Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unable to pull himself away from the gambling table long enough to dine, John Montagu, the fourth Ea

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

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

Marking its twelfth anniversary of independence this year, Zimbabwe has little to celebrate. The wor

In harmony with the White House, the Congress that just went home has upheld the tradition of misspe

Last week, in the closing hours of the 102nd Congress, House Speaker Thomas Foley, D-Wash., dubbed i

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES George Bush, Bill Clinton or Ross Perot will mention the flagging world trade t

THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR for the Japanese. The stock market plummeted, the economy has been sl

CHEDDI JAGAN, AN AVOWED MARXIST, was elected president of Guyana last week, an unsettling developmen

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) celebrated its 18th anniversary in September. In signing t