Commentary

SOCIAL SECURITY is widely regarded as the "third rail" of politics: Touch it and you die. The Clinto

The Yangtze Optical Fibre Cable Company, a Sino-Dutch joint venture in Wuhan, has a worry. Right now

BILL CLINTON wants to honor his campaign promises, but consumers wouldn't mind a bit if he forgets a

For the full year 1992, the number of wage and salary workers in the United States rose by almost ex

In an effort to connect his presidential campaign with ordinary Americans, President Bill Clinton fr

FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE who has everything, computer scientists have developed a new aid: a

AMERICA'S RAILROADS, which not long ago were struggling, have rebounded, and that includes Amtrak.

Europe's monetary officials were glad to see 1992 end. The British pound, Portuguese escudo, Irish p

Environmentalists may not have won as much of a publicity coup as they had hoped for after the Braer

While the Dallas Cowboys passed their way to victory in Super Bowl XXVII, I bought the wrong puts an

NEXT TIME you're at an international airport, compare the check-in lines for a U.S. airline's overse

It takes new eyes to see and new words to express what's happening at the Nuclear Regulatory Commiss

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor is nearing decisions on who will be his top deputies, and cu

DUMPING LAWS are the weapon of choice for the world's steel-trading nations. On Friday, Japa

SEARS . . . BOEING . . . IBM . . . Every week brings more grim news of layoffs for tens of thousands

Let's agree, for starters, that: - Hillary Rodham Clinton is smart.- Hillary Rodham Clinton

President Clinton killed Dan Quayle's Council on Competitiveness last week. Still, the underlying ex

Choice. A simple word, with powerful meaning. People have appropriated it for ages. A choice, not an

MEXICO'S ECONOMIC REBIRTH during the last five years is only half of its success story. Along with r

FEDERAL BANK REGULATORS are turning to private insurance markets to reduce taxpayer liabilities for

Oil is grabbing headlines again this week. The new secretary of the treasury, Lloyd Bentsen,

Bill Clinton entered the White House with a pledge to reorganize government to promote American high

GOOD REASONS FOR ISRAEL'S DEPORTATIONSRegarding your recent editorial on Palestinian deporte

NO ONE MANIPULATES the trade laws like Big Steel - unless, of course, it's the regulators who enforc

For the investment tax credit promised as a critical ingredient in candidate Bill Clinton's economic

SOMEHOW, IN LESS THAN A MONTH, Bill Clinton has moved from cutting middle class taxes to raising the

THE ENDLESS WRANGLING over Quebec's place in the Canadian federation shows no sign of letting up.

Even as Bosnia-Herzegovina's three warring factions continue tenuous peace talks in Geneva, U.S. pol

Are there new energy taxes in our future? Assuming he wasn't speaking too freely, Secretary of the T

Investors beware! The new Clinton administration is sending all the wrong signals about the economy:

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - British Airways' bold bid to buy into the U.S. aviation market - has resumed

Helmut Kohl could probably pat himself on the back: He has outlasted almost all his colleagues in th

GUATEMALA ARTICLE OVERSTATED PROBLEMSRichard Schweiger's Jan. 11 article, "Guatemala

THE TIRESOME WAR OF WORDS between Washington and Tokyo is starting up again. The latest dipl

One can only hope that President Bill Clinton gets off to a faster start than Philippine President F

Much of Washington is a mix of those hoping to join the Clinton administration and Bush officials wh

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS, in search of a way to boost the economy while cutting federal spending, hav

At the intersection of science and politics, Ed David is rated very savvy. In 1971, as an accomplish

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, under pressure from highway safety advocates, has wisely shelved a

Want something to chew on? Consider the Supreme Court's ruling on the business practices of the nati