Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Japanese economy is in recession. Manufacturing and mining production was down 4.2 percent in Fe

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

THE BEST ATTEMPT IN YEARS at modernizing U.S. shipping policy is fading fast. But there's still time

Few bills are as counterproductive as the Cuban Democracy Act, which tightens the U.S. tradeembargo

TRANSMISSION ACCESS BILL HURTS CONSUMERSYou appropriately entitled your editorial on electri

Experience teaches. Experience guides action. Generals fight the last war, workers don't change thei

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN BILLED TWICE for the same service, you know how freight shippers feel about some

At last week's International Monetary Fund-World Bank meeting, where finance ministers and central b

To hear Republicans like Dan Quayle talk, you might think they are the only ones who care about refo

HEALTH INSURANCE horror stories abound among small employers. Annual premium increases of 30percent

Selling free trade is always tough. In bad economic times it is even tougher. That it should be done

The debate about presidential debates has been going on for several weeks. Bill Clinton's camp says

PRIVATIZING STATE ENTERPRISES may be tougher than Russia's leaders planned - and they have only them

Barring an eleventh hour political reprieve for President Bush, William Jefferson Clinton of Hope, A

STRIP MINING FOR COAL in national parks is a deeply disturbing idea. It's also unlikely to ever happ

If politics can make for strange bedfellows, it can make for even stranger economic policy. In the c

SHIPOWNER SUPPORT IS NOT A SUBSIDYYour Sept. 1 article on Japanese shipbuilding supp

During a private Washington luncheon this past August, Konstantin Natonovich Borovoi, a successful R

The crisis in the European Community has delivered a killer blow to Eastern Europe's bid to integrat

GIVEAWAYS TO FARMERS are growing like weeds in the U.S. Agriculture Department. Less than a

GEORGE BUSH AND BILL CLINTON are endorsing much different economic plans, butneither has bee

Much has been written in the last year about the value of a North American free-trade agreement. Fro

IT IS WELCOME NEWS whenever regulators defer to the marketplace. The Interstate Commerce Commission

AFTER YEARS OF DEBATE, Congress is close to passing a much-needed law to automate the paperbound Cus

U.S. officials aren't showing it publicly, but privately they are concerned about the competitive co

Consumers throughout the United States, especially those in Northeastern states far from the dusty g

Election-year politics have made "excessive" executive pay a hot issue. Critics have likened the arr