Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUNDAY'S TRANS-ATLANTIC SUMMIT in Madrid is being billed in Europe as the start of a new era in U.S.

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

Considering the budget impasse between Newt Gingrich, who is inciting a revolution, and Bill Clinton

Any lingering doubts of the importance of foreign investment - both inward and outward - to the nati

KEEPING QUEBEC'S FRENCH CULTURE ALIVEMax Schulz's denunciation of "cultural tyranny

CHINA'S GLOSSY NEW PACKAGE of trade reforms, unveiled last week by President Jiang Zemin, has Wester

THE NATIONAL 55-mph speed limit has been a hallmark of federal paternalism. Begun in 1974 to save fu

With much grumbling from retailers and consumers, Britain moved a step closer in October toward the

On Dec. 1, Mexico's center-right National Action Party (PAN) - long dismissed as the Avis of Mexican

Fidel Castro claims Cuba's economy has bottomed out and is now on the path to recovery, growing at a

PEACE IN BOSNIA can be enforced, but it will require more than just NATO troops. Western reconstruct

David E. Bonior of Michigan, the second-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, wants to s

Two weeks ago an out-of-town friend stayed at my house because she had to be at the airport early th

COMPLETING A CIRCLE that began after World War II, the Czech Republic Tuesday became the first commu

REPORTS PUBLISHED in the British tabloids say Prime Minister John Major plans to appoint Princess Di

AMERICANS are growing more protectionist by the day, yet no one in government seems to care. Even wo

Yes, we do have bananas - at least 10 acres worth - according to Mickey Kantor. The U.S. tra

WANT A REFUND? FILE A LAWSUITIn its recent landmark decision, the U.S. Court of Internationa

Just a few yards from McDonald's and squeezed between shop fronts, the modestentrance to 150

Foreign aid is a major target of Washington's budget cutters. Indeed, two goals tend to drive this d

SHIPPING BILL WOULD NOT DEREGULATEYour recent editorial, "Shipping and Antitrust," (Nov. 7,

WASHINGTON got its first taste of America's newly aggressive labor movement last week. Thirty railro

AT A TIME when principle is in short supply in Washington, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Bill Ro

If there ever has been more anger and fear among American workers than right now, aside from the Dep

It is hard to imagine President Clinton and his administration mishandling relations with Asia any m

NAFTA IS HARMFUL FOR US EMPLOYMENTYour Oct. 20 opinion article, "Nafta Hasn't Cost America J

Federal Reserve actions have resulted in a major slowdown in monetary growth since early 1994. Both

POLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION on Sunday, which installed a former communist in office, sent hardly

LUCIEN BOUCHARD, the charismatic Quebec separatist who nearly succeeded last month in splitting Queb

One key to the tax reform debate now raging in Washington is the issue of fairness. Many opponents o

Germany is beginning to flex its muscles and that's good for Europe. Finance Minister Theo W

SEN. HOLLINGS: LEAVE ITC ALONESen. Ernest F. Hollings' Nov. 16 letter to the editor shows th