Commentary

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

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

The United States is in the midst of a great debate about the proper scope and function of governmen

Poor judgment by French Prime Minister Alain Juppe in handling social reforms has brought about civi

NEVER LET IT BE SAID Russians don't understand democracy. In the run-up to Sunday's parliamentary el

IT'S THE SECRET Washington wants no one to know. The Republicans' controversial budget plan will not

MR. CLINTON FLAUNTS NAVY TRADITIONPresident Clinton, while courting the British Parliament e

The fuss over President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's trial balloon at extending his term of office by th

Superfund, America's best-known, least-loved environmental law, turns 15 today. Fittingly enough, no

WHILE THE WORLD has been busy condemning Nigeria's dictators for the execution of nine human rights

Nothing creates a more nostalgic longing for the countryside than the mournful sound of a distant tr

SOUTH KOREA SEEMS willing to face up to the most painful episodes in its political past. But it is m

Once again, it's farm states vs. maritime states in a congressional contest. The battle is over a bi

Politicians love to boast of their "revolutionary" economic programs, guaranteed to forever raise th

WASHINGTON HAS NO BUSINESS underwriting construction of a floating hotel. Yet that's what a group of

As we approach the anniversary of the floating of the Mexican peso on Dec. 20, 1994, it is useful to

BETTER WAYS OF PRICINGI appreciated your Nov. 27 article on yield management pricing

NOTHING BETTER ILLUSTRATES the tensions in the European Union than the current debate over naming it

RACKED BY STRIKES AND DEMONSTRATIONS, France seems to be collapsing in a heap. Bad news? Far from it

The Czech Republic, together with other Central and Eastern European countries, has a unique opportu

CHILE'S PENSION SYSTEM UNTESTEDThere are many things we should recognize and even emulate ab

THE MUCH-MALIGNED Postal Service made a $1.8 billion profit in the 1995 fiscal year. It is well on i

The impending retirement of Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D-Colo., after nearly a quarter-century in the

Study and work hard and you'll get ahead. That traditional formula for success still packs the unive

The long, powerful surge in the stock market suggests to many people that the American economy has e

U.S. NEGOTIATORS scored two impressive victories in trade talks with the European Union last week. A

It has been more than a year now since leaders from the Middle East and North Africa gathered in Cas

PAYING TAXES is an unpleasant business. Shuffling through thickly worded forms and undecipherable in

What on earth has happened to those nice, compassionate Canadians? In just the past month or so:

Over the last five decades, the alliance between the United States and Europe arguably has been the

HAITIAN PRESIDENT Jean-Bertrand Aristide's decision to leave office next February, as he had origina

CHINA AND VIETNAM have agreed to reopen rail border crossings to handle what is shaping up to be a b

The United States faces a growing paradox: A simultaneous rise of isolationism amid the increasing g

BILL CLINTON officially ended the 1973 energy crisis last week. By signing a bill that lifts the 22-

Administration officials are reportedly using a proposed $1 billion aircraft parts financing package

Subcommittees in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have proposed bills to fix the trouble

TRANSFORMING the world's trouble spots into prosperous places will always require more than diplomat

Despite early promise, regulatory reform is all but dead in this session of Congress. Senate Majorit

ALL ABOARD THE GRAVY TRAINIn a recent editorial, "The ICC Reborn," you derided the ICC Termi

FRANCE IS EUROPEAN, it seems, as long as Europe is French. The less it is, the more upset the French