Commentary

THERE WERE MANY Democratic casualties on Nov. 8, and some were not even running for re-election.

Saburo Sakai looks like your average aging salaryman. He is dressed in a gray, nondescript business

Labor leaders hit hard by the Republican takeover of Congress are finding some consolation in the pr

Leaders of the new Republican-led Congress already have outlined an ambitious program for the first

Watching from the shores of the Bosporus as passenger ferries zip across the bow of a huge bulk carr

NEWT GINGRICH is satisfied. So is Bob Dole. In fact, most of the pieces are in place as Congress rec

WITH ITS MARITIME SUBSIDY PLAN dead for the year - and possibly forever - the Clinton administration

GERMAN CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl has told citizens some unpleasant economic truths: The nation is overt

It seems implausible that now, with state and local governments required to meet stricter clean-air

The war on smoking has put the rules of restaurants in flux. So while we're at it, how about banning

Q. Why should Congress vote on the GATT bill in a lame duck session? Why not let the new Congress do

BY THE END of this week, a bitter proxy fight for control of the Santa Fe railroad likely will be de

BOB DOLE continues to play dangerous games with GATT. The incoming Senate majority leader isnow thre

In the aftermath of the Republican landslide, it appears the GOP's "Contract With America" will get

SPURRED BY REPUBLICAN CALLS to limit welfare to the poor, Labor Secretary Robert Reich is now urging

Re, an Egyptian deity also known as Ra, seems to be making a comeback in 20th- century America - as

The Federal Reserve System drained more than $300 million in reserves from the nation's banks in lat

THE ROCKY ROAD to a subsidy-free global shipbuilding industry just got a little rockier. The Europea

As recently as two weeks ago it appeared the Dec. 9-11 Summit of the Americas in Miami was heading t

GLOBAL WARMING AND WEATHER DISASTERSYour Nov. 4 article, "Industry Told to Get Polit

Even by the historically rich and often volatile standards of Irish politics, last week was extraord

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG for the spirit of cooperation from last week's APEC summit to wear offin Singapo

"At no time since the foundation of this Government has there been a deeper conviction of the advisa

CLEAN AIR is not cheap, as many motorists will soon discover. On Jan. 1, gas stations serving 30 per

Everybody involved denies it, but there are strong indications the Maritime Administration will not

Now that Republican lawmakers will control the key tax-writing committees of Congress, can Americans

It is no small irony that the Republican victory at the polls has bought the Treasury sometime in it

AFTER A YEAR OF ROCKY RELATIONS with Japan, U.S. officials are in Tokyo to push their latestplan for

Importers throughout the country are in danger of losing a U.S. Customs provision that saves them ti

A STATE TAKEOVER OF LILCO MAKES SENSELewis M. Eisenberg is wrong in claiming New Yor

THE GENIUS OF THE FREE MARKET is that it can fill almost any need. For years, insurance companies up

Uncle Sam, is he some kind of schizoid? Years ago, there was a "Two Chinas" policy. Today it

It's a little late. What happened last week should have happened 10 years ago. When RonaldReagan was

CONGRESS WON'T VOTE on the GATT trade agreement for another two weeks, but already Bob Doleis workin

Two years ago this newspaper published an open letter to the new Clinton administration and Transpor

AS IF BOB DOLE'S trade court were not bad enough, senators from textile country are busy building th

FREE TRADE is a distant dream in many nations along the Pacific Rim, wherebarriers to trade

President Clinton likes to boast that he stanched the hemorrhage of red inkfrom the national

For many outside the region, Asia can look monolithic, a vast region with a scent of mystery, some w

As the new trade pact of the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade awaits ratification inCongress,