boris Yeltsin has unveiled an amazing strategy for winning Russia's July 3 presidential election. Mr

Economic summits, like the one set for Lyons, France, this week, elicit one of two reactions: They a

For most of the post-Cold War era, when the United States sneezed, Asia caught a cold. Just a decade

Bill Clinton won an election in 1992 by repeating, ''It's the economy, stupid.'' A similar formula m

Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat and protector of the poor and the downtrodden, tried to stage a great

Living in the shadow of the neighboring Russia, Ukraine, Europe's largest, but one of the least know

In the old Soviet Union, laborers joked, ''The Communists pretend to pay us and we pretend to work.'

Boris Yeltsin's dramatic decision to fire three of his top advisers has solidified his political pow