Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SCORE ANOTHER WIN for Douglas Young. Canada's transport minister announced a deal last week to sell

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

Somewhat like Nero, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien appears to be fiddling while his country -

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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