Commentary

Pity Mexico's presidents. During their six-year term they boast the powers of a British monarch, a U

Imagine, if you will, a midterm election in which the president's party can take the normal chunk of

UNDER FIRE FROM REGULATORS on two continents, the government-approved cartel that dominates North At

THE OPINION-WRITING BUSINESS can be dangerous in Singapore, as a visiting American has discovered.

LAST SUMMER'S Soo Line strike, the longest railroad shutdown in 16 years, needn't have happened. Arb

In spite of a concerted effort in the last few weeks of the 103rd Congress, legislation to reform th

An extraordinary midsummer surge in business inventories appears to have propelled the nation's outp

Most reports out of Russia recently have been encouraging. Foreign investment is up, privatization i

ANOTHER GERMAN ELECTION, another victory for Helmut Kohl. But for Germany's chancellor andhis ruling

Last month, Chiquita Brands International petitioned the Clinton administration to investigate banan

The spectacular plunge and equally bizarre ascent of the Russian ruble last week provided the world

Health-care reform is dead and buried on Capitol Hill. But the cost-shaving part of it isalive and r

As policy-makers struggle to find answers for Haiti's deep-seated problems, they are likely tooverlo

BRITAIN took a small step last week toward resuming talks with the United States on improving access

Political campaigns are often shrill and negative, and sometimes political opponents distort the fac

AMERICA'S SOCIAL SECURITY system is not the only public pension plan that's heading for a cliff. The

In a surreptitious, late-night maneuver, congressional staff members at the House MerchantMarine and

RUSTY, BROKEN-DOWN SHIPS are a common - and disturbing - sight on the world's oceans. Even more dist

As President Jean-Bertrand Aristide prepares for his uncertain political future in Haiti, healready

ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY TRAFFIC ON THE RISEAfter reading the Oct. 11 letter to the edito

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former finance minister and author of Brazil's economic stabilization pla

DETROIT'S AUTOMAKERS are in high gear. Three years after posting record losses, the Big Three are on

A NEW TACTIC FOR MARITIME REFORMIn a recent article you quoted Mark Aron, senior vice presid

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin launched a full-scale search Wednesday for a culprit to blame for th

At first, cleaning up the air and water was easy. Most of the burden was on big companies oron citie

Congressional inaction sometimes deserves high praise. Congress recently let stand a Department of D

In these hard times, what's wrong about an ambitious university lobbying in Washington fora couple o

The anti-dumping and countervailing-duty laws (AD/CVD) provide protection to domestic firms from imp

One of the great myths of U.S. politics is that high-wage American workers cannot compete in the glo

PUBLICITY can be a powerful weapon against unsafe ships, as maritime nations are discovering.

ECONOMISTS don't agree on very much, but there's a growing sense that many of the best economic idea

GREAT FLOODS are hard to predict, but their damage over time is as foreseeable as the sunrise. Every

AMERICAN MOVIES are more popular than ever in other countries, good news for U.S. film companies. Th

JONES ACT DOESN'T HURT SEAWAY TRAFFICI am disappointed that you reprinted the Associated Pre

Canada's rebellious, French-speaking province of Quebec elected a government last month that is comm

HONDA TO INCREASE EXPORTS FROM USTOKYO - Honda Motor Co. said last week that it plan

Perhaps never again will the millions of European vacationers, truck drivers, day trippers and other

The expectation of an another rate increase by the Federal Reserve has produced a loud chorus of "no

ECONOMIC REFORMS often seem to take a step backward for every two steps forward. Consider th

THE GATT TRADE PACT has become a political orphan, abandoned for now by lawmakers too cravento cast