Commentary

SAVE VITAL COMMERCE DEPT. PROGRAMSYour May 24 editorial, "Re-engineering Commerce,"

The recent intervention by the United States and other central banks in the foreign exchange markets

The political reaction to President Clinton's alternative proposal last week for balancing the feder

KEEP THE ALASKA OIL EXPORT BANYour June 9 editorial, "The Alaska Oil Flap" (Page 10A

FIRST AUTOS, now aviation. The Clinton administration Monday threatened sanctions against Japanese a

The financial community should focus on the power struggle at the Federal Reserve over whether and w

The U.S. airline industry this month will proudly carry the 10 billionth passenger in commercial avi

IN BETWEEN FIGHTS over Bosnia and Chechnya, the leaders at the Halifax economic summit actually spen

The ill-conceived proposal by Rep. Dick Chrysler (R-Mich.) to eliminate the Commerce Department is b

The West may grumble about its relationship with Russia but it should at least take heart that Russi

The wires connecting Baby Boomer brains to reality have never been very securely fastened. More evid

Fidel Castro's Cuba slowly is opening up, but not like a red rose blooming. Instead, picture a creak

THE FIGHT for control of the AFL-CIO may be the best thing to happen to the American labor movement

The newest economic data appear to point straight to recession. Payrolls declined by 101,000 workers

Canada's cultural battle with the United States may heat up soon. The Clinton administration

For nearly 50 years, advocates of the multilateral trading system griped about the second-class stat

GIVE BILL CLINTON CREDIT. His plan to balance the budget may be a few weeks late and several billion

Americans viscerally mistrust protectionism because it guarantees higher prices, lower quality and r

You probably noticed already, but now it's official: Nobody got much in the way of a merit raise thi

CORPORATE WELFARE, a phrase now in vogue in Washington, sounds like a concoction of the anti-busines

Homily, Bromide, and Platitude are at work again. What we're talking about is a "draft" of the Group

LET'S LEAVE THE FISH ALONEI was reading with interest, and enjoying, Michael Czinkota's June

CALL IT the incredible shrinking summit. Leaders of the world's seven richest nations gather

An Asian trade minister recently confided that his country's auto parts companies face precisely the

AMTRAK, a perennial ward of the government, moves a step closer today toward a once-unthinkable goal

I try, boy do I try, but it never seems to work out the way I planned. I'm one of those people that

The great 1995 bull market in bonds suffered its first major setback last week. Prices fell sharply,

Back during the blip of interest in the value-added tax (VAT) after Bill Clinton first took office,

LABOR ISSUES will dominate Amtrak's efforts at reform, but another concern - liability for accidents

A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR INTERMODAL EXPOI take major exception to Rip Watson's May 1

AIRLINE ALLIANCES are sprouting everywhere. Just last week, Scandinavian Airlines System and Thai Ai

It comes as no surprise that most congressional Republicans want to deliver a hefty tax cut. Through

Nothing punctures the myth of a united Europe more than the collective wringing of hands over the co

"All politics is applesauce," Will Rogers once said, and he may be right - except, perhaps, when it

If President Clinton thinks Congress is cowering in fear over his threat to veto the foreign aid bil

House and Senate conferees sit down this week to hammer out differences between the two chambers' ba

THE UNITED STATES is threatening to walk away from a deal it has sought for almost a decade: a world

With approximately $700 billion in annual exports, the United States is the world's largest seller o

AFTER A DECADE OF DEBATE, Congress is ready to repeal the 22-year-old ban on exporting Alaskan oil.

It was Oscar Wilde who said there are two tragedies in the world: "One is not getting what one wants