Commentary

THE CORRUPTION and bribery scandal convulsing Italy is expanding by the day. Fully one-fourt

If the U.S. Customs Service can push Japan to make its customs agency process imports more efficient

Despite the heated commentary surrounding the three axes of President Clinton's State of the Union a

One does not have to be a despised member of America's ruling class, a greedy 1980s takeover bandit

ECONOMIC RECOVERY is all around us, according to government figures due out today. Revised C

In the thousands of pages of text and supporting materials that comprise the North American free-tra

It is, by now, conventional wisdom that the U.S. trade deficit will worsenbecause Europe and

TO HEAR THE BIG AIRLINES tell it, they are victims - victims of unfair foreign competition, unfair r

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY of an insurance company that can't vary its premiums according to its customers'

IN NO MOOD TO SACRIFICEI just heard our new big-spending president talk about everybody maki

CUBA STAGED AN ELECTION Wednesday, but no one was expected to stay up late waiting for theresults.

Preoccupied with political challenges in Europe and the Middle East and with economic competition fr

In a series of articles summing up part of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "The test of a first

There's an old, bad joke about Old Europe that goes something like this: In heaven the Germa

BILL CLINTON never met a public works project he didn't like. This week it's Al Gore's "data superhi

U.S. voters chose Bill Clinton as president largely on the basis of his pledge ''to create jobs now

MOST AMERICANS would like to rely less on Social Security - if only the government would let them.

As President Clinton begins to grapple with his trade policies, he is confronted with the same two l

The appointment of Carol Browner to head the Environmental Protection Agency was not well received b

Over the past several years, we have been deluged with reports that American students know too littl

REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE is the centerpiece of the Clinton economic plan, but states and cities wit

AS THE U.S. EMBARGO against Vietnam drags on, American companies are falling hopelessly behind other

For years, daily English lessons offered by television and radio networks have been a popular staple

With the future of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in doubt, Latin America is looking to

CALIFORNIA HAS A KNACK for shooting itself in the foot. This time it's over gambling. The state has

MANY BUSINESS LEADERS supported candidate Bill Clinton because he promised to end 12 years of laisse

Proponents of a move to roll back harbor maintenance fees to their 1990 level got a setback in the p

The Cold War dies hard, even in the Clinton version of federal research priorities, which still give

President Clinton's economic program is big, bold and appears balanced, but there is a huge hole in

IT WAS HARD not to be impressed by President Clinton's eloquent call to arms Wednesday. It was just

IT WAS REASSURING to hear Mr. Clinton support freer trade in his speech Wednesday and to acknowledge

What a difference a few months makes. Candidate Bill Clinton said he would cut taxes for the

Air Transport Association President James E. Landry stumbled badly in his harsh attack on high-speed

In China, it's the year of the rooster. In Japan - about 10 days ago - it appeared to be the year of

The federal government is outspending its tax revenue by nearly $1 billion each day, adding to a deb

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and nothing will be as absent from Germany as BMW when it moves

PRESIDENT CLINTON christened what might be called the New Age of Infrastructure in his State of the

AS PRESIDENT CLINTON unveils his economic program tonight, remember this: Almost every dollar he pro

JACQUES DELORS, president of the European Commission, understands the pressures of politics, be they

Mickey Kantor, the new U.S. trade representative, will be occupied in the coming year with an array