Commentary

It is with great reluctance that I take aim at the financially troubled, and nearly bankrupt, Amtrak

The Republic of Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, celebrated its 50th year of inde

Write this name down: Lukoil. Americans soon may become as familiar with that strange-soundi

POSTMASTER GENERAL Marvin Runyon made a startling pledge Monday: "Before the end of this century, I

In a recent news conference, President Clinton suggested that Japan's ''apology" for World War II is

"TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS," the defining issue of the 1992 election, is back. This summer, Dem

US TRANSCONTINENTAL RAIL: ON TRACKA transcontinental rail system is very much in the

A CALIFORNIA charter company has found a new way to attract the growing ranks of adventure-travel bu

If free trade confers so many benefits, why is economic nationalism reviving in popularity among ave

The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to act quickly after Congress returns next week on tw

The gray, 12-story stone building in eastern Berlin is now partly deserted, if we don't count the gh

IMAGINE THE REACTION if General Motors stopped selling Chevrolets and focused only on newer name-pla

THE FEDERAL SUPERFUND PROGRAM, intended to clean up hazardous waste sites around the country, has be

During the past two years, U.S. airlines have been exempt from federal excise taxes collected on the

RISING CRIME is the dark side of Russia's economic reforms, but growing lawlessness is not confined

In this era of downsizing, re-engineering and otherwise making corporate America lean and mean, inqu

It was the July 1994 Naples economic summit and U.S. officials were trying to head off growing globa

MULTI-PERIL CROP COVER MAKES SENSEThe Aug. 10 opinion article by Barry Goodwin and V

THE NEXT TIME a government pleads poverty, consider this: In 1993, the latest year for which figures

JAPAN'S GIANT BANKS, once a symbol of the country's economic might, are scrambling to keep their hea

The Clinton administration has served notice that its efforts to use U.S. trade law as a lever to op

In order to bring less complexity, lower compliance costs and greater fairness to the U.S. tax syste

The world economy has started to slow. Except in the United States, there are few signs of an impend

On Aug. 8, Thomas A. Constantine, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, delivered a

BOB DOLE wasn't the only politician to get a rude awakening in a regional vote last weekend. In Russ

WHEN IS A FEDERAL LEVY a tax and when is it a user fee? And from the payer's point of view, does it

There's a danger that next month's United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing will focus on the p

THE AFL-CIO has taken time out from its internal power struggles to blast 26 U.S. lawmakers as foes

THE MANY RISKS OF NUCLEAR ENERGYJack Edlow simply parrots, albeit more forcefully, t

BOB DOLE'S UNBRIDLED POLITICAL AMBITION has become the greatest barrier to expanding the North Ameri

Unless there's some rain across Britain fairly soon, the government could find itself in hot water o

Federally funded science programs are on the chopping block in Washington. They shouldn't be. Of cou

THIS SUMMER'S tourism marketing prize goes to Andrea Guglieri, mayor of a small town on the Italian

When people think of pictures, I'm gratified to note that most people in the world think of Kodak.

"GENTLEMEN do not read each other's mail," said Henry Stimson, who as secretary of state in 1929 clo

DISASTER COVERAGE: THE REAL SOLUTIONIt is gratifying to see that you recognize the s

For at least a year, Sen. J. James Exon has talked about creating a "surf and turf" agency that woul

Should the United States end foreign aid? That's one of the big questions being asked in Washington.

RELENTLESS HEAT WAVES this summer have prompted some electric utilities to appeal for energy conserv

JAPAN HAS RIGHTS TO SUNKEN SUBYour Aug. 10 article, "Gold Aboard Sunken Japanese Sub