Commentary

One of the most important, but underreported, stories of 1995 is the shocking failure of the nation'

NAVY VIOLATES SHIP-NAMING RULESDonald B. Fraser Jr. is unduly sensitive to the traditions of

POLISH PRESIDENT LECH WALESA, who exploded on the political scene 16 years ago, is leaving with a ba

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED to the U.S. steel industry on its way to oblivion: It recovered. Afte

PLEDGES OF $500 MILLION in aid to Bosnia-Herzegovina is a good way to start rebuilding the country a

Either you have faith in Argentina or you don't. President Carlos Menem has sought to transf

HOW TO PROMOTE FREER TRADEYour Nov. 28 editorial, "Selling Free Trade," (Page 6A), understan

Around this time of year, we routinely hear complaints about the "excessive commercialism" of Christ

A few questions, please. Who said "the abandonment of (protectionism) . . . must result in t

NEW HAMPSHIRE, site of the first presidential primary, is also home to plenty of lobbyists. Those se

When Russians went to the polls last weekend, domestic issues clearly mattered most: the state of th

ICC BILL: AWFUL DEAL FOR RAIL LABORWe noted with interest a letter in your Dec. 1 edition, "

EXPANDING the European Union into Central and Eastern Europe has become more complicated than ever.

DELAYING the North American Free Trade Agreement's provisions on greater cross-border access for tru

The commercial banking system in the United States is imploding at a remarkable pace. For decades, b

The White House, members of both parties and their court economists have agreed to change the way th

Surprisingly, the first reaction of Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of Russia's Communist Party, to the

WHAT NEXT FOR RUSSIA? Sunday's legislative election settled little: One fractured parliament will re

ALAN GREENSPAN has confounded the skeptics. Against long odds, the chairman of the Federal Reserve h

A birth and a death competed for space on the front page of every newspaper here over the weekend, p

ALL EYES were riveted over the weekend on the outcome of the parliamentary election in Russia. But t

Here's a crash course in the rapidly changing geography of professional football in the United State

It is often said that consumer prices in Japan are the highest in the world. This is blamed typicall

CHRISTMAS has come early for many European Union countries, thanks to the German Bundesbank's decisi

The puritan instinct, as defined by H.L. Mencken, is lately on display on the subject of highway spe

DEBATE NEEDED TO UPLIFT SEOUL'S SOULI read with considerable interest your recent editorial,

The Clinton administration has been working hard to repair relations with organized labor since thei

WASHINGTON IS AGAIN flexing its economic muscle, threatening Iran with new sanctions to punish its s

WHEN RUSSIANS GO TO THE POLLS Sunday to elect a new parliament, more of them will vote for the commu

THAILAND AND MALAYSIA took a big step toward ending their bloody fishing war when the prime minister

In the run-up to monetary union in Europe, the economic debate has focused heavily on statistics. Ye

Mexico. Haiti. Northern Ireland. This wasn't supposed to be his forte.Bosnia. The Middle Eas

There comes a moment, deep in every major toy hunt, when you catch yourself saying things adults jus

Securities litigation reform may not be the jewel in the crown of the Contract With America. Yet whi

FIDEL CASTRO IS SCRAMBLING for a model of how to bring economic prosperity to Cuba without losing hi

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT in Strasbourg approved a customs union Wednesday with Turkey, a move that wi

OLD ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE JONES ACTWhenever I read your newspaper, my eyes are immediately d

Not long ago I witnessed an historic event. U.S. car companies, including Chrysler Corp., Ford Motor

The door slams behind me with a muted thud and, instantly, the world around shrinks to a small, brig

FRANCE'S national temper tantrum continued Tuesday with more massive demonstrations. Prime Minister