Commentary

''It hath been a general complaint that the poor-house . . . hath been of no benefit to this city, f

Montana has been getting some bad press lately, gaining a reputation as a haven for reactionaries an

LIMITED LIABILITYHELPS SMALL FIRMSWilliam McCurdy Jr. has properly identified the need to ad

Not long ago, they seemed like the sick men of America. They made steel, autos and textiles.

A recent extended discussion between a South African official and a visiting American business deleg

Bill Morton hated to fly. One trip stands out in my mind as having particularly unnerved him. It was

''This administration has two problems. First, it is choking the economy with unnecessary regulation

WTO MARITIME TALKSARE MISGUIDEDI hasten to correct the World Trade Organization propaganda c

To listen to the political demagogues, one might think that the North American Free Trade Agreement

Good highways and airports are critical to a strong economy, but are they more important than better

Florida's agricultural department has stopped inspecting trucks entering the state for e-coli contam

Jack Shienkman, president of Americans for Democratic Action, thinks the main issue in this year's e

A stone's throw from the highway through what used to be Berlin's Drewitz checkpoint, a concrete ped

Is eating British beef safe? That's a question no one can answer for certain. Even worse, the questi

''In climate modeling, nearly everybody cheats a little,'' the journal Science reported in the fall

''We believe in business. We believe in the marketplace. We know that economic growth will be the be

Reports that former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski will plead guilty to felony charges in the corruption case

These are scary economic times for many Americans. Although inflation and unemployment are low, poll

SHIP TREATYDESERVES SUPPORTYour April 1 editorial, ''Ratify the ship pact,'' (Page 6A) is ri

It was only an accident of fate that the supertanker Sea Empress went aground February in waters wit

President Clinton just authorized an election-year tax increase, but don't expect Republicans to kic

After 17 years of trying, federal authorities finally may have caught up with the Unabomber. In the

Fellow Republicans are accusing Rep. Bud Shuster of leading a misinformation campaign as he tries to

The financial community is setting itself a challenging new environmental agenda, although it is kee

As South Korean voters prepare this week (April 11) to elect a new National Assembly, it is worth as

He was a newsman straight from central casting, down to the pencil tucked behind his ear.Alb

As I approach the end of my third year at American University in Washington, I'm beginning to wonder

Of the many foreign policy challenges the State Department faces today, one of the most serious eman

The United States is on the threshold of a competitive electricity market. Given all we have heard a

Eyebrows rose earlier this week when Pacific Telesis Group and SBC Communications announced they wou

A new law enacting what many consider a linguistic mistake has environmentalists fuming and loggers

For the first time in five years, Japan's politically touchy trade surplus with the United States de

Rarely can a meeting of powerful political leaders have been so rudely upstaged as last week's Europ

Ron Brown was doing what he does best when his plane crashed in Bosnia Wednesday: promoting U.S. com

Western lawmakers have had it in for the Federal Reserve since the bank's creation in 1913, so the c

When Republicans in Congress have a chance to be both pro-market and pro-environment, they should le

Sen. Edward Kennedy, a long-time advocate of government-paid health care, was in Montreal last month

RAILROADS RESPONDTO MERGER CRITICSThe front-page story on your March 25 edition, ''Justice s

U.S. gunboats have left the Taiwan Strait, but a more parlous confrontation between the United State

Interest rates rose this winter, mostly on the theory that a rebound in the economy will prevent the