Commentary

Last week, President Clinton unveiled "Regulatory Planning and Review," his much-anticipated overhau

THE DECLINE of Western civilization continues apace. We now hear that famously style-conscious Paris

Maybe there really is a tide in the affairs of men. Shakespeare only meant to say that oppor

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION is an anachronism. Thirteen years after Congress opened trucking

President Clinton recently renewed the American embargo of Vietnam for another year - while permitti

IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET DEBATE, advocates of deep spending cuts squared off against proponents of high

BORIS YELTSIN'S victory over hard-line lawmakers creates a new opportunity to push ahead with econom

Russia specialist Eugene Huskey is associate professor of political science at Stetson University in

OPEN REGISTRY: JUST THE FACSMarc Townsend's emotional attack on Sen. Charles Grassle

U.S. unfair trade law is an ass. The law bashes consumers and exporters, imposing on markets the evi

MALCOLM BALDRIGE, the late Republican secretary of Commerce, was once asked the difference between a

PRIVATIZATION of China's state-owned companies has gone badly awry, according to official publicatio

According to House Speaker Tom Foley, the decisive vote on the North American free-trade agreement s

Continuing high U.S. trade deficits following six years of dollar devaluation makes this much clear:

Local governments in Japan, following a 1991 change in the law, are charged with collecting and sort

Considering California's economic performance over the last four years, it is not surprising to see

MOST AMERICANS who lose their jobs find new ones quickly. Some don't, eitherbecause they hop

GORE REPORT MISSED KEY POINTSPresident Clinton and Vice President Gore sponsored the

BORIS YELTSIN restored order in Moscow Monday, but his reputation as a democrat may never fully be r

Virtually everyone living in southeast England has an M25 horror story. The 120-mile-long mo

THERE'S A FUNNY AROMA about the claims of California growers that garlic imported from China is tain

GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES won't save America's shipyards. Still, the Clinton administration thinks it's w

The lifestyle and income difference between members of Congress and theaverage American has

It is a fairy tale business opportunity. You now can bypass high-cost Tokyo and sell in nearly every

President Clinton today will deliver a policy address to the AFL-CIO Executive Council in San Franci

Antiquated and long overdue for termination, the hospital system of the Department of Veterans Affai

Arthur Imperatore is one of America's best known trucking executives. From modest beginnings in nort

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are at war with themselves over the North American free- trade agreement. As the S

This week's meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund come at a time whenthe U.S. e

It lies in the mists of time. But, as some reckon it, it happened in the fall of 1961. As bugles bla

For the first time since a nationally televised confrontation between law Professor Anita Hill and f

TIMES ARE TOUGH ALL OVER. Britain's royal family confirmed Wednesday that perks for the 400

EVERY PRESIDENT since Dwight Eisenhower has trumpeted the importance of exports. Now it's Bill Clint

SORTING OUT THE GULF SHIP DEBATEIn his Sept. 27 reply to your Sept. 20 Washington Re

After years of battling for access to Japan's legal services market, foreign lawyers and trade negot

Last Friday Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress, told a special session of the U

Do not be deceived by the fancy rhetoric that Bill Clinton wove around his Rube Goldberg plan to res

SOUTH AFRICA BELLIES UP to the international investment bar at the worst possible time. From Russia

They were once feared, scorned and even considered threats to the sovereignty of nation-states. But

GRASSLEY'S MARITIME CHARGES UNFOUNDEDYour recent article concerning Admiral Al Herbe