Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FARMERS IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY will share some of the bounty they receive from U.S. taxpayer

When Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs, guru to reforming socialist economies, met with Chinese policy

Three weeks from Election Day, Bill Clinton has a commanding lead over George Bush. While campaign d

When Brazil's parliament voted to begin impeachment proceedings against President Fernando Collor, i

THE 102nd CONGRESS opened early last year with a vote for war in the Persian Gulf to secure U.S. oil

With the presidential campaign in high gear, Americans appear to be losing interest in the world bey

If you're rich, you're welcome. If you're poor, you need not apply. There is no other way to

MOST OF THE NEW JOBS created during the 1980s were in smaller companies, so George Bush and Bill Cli

IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE for banks to insure depositors' money. Rates charged by the Fed

INDEPENDENT STEVEDORES SPEAK OUTYour Sept. 21 article, "Independent Stevedores Fight to Surv

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY is prepared to fight a U.S. proposal to extend the American embargo on Cuba t

When President Bush lost his dinner on the lap of the Japanese prime minister early this year, it un

Since the turn of the century, the United States government has allowed the ocean shipping industry

AT A TIME when Russia is struggling to hold together economically, its two most prominent statesmen

AS CONGRESS ADJOURNS FOR THE YEAR, its transportation record for 1992 could hardly be more dismal. O

The numbers tell part of the logistical near-miracle that helped make the Persian Gulf War a militar

MARTIN CLARIFIES JOBS STATEMENTOn Friday, Sept. 11, your newspaper reported on testi

The time has come to take a serious look at consolidating our trade-related departments and programs

WHILE POLICY-MAKERS dither about nationwide technical standards for computer- to-computer communicat

YOU COULD ALMOST SEE BILL CLINTON walking a tightrope as he gave his long- awaited speech on U.S.-Me

Wild gyrations in the stock market reflect pervasive uncertainty about the economic outlook. Profess

Recently the Bush administration announced the final details of its missile anti-proliferation progr

Recent reports on "60 Minutes" and "Nightline" alleging that U.S. taxpayers subsidize the export of

With his foreign and domestic policies in shreds, British Prime Minister John Major will be fighting

RARELY HAS A NATIONAL REFERENDUM been more important - or more muddled - than Canada's unity vote sc

As the critiques continue to roll in on the sorry shape of nuclear power plants in EasternEurope and

ED EMMETT, who announced his decision to leave the Interstate CommerceCommission last week,h

QUARTEL RESPONDS TO PUBLISHER'S COLUMNHaving just spent the last five months running for pub

Despite the North American free-trade agreement, Congress has just taken a slap at Mexico. L

The Bush administration's maritime reform package is a travesty. The 16-point program is not a compr

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT for the federal government to restrain health care spending? Here's an excerpt f

TUCKED INTO THE BIG NEW ENERGY BILL is an intriguing idea: Utilities that do environmental good deed