Commentary

LEGAL IMMIGRATION is the lifeblood of America, and nothing should be done to change that. Increasing

Two recent commentaries on this page on the Libertad Act, the Cuba sanctions bill signed into law by

China no longer will qualify for long-term, low-cost loans from the World Bank's International Devel

President Ernesto Zedillo displayed his greatest strength (belief in economic modernization) and his

The U.S. Senate this week enacted ''regulatory reform lite,'' a compromise bill composed of some of

The breathless pace of change in the computer industry affords few opportunities for reflection, but

TAIWAN IS OFFICIALLY undisturbed by China's bullying, but its people feel otherwise. Middle-class Ta

BY WALKING OFF THEIR JOBS 17 days ago, auto workers at General Motors' Dayton, Ohio, brake plant pic

GERMANY, IT SEEMS, is tired of subsidizing Europe's Airbus Industrie consortium and says it's time t

DRUG TRAFFICKERS DON'TGO THROUGH CUSTOMSThe headline on your Feb. 28 article, ''Gap in Truck

BILL CLINTON'S THREAT to veto product liability reform is a brazen payoff to the trial lawyers who a

During the Cold War, the U.S. military was forced to realize that nuclear weapons and delivery syste

''It's the economy, stupid.'' Now the Republicans get their turn to make hay with this half-truth. W

POLAND'S GDANSK SHIPYARD, which gave the country its most popular revolutionary, Lech Walesa, may ha

Economic activity in the United States appears to have bounced back in February from its miserable p

FREE TRADE in the Western Hemisphere has become a credible concept less than two years after it was

As politicians from both parties survey the rubble left by Pat Buchanan, one notable feature dominat

Most press reports on the impact of the budget battle on companies and workers focus on federal cont

FORTY-THREE GOVERNORS have it, and now President Clinton may get it, too. The line-item veto, a powe

American debates on immigration always seem to feature dramatic stories of new Americans who arrive

MEXICO IS FIGHTINGCOURAGEOUS DRUG WARMr. Andrew Reding's article, ''Mexico's Timid Flight Ag

CHINA IS SPREADING its combativeness to Geneva. Negotiations on China's entry into the World Trade O

Aftershocks from France's crippling public sector strike last fall are still reverberating across th

Don't expect to hear much more about Mickey Kantor's plan to fight bribery and corruption abroad wit

President Clinton last week signed into law the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) A

NOBODY, IT SEEMS, likes corporate welfare, least of all corporations. Both houses of Congress broadl

On Aug. 2, 1990, the armed forces of Iraq overran the Emirate of Kuwait. Once America declared it wo

RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS have given the world a glimpse of what their policies might be like if they win t

When I moved from London to New York, it was like stepping into the television.The colors an

CONGRESS and the White House face another self-inflicted crisis today with the expiration of the gov

TENSIONS ARE STILL RUNNING high across the Taiwan Strait, but signs of moderation are appearing ever

EU DOESN'T HAVE FREETRADE WITH MERCOSURIn your Feb. 28 article on French and German oppositi

So it is Bob Dole.After two months of wildly gyrating political fortunes, worries of rupture

The multibillion dollar question is, ''Will it be big mo or little mo?'' Mo, of course, is short for

BOSNIA IS ABOUT TO JOIN the world financial community by becoming the newest member of the World Ban

DEREGULATION may be coming to the maritime industry after all. A year-long effort by U.S. shipping l

The theme of Sen. Bob Dole's presidential campaign is ''leadership.'' He is the Senate majority lead

America's highway users pay over $114 billion per year in federal and state fuel taxes, motor vehicl

BUDGET CUTTING FEVER has arrived in Australia. The new Conservative government, elected March 2, too

BRIBES AND CORRUPTION are the targets of the next U.S. drive to eliminate trade barriers. It is a la