Commentary

Civility is back - and something more. No more chicken-feather states, ozone men, deep voodo

BILL CLINTON'S SENSIBLE, CENTRIST campaign has carried the day. If his policies are to do the same d

WHY CUSTOMS RULES ARE SO COMPLICATEDIn a recent "Trade Talk" column, you argue that Customs

The 1992 election campaign, mercifully concluded, featured a great debate about the performance of t

Ah, election time! How magnificent! Now the people have spoken, and their voice is the voice

ONE OF THE MOST LUDICROUS antitrust lawsuits in recent history mercifully came to an end Friday. In

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., was identified incorrectly in the Oct. 26 editorial, "Line-Item Veto." He

FINALLY, IT'S OVER. Although the last election tallies weren't in as we went to press, we could not

MARINE SPILL FIRMS ARE NOT COMPETITORSPlease allow me to clarify some points about t

TODAY'S ELECTION, more than any other in recent memory, is a roll of the dice. None of the choices i

BY MOST ACCOUNTS, voters seem more interested in this election than any other in recent memory. But

No need to bite your fingernails over what lies ahead for business and the economy after the electio

The angst is heavy across Germany these days. After more than a decade of uninterrupted grow

NO MATTER WHO becomes president, U.S. companies that own foreign-registered ships plan a push next y

WE HAVE HEARD TOO OFTEN the trite charges traded this election year: the ''trickle down" Republican

The failure of world leaders to conclude the current round of global trade talks is turning into a s

ROYALTY IS NOT what it used to be. Consider Liechtenstein, a tiny principality between Austria and S

In his agenda for a second term, President Bush sums up what he sees distinguishing him from Gov. Bi

Sen. Al Gore wants to direct environmental policy in a Clinton administration. The prospect should f

When Russian President Boris Yeltsin recently canceled a planned visit to Japan, analysts were quick

AT A TIME WHEN POLITICAL POSTURING by world leaders is supplanting common sense, it is encouraging t

AND YOU THOUGHT it took a long time to settle world trade disputes. According to a report fr

Infrastructure is a useful, if ungainly, word. It's shorthand for society's physical skeleto

CROWLEY'S PROMPT RESPONSE IN IRAQ WARWith reference to the supposed lack of participation by

Over the last 25 years, the health sector's share of the U.S. economy has more than doubled.

SKYROCKETING MEDICAL COSTS and cutbacks in private insurance plans will be on the minds of many vote

The 1992 campaign is not a choice between "free trade" and "protectionism." Although the Bush campai

CANADIANS DELIVERED a resounding, and in many ways perplexing, "no" verdict in Monday's referendum o

A week before the election, the U.S. economy remains on track for a moderate recovery. Consumer spen

In "The Case Against Tort Reform," an Opinion article that appeared Oct. 21, the drug DES should hav

IN A MISGUIDED ATTEMPT to curry favor with anti-Castro Cubans in Florida, George Bush committed anot

From all the sound and fury emanating from Beijing, you'd think that Hong Kong Gov. Chris Patten had

During the last weeks of this presidential campaign, voters have been presented with a series of vit

The slogan, "jobs, jobs, jobs" unites the presidential candidates. They differ over how to create th

The European Community is paralyzed by soul-searching and recrimination as its grand plan for econom

WHATEVER YOU THINK OF GEORGE BUSH'S trade policies, you're likely to think the same of Bill Clinton'

NO WONDER VOTERS are fed up with government. The bean counters in the Montgomery County, Md., govern

With election day approaching fast, many voters are making a final gut check: Would they be comforta

If politicians' promises could tame health-care costs, a day in the hospital wouldn't cost more than

DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND what's happening at the world trade talks? So far this month, the negotiation