Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

The industrial policy debate in America is nothing new. The country was born with a government-inspi

IF THE COUNTRY HAD A NICKEL for every time George Bush mentioned the line-item veto, the federal def

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

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

If presidential front-runner Bill Clinton is elected, it is unlikely he will want to grapple with tr

BRITAIN'S COAL MINERS won two rounds this week in their effort to block government plans to close 31

The world is changing faster than you can say New World Order. Technology and the information revolu

DRIVING AN 80,000-POUND TRUCK over congested highways is tense, tiring work. Nonetheless, the govern

Drip, drip, drip. Trickle has become the operative word in the presidential campaign. Economic benef

Jonas Savimbi, leader of Angola's opposition National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Un

SOME OF THE SHARPEST political commentary this year is coming from bond markets. Investors i

THE RECENT "OPEN SKIES" ACCORD between the United States and the Netherlands seems to be focusing th

TRUCKERS DEFEND HOURS PROPOSALAs a regular reader of your newspaper, not to mention

At the risk of being burned at the stake for the modern version of heresy - political incorrectness

About this time every four years, presidential politics and post-season baseball share the spotlight

Few issues have roiled relations between Japan and the nations of Southeast Asia and the Pacific reg

CONTRACTS ARE USUALLY THE PRODUCT of tough, hard-nosed bargaining. That's no less true in the mariti

MOST AMERICANS KNOW they should save more of what they earn. Politicians know it, too, and have trie

A popular election year myth holds that manufacturers of dangerous products are victims of a runaway

Five years after the 1987 meltdown in the stock market, Wall Street and Washington are busily reassu

ELECTIONS HAVE A FUNNY WAY of focusing the mind. The world trade talks have been deadlocked for clos

As this campaign gets down to the serious nasties, a few Baby Boomers have extended geezer-bashing t

IT'S A SCENE OUT OF JAMES BOND: A ship carries some of the world's deadliest material halfway around

For a nation already staggering from economic misfortune, last week's announcement by British Coal t

Health care has elicited plenty of pronouncements from the presidential candidates, but noone so far

This election's promise of a fresh mandate for the next administration provides an opportunity for w

One week before the November election, an unmarked envelope appears on the desk of the editor of a m

NO ONE LIKES TO PAY TAXES. But since government must generate revenue, it should do so simply and fa

CAPITALISM BREEDS CREATIVITY, as Russians are slowly learning. Boris Yeltsin's plan to privatize sta

If, as expected, President Bush vetoes or refuses to sign tax legislation that includes the sweeping

SHIPPERS TO BLAME FOR TRUCK RATE MESSI would like to respond to your Oct. 2 editoria

Even as oilmen in the Houston-focused petroleum patch consider the subtly advantageous energy provis

NATIONAL STUDENT TESTING is a part of many educational reform programs, but there's new evidence mos

THREE DECADES after the debut of nuclear power in the United States, utilities haven't solved a basi