Commentary

THE URUGUAY ROUND has overcome one obstacle after another, and its ratification by Congress is no ex

After 135 days at sea as Master aboard the SS Elizabeth Lykes, I am surprised and distressedthat the

JOHN KASICH, the Ohio congressman who is gunning for the Interstate CommerceCommission, isn'

As a well-aged citizen of 60, I have developed a tightly focused method for judging the state of the

Lately, bondholders have been taking a beating - both literally andfiguratively. Acc

The Interstate Commerce Commission, as an institution, has many strengths.Because it is an i

The Clinton administration hopes to submit legislation to Congress soon to implement the Uruguay Rou

THE UNITED STATES and Canada are on the brink of another trade dispute, this time over grain. The U.

At the Brandenburg Gate, where the Berlin Wall stands no more, President Clinton on Tuesday offered

As interest is heating up again in peace negotiations between the Mexican government and mostly Maya

FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE of how to mismanage a government budget, take a close look at what's been happeni

SIX WEEKS after de-linking China's trading privileges from its human rights record, the White House

INFLATION IS LOW, economic growth is up, and President Clinton says the outlook for the U.S. economy

A recent flight over the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota revealed a land that, agricu

There was a mixed message about the economy from the labor market in June. The Labor Department repo

Following Panama's about-face on a deal to accept 10,000 Haitian refugees and the hasty departure of

HEALTH REFORM has come down to a chicken-and-egg debate: What comes first, mandatory universal cover

Critics of President Clinton's China trade policy might be surprised to learn that the administratio

PRESIDENT CLINTON went to last weekend's Group of 7 summit meeting in Naples carrying a good idea: T

WHY WE SHOULD KEEP THE ICCHow ruthless, long-winded and mindless the clamor for shutting dow

The really big story never surfaced at the European Union's recent summit on the Greek island of Cor

A group of U.S. companies today will respond to a challenge frequently issued by FederalMaritime Com

FARM SUBSIDIES are under attack in most countries, and with good reason: They bleed nationaltreasuri

Ask almost any doctor, hospital administrator or other health-care provider in America today, and th

The reader wrote that when he saw a piece here on clamping down on Aid toFamilies with Depen

Almost everything business does in America is done under the watchful eye of the federal government.

It's been one of those days. You start out with a 7:30 breakfast meeting; battle the thunder

FOUR YEARS after President Bush first proposed a Western Hemisphere free-trade area, the idea is enj

Bolton Landing, N.Y., 70 miles north of Albany and on the west shore of Lake George, is asomnolent t

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV is still fondly remembered by some in the West for his policy of glasnost,which op

FOUR YEARS after Congress unanimously passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 - Capitol Hill's response

THE SOCIAL COSTS OF DRIVING CARSThank you for Joseph P. Schwieterman's good July 1 c

Underdeveloped, volatile and risky - so who needs the developing nations? Answer: Corporate America.

OPENING UP a protected economy is a fast way to make enemies, as Argentina's Carlos Menem is learnin

Here we go again. Tomorrow the heads of government of the United States, Japan, West Germany, France

Japan is one of the richest countries on earth, and it keeps racking up record trade surpluses. This

The democratically elected leaders of the Western Hemisphere will gather in Miami later this year fo

TO ALL APPEARANCES, this week's summit of the world's seven richest nations is a meeting in search o

The Capitol Steps is a group of congressional staff workers whose specialty is wonderfully wicked po

IF YOU THINK the purpose of the Pentagon's budget is to ensure military readiness at leastcost to ta