Commentary

THE LATEST TRIAL BALLOON to float up from the National Health Care Task Force is for the government

THINK TWICE before pouring that mustardy vinaigrette on your salad tonight. The federal government w

While inconvenient, and possibly economically harmful, the war in Bosnia- Herzegovina raises very li

CYPRUS DEFENDS SHIP SAFETY RECORDI am writing in response to your May 3 editorial, "

NO ONE EXPECTED maritime reform to die such an early death this year. But considering Washington's f

Almost everyone remembers the images from the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989: blue-green waves turne

THE PROBLEM WITH CLOSING AN OFFICEYour May 4 article "DOT Action Keeps Rails From Striking O

THE REAL BUSINESS of Washington is protecting your camp followers, as Republican Sen. Robert Dole un

U.S. auto companies have wheeled out a possible compromise in their campaign to have President Clint

OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENTS from French officials are nothing new. Still, Bernard Attali, chairmanof bloat

IF YOU THINK the nation's $900 billion health care system is a Frankenstein's monster, wait until yo

President Clinton is on the road again, selling his economic program. This is a very good thing to d

INTERMODAL OFFICE MADE GOOD GAINSAs the former associate deputy secretary of transpo

Larry Klayman, an international trade attorney here, is known among some of his colleagues as a sort

TAIWAN PROTECTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYWe were very disturbed to read your Jan. 5 article, "Si

AIRLINES are in trouble, right? Don't tell that to Southwest Airlines. While a new government commis

We frequently hear about the giant American corporations that stand to gainfrom the proposed

IN AN EFFORT to save his ill-conceived energy tax, Bill Clinton is doing some furious backpedaling.

FOLLOWING in that great American tradition, Japan issued its hit list of unfair traders this week an

You're looking to buy a fancy new sports car, but it costs more than you want to spend. One day, you

The tale of a little Japanese restaurant in Manhattan shows just how seriously Americans feel about

AFTER A COUPLE OF OPENING ACTS, President Clinton's economic program takes center stage this week on

President Bush handed Bill Clinton a solid expansion on Jan. 20. Real gross domestic product grew at

HOGS AND LOGS, suds and spuds. In a few words, that's the recent history of U.S.-Canadian tr

ANOTHER COSTLY AVIATION FEUD is heating up between the United States and Australia. On Monda

The human tragedy of former French Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy's suicide was brutally transforme

LOAN FUNDS COULD CREATE MARITIME JOBSAn item in your April 5th "Washington Report" column, d

The Department of Transportation recently took a public stance against allegedly predatory practices

CHANGE IS COMING to Pacific shipping. Liner companies that jointly set rates there are listening to

AT THE WEEKEND, strikes in eastern Germany were spreading after metalworkers and their employers fai

HEALTH REFORM: PUT PATIENTS IN CHARGERegarding your article "No Free Lunch on Univer

You're out of work and you need a job fast. Where do you turn? For many people, there's only one pla

President Clinton expects to go to the seven-power economic summit this July in Tokyo in a stronger

When Bill Clinton rises to speak about his programs, one often feels transformed back in time, back

As delegates gathered for the annual board meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Devel

IN "THE MOUSE THAT ROARED," a small, mountainous country learns how get the attention of the United

AMERICANS, far more than Europeans, are on their own when they're out of work. To begin with, most j

Even though Middle Eastern desert nomads and Himalayan mountain dwellers receive distant television

A NAFTA BORDER TAX ISN'T WISESteven Charnovitz's opinion piece, "Rethinking a Nafta Border T

TRUCKING COMPANIES and railroads dodged a $12 billion bullet last week. That was the projected cost