Commentary

From on high came the order. Pack all your files (piles), phone books, paper clips and used computer

This weekend, we pause to recognize those who toil in our factories, who drive the trucks and operat

MANAGERS of the Energy Department's tortuously slow cleanup of the nation's nuclear weapons producti

IT'S NO SECRET that America's labor unions are in decline. What's less well- known is why. Certainly

Americans stand to save billions of dollars in energy costs if regulators eliminate the monopoly pow

SMALLER GOVERNMENT may be the theme in Washington, but the work force in at least one state, Michiga

PORT PRIVATIZATION ISN'T A PANACEAYour Aug. 23 editorial, "Harbor Fees" (Page 6A), i

FREEING TRADE AND INVESTMENT in a vast region representing half the world's economy was never going

First it was Mexico, now Chile. In the debate over free trade, proponents argued against set

Apparently responding to data suggesting a strengthening economy, the Federal Reserve took a pass on

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

When Congress goes back to Washington after Labor Day, the federal budget will be at center stage. D

HEALTH REFORM, at least the grandiose variety attempted last year, is all but dead on Capitol Hill.

WHEN IT COMES to fighting imports, Detroit's automakers have nothing on North Dakota's farmers. Whea

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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