Commentary

AN ANGRY BUZZ FROM AMERICA'S BEEKEEPERSYour Jan. 6 editorial, "Honey of a Deal" (Page 6A), r

WHEN GOVERNMENT tries to operate more efficiently, special interests can be counted on to cry foul.

EUROPE, which is enduring its deepest recession in a generation, has something to celebrate this wee

Others hint at it, but it took Richard C. Ill to say it: the MSA is dead. Mr. Ill, who heads

President Clinton, like President Bush before him, faces a basic challenge: a slowdown in the rate o

As the Clean Air Act unfolds, it becomes increasingly clear the law has unleashed a Byzantine bureau

NO ONE WINS in a strike, especially one that idles hundreds of thousands of workers in a country alr

OH, THOSE PESKY foreign names. It all seemed too much for White House staffers, who botched the name

Amid the glittering storefronts of the Ginza, the pricey nightspots of Roppongi and the quiet elegan

Forget, for the moment, all these stories saying President Clinton's health- care overhaul is meetin

Environmental groups are claiming solidarity in their rejection of the final agreement of the Urugua

Ah, the French. What is it about them that the Anglo-Saxon world finds so infuriating? Certa

WHO SAYS it takes sex and violence to sell recordings and films on the mass market? Consider the une

CALL IT DEMOCRACY'S REVENGE. Boris Yeltsin's state of the union speech last week had somethi

TO SAY HANDS HAVE BEEN WRINGING in London since Bill Clinton became president would be to exaggerate

Cuba's transition to a market economy and a democratic government already has begun, and it will acc

REPEAL SUPERFUND'S LIABILITY SCHEMEYour Feb. 17 editorial, "Cleaning Up Superfund,"

Undaunted by their loss in a similar lawsuit over the North American Free Trade Agreement, environme

FRANCE, which has taken trade protectionism to new levels, is at it again. The French govern

The call came Saturday afternoon. My friend of some 20 years was distraught. He had been tol

IT WON'T BE LONG NOW before Washington grants banks a privilege long enjoyed by hamburger chains, vi

Not content with trying to run the American economy, President Clinton and his fellow would-be plann

PAPERWORK REDUCTION FOR OCEAN TARIFFS?I wish the people who prepare ocean tariffs had to use

TRANSFERRING RUSSIAN BUSINESSES from government hands to private owners has been one of Boris Yeltsi

RAILROADS RETAIN HARD-LINE POSITIONSI'm writing in response to Larry Kaufman's Feb. 2 column

IN PRINCIPLE, everyone supports the notion of a balanced federal budget. Almost no one, however, has

The Feb. 7 Teamsters strike against United Parcel Service revealed deep flaws in our methods for set

Most Americans these days hit the mute button on the TV remote when commercials come on. But if you

WITH THE VIETNAM trade embargo gone, America's other great Cold War trading ban - with Cuba - deserv

After years of denial, Wall Street has suddenly discovered the threat of latent inflation inthe U.S.

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's Feb. 4 decision to raise interest rates one- quarter of a point prompt

As Japan tries to figure out what its next step should be, how to avoid a trade war and how to deal

The European Commission broke cover last week, hitting the headlines after several weeks languishing

IT'S NO SIMPLE MATTER these days to distinguish capitalists from left-wingers in Europe. Con

The American cottage industry that forecasts economic doom or glory is at it again. Based on the str

In his Feb. 11 opinion article, "Why Japan Hates Trade Targets" (Page 6A), Stanton Anderson, a Washi

HOLD ON to your wallet: Another global industry is joining hands to cut production and boost prices.

THE NEXT TIME your local member of Congress says, "We've cut the federal budget to the bone," respon

Free trade purists are about to have a field day: Just keep track of how many times editorial writer

Scrutinize the name of this parliament member from Prague, this scientist and linguist with a pencha