Commentary

Good legislation should strike a balance between social and economic issues and the public interest.

NO SECRET DEALSIN OCEAN SHIPPINGRichard Collins' recent column questioning the motives of th

You can't keep a good economy down, it seems. Just when it looked like the slow-growth blues were re

An ocean shipping deregulation bill passed the House of Representatives last week, an important mile

Rising gasoline prices have brought out the worst in Democrats and Republicans. Instead of admitting

HOW TO STOPGLOBAL WARMINGAny sincere call for action on global warming requires strong suppo

Britain has threatened to restrict the entry of U.S. citizens in retaliation for Washington's law ti

Voters are demanding smaller government at the federal, state and municipal levels. To achieve this,

''The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone.''Henrik Ibsen, Norway's most f

Eurosclerosis, a term used to describe the stagnating state of the European economy in the 1980s, ha

In the last few days, congressional hearings have been called to take stock of where the nation stan

We keep hearing that the American worker is in trouble. In fact, labor's doing just fine. The bigges

It's time to take a hard look at the latest and most significant development in democratic action: c

NORTHWEST: DON'T CAPAVIATION RIGHTSI was extremely disappointed in your March 11 editorial,

Mr. Chairman, I hold in my hand a document proving that Charlene Barshefsky did willfully and wanton

While most of the problems plaguing American foreign policy in Asia center on U.S. relations with Ch

Kremlinologists once flocked to Red Square May Day parades to glean insight into Soviet politics by

The United States has made the failed talks on a global telecommunications deal look like a resoundi

President Clinton's fiscal 1997 budget plan contains some changes in the tax rules governing individ

The powerful International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union has a golden opportunity to help

Bill Clinton and the leaders of the world's industrial powers have done all they can to help Preside

If memories of the April 15 tax-filing deadline still give you a queasy feeling, take heart. Things

The National Railway Passenger Corp., known as Amtrak, is 25 years old today. A permanent and dedica

Setting the former communist bloc on its ear, leading journalists at Poland's premier daily, Zycie W

MORE DEBATE NEEDEDON SHIPPING REFORMRichard Collins misses one key point but hits another in

Russia and China re-created a scene from the Cold War last week. In Beijing for a summit, Boris Yelt

At the beginning of the second quarter, the economy has shown a subtle shift away from growth and to

With moderate Republicans joining Democrats, a rise in the U.S. minimum wage seems inevitable. Thoug

The odds on European monetary union are getting shorter by the day as politicians, bankers and busin

Germany's economy remains one of the world's most powerful, but it has been apparent for some time t

In both March and April, U.S. financial markets took dramatic one-day plunges, each time spooked by

Rite Aid, the drug store chain, has angrily denounced the Federal Trade Commission for thwarting its

David Letke knows better than anyone the rumors that Preston Trucking Co. will be merged into its bi

The way businesses respond to the turmoil of globalization, increased competition and new technologi

In strangely diverse circles, the Unabomber, subject of the most intense manhunt in FBI history, is

SHIPYARD DEBATENEEDS MORE THOUGHTI read with interest your April 16 article, ''Shipyards fix

PAGODA HIT,BUT DIDN'T RUNYour March 19 article, ''Tanker accused of hit-and-run stopped in H

In an ironic twist, Beijing is accusing Washington of violating an agreement on the protection of in

Just the other day I and a ton of cocaine were sitting in the same room. A ton of cocaine packed in

A Mexican company owning Seguros Comercial America, Mexico's second-largest insurer, has apparently