Commentary

Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan survived a bruising encounter with populist Democrats on the Senate

IN TRYING TO ACT more like a private business, the U.S. Postal Service sometimes forgets it's still

I had a drink with a Japanese colleague a few nights ago and asked if he had voted inthe July 18 Jap

WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT of the Postal Service (see the editorial above), a new governmentreport o

SIDE AGREEMENTS to the North American free-trade pact will be completed soon, possibly as early as t

REFLAGGING: PART OF A LARGER CAMPAIGNThe threats of Sea-Land Services Inc. and American Pres

The saddest part of Jacques Attali's scandalous performance as president of the European Bank for Re

Throughout Latin America, power, money and responsibility are being transferred slowly to local gove

A NATIONWIDE NETWORK of high-speed "data highways" is often compared to the Interstate Highway Syste

ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE . . . unless, of course, you can get a better dealfrom the courts.

One measure of the state of business conditions in Russia and the other former Soviet republics is t

Washington runs on influence, but it can be hard to separate the real influence from the perceived.<

Reorganized, re-energized and some say "Gergenized," Bill Clinton's presidency flies a newly hoisted

STEEL DUMPING IS REAL, NOT PHANTOMYou recently published several misleading articles attacki

COMMUNIST HARD-LINERS in Russia's parliament are trying their best to obstruct President Boris Yelts

In the wake of the worst flooding in 30 years, Midwest homeowners and businesses will learn that mos

THE SQUEEZE IS ON in China. After three years of booming economic growth, the Chinese govern

Last year, candidate Bill Clinton and Democratic congressional leaders pledged to strengthenU.S. exp

ALTHOUGH THE BUDGET BATTLE is dominating President Clinton's agenda these days, he still expects to

ANOTHER VIEW ON US SEALIFTBecker reveals in a few words that he does not understand what sea

THERE WAS A TIME, long ago, when individual shareholders were the driving force in U.S. stock tradin

There are triangles - the Federal Triangle, here in downtown Washington; the Golden Triangle, halfwa

When a huge automobile engine plant burned down in the Russian city of Naberezhnye Chelny earlier th

EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA are stumbling toward regional integration, but their tasks look easy compar

Economic data reported last week showed the inventory mini-cycle that began last fall is apparently

This spring's "yes" vote in Denmark on the European Community's Maastricht Treaty on economic and po

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRLINES that better management and a stronger economy can't fix. Tha

The tragedy of thousands of men in their 40s and 50s working themselves to death has Japan's medical

In a statement that makes sense only in the nether world of Eastern European telecommunications, the

As the House and Senate try to reconcile their differences over the president's tax package, the adm

WITH SO MUCH political and economic uncertainty in Italy these days, it's reassuring to know that on

JAPANESE VOTERS didn't exactly "throw the bums out" in Sunday's election, but they came close. The c

DRUG PROBLEMS AWAIT WITH NAFTAAs a Mexican-American and a truck safety advocate, I am offend

WHAT'S IN A TITLE? Up to $119,000, as some British aristocrats have discovered. A growing li

While the Clinton administration can celebrate the tariff-cutting deal reached at the Tokyo summit t

The recent federal court decision to require an environmental impact statement for the North America

A House subcommittee resumes consideration of maritime subsidy legislation this week in an unusually

THE CLOSER YOU GET to America's unfair trading laws, the more unfair they look. Take the big steel c

BILL CLINTON left Tokyo last week with a practical agreement for improving access to Japan'smarkets.

NEEDED: NEW KIND OF INDUSTRIAL POLICYChristopher Saunders' July 1 opinion article on the ste