Commentary

CANDIDATE BILL CLINTON'S harsh treatment of China softened the closer he got to the White House. Now

As the American military operation in Somalia draws to a close, it leaves behind a dramatic preceden

IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED . . . Less than a month ago, British Airways and USAir cancele

As Bill Clinton settles into the presidency, he would do well to heed that famous admonition from ba

TERRORIST ACTS LED TO ISRAELI EXPULSIONSIt was with some dismay that I read your edi

WITH WORLD TRADE TALKS teetering on the brink of failure, the last thing you'd expect to hear is tal

DURING THE CAMPAIGN, the Clinton camp often alluded to unsavory foreigners scheming to undercut Amer

Reforming U.S. trade policy is all the rage in Washington, but most of the talk ignores a crucial is

As Bill Clinton takes up residence in the Oval Office, his advisers are laboring over a plan to refo

Leo Abruzzese, boss of bosses of this opinion-editorial page, had a coup de cervelle last week. "Bil

TWO OF BILL CLINTON'S senior economic advisers hinted last week at how the new president can keep hi

It took Richard Nixon, a conservative Republican, to open the door to Red China. Perhaps Bill Clinto

Our politicians' most valuable assets are their index fingers: They vigorously point them at themsel

By this time, grumbling about the absurd length of the transition period between administrations has

FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES - bombers in Iraq, troops in Somalia and civil war in Bosnia - threaten Bill C

Roads, tunnels, government offices, sewer systems . . . The Clinton administration is expect

STATE PILOTS ARE SAFE AND QUALIFIEDYour Dec. 18 article, "California Is Asked to Tig

SEAPORTS AND RAILROADS are angling for a share of the $120 billion in federal trust fund money Washi

Contemplate for a moment the reaction in the United States if the federal government decided the U.S

NO ONE HAS YET DESIGNED a fail-safe oil tanker, and no one is likely to any time soon. When a ship b

Now we hear suddenly that Bill Clinton is shocked at the size of the federal budget deficit and is i

Back in the early 1980s, before anyone in the Soviet Union had thought much about economic reform, a

THERE'S NO MYSTERY to Japan's economic "miracle" of the 1980s, according to its labor federation.

Among the Clinton administration's first foreign policy acts with respect to sub-Saharan Africa must

IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN how Russia's new prime minister, conservative Viktor Chernomyrdin, will manage

"THE STATE OF MANAGEMENT in the federal government is not good." So begins a blunt assessment by the

A PLAN FOR PRESERVING THE US FLEETYour Nov. 5th editorial ("Mr. Clinton's Challenges," Page

Candidate Bill Clinton repeatedly slammed Mr. Bush's economic failures with the aphorism: "Fooled on

St. Paul must be surprised to find himself in the middle of the debate over what the Clinton adminis

CANADA'S NATIONALIZED HEALTH INSURANCE is still a model for many Americans struggling with high medi

CHEMICAL WEAPONS have an appalling if shadowy history, from the skin- blistering gases released on W

About this time last year, an American businessman involved in China trade told me he thought Americ

Beyond the peace negotiations between Israel and its Arab neighbors lies a grand vision: the possibi

Since this is January, it is time to worry about the federal deficit. Richard Darman, the outgoing R

PRESIDENT-ELECT BILL CLINTON last week reaffirmed his commitment to the North American free-trade ag

THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT has admitted it won't have a permanent burial place for nuclear waste in 1998,

I don't get too many calls these days from people who say: Well, if all this free trade and free ent

WHY STEEL NEEDS MULTILATERAL TALKSErich Heinemann is mistaken when he blames the Bush admini

Confidence, that intangible emotion so critical to economic performance, is a fleeting thing in Euro

MOST AMERICANS think they have little in common with John McGann, a music store worker whoeffectivel