Commentary

Your recent editorial, "Military Lift" (April 24, Page 8A), examined proposals to provide the U.S. A

WHY THE DOLLAR WILL KEEP FALLINGAs you noted in your recent editorial, the dollar ha

REPEAL THE PANAMA CANAL ACTWhile Congress debates which aspects of the Interstate Co

Some leading members of Congress are proposing to end U.S. contributions to and participation in the

APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, is moving haltingly on itsplans to libera

MEXICO HAS BECOME THE LATEST regulatory battleground for United Parcel Service, a company that knows

A U.S.-German dispute over a $260 million power contract is threatening to get ugly. The Cli

AMERICA'S outdated trade embargo against Cuba remains firmly in place - and may even be tightened th

Back in the '50s, long before the Ms. Foundation made it fashionable to introduce girls intoprofessi

PROPOSALS to overhaul America's tax code are sprouting on Capitol Hill like spring flowers, promisin

Humble is not a word normally associated with the Group of 7 finance ministers. These are me

A developing country is, by definition, one that lacks capital. Therefore, conventional wisdom holds

THE DOLLAR'S DRUBBING on world currency markets has put finance ministers and central bankers in a s

THERE ARE, INDEED, CAPTIVE SHIPPERSYour April 12 editorial, "Captive Shippers?" (Pag

While we live in an era of increasingly global markets, these markets are still greatly influenced b

It's happened as suddenly as a school of fish darting in a different direction. All at once, people

The Federal Reserve abruptly closed its monetary faucet 14 months ago, thus ending three years of ex

Political strategist William Kristol has argued that most Americans are not ideological and, therefo

CLEARING UP A BORDER DISPUTEYour April 12 article, "Peru-Ecuador Conflict Slows Ande

ANGRY AND CONFUSED, French voters head to the polls in less than two weeks to choose a new president

AFTER A 234-DAY STRIKE, major league baseball resumed business Tuesday, and a full slate of games is

STANDING FIRM FOR THE JONES ACTWe read with interest your recent articles on the nas

Protesters last week renewed their efforts to block a highly lucrative trade for Britain: the export

MEXICO'S ECONOMY has begun to recover from its sudden shift into reverse, but the U.S. Congress may

As uncertainty grows about the role and longevity of NATO, its supporters are looking at new means t

FIGHTING A SLIPPERY BANANA POLICYRosalind McLymont's March 28 "Trade Talk" column on

It's time to accept the fact that the nuclear genie can't be squeezed back into the bottle.

Clinton administration officials are shrugging off the Japanese government's threat last week to tak

SADDLED WITH AN AGING FLEET of military transport planes, the U.S. Air Force needs a modern,efficien

Less than four months into its new term, this "new look" 104th Congress is, in one respect at least,

COOLER HEADS finally have prevailed in the month-long standoff between Canada and the European Union

The term suggests an addiction, but the tone usually conveys admiration. That hard-charging football

The American people, it seems, are in no mood for a birthday party. Rather, Earth Day 25 catches us

FOUR OLD SHIPS owned by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. of Tampa will head for scrap yards in the Far East

PRESIDENT CLINTON struck the right chord when he was asked Tuesday evening how the government should

Massachusetts Governor William Weld recently asked for federal disaster aid for his state's coastal

CUSTOMS: PROGRESS WITH AUTOMATIONI was distressed to read Eric Hirschhorn's March 28

Nafta we have. Maybe someday there will be an Afta, even a Safta. And how about a Tafta, too?

She leaned toward me and lowered her voice in a conspiratorial tone. The picture of elegance, my 70-

Brazil's president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, is in Washington this week fresh from his first 100 d