Commentary

Food production in the Third World is at an all-time high. Indeed, increases in Third Word food prod

SUMMER'S BRIGHT HOPES for overhauling federal maritime policy are fading fast. Budgetary battles and

AFTER A SLOW START, including some heavy bashing from France's cultural high priests, Euro Disneylan

GREECE HONORS UN'S YUGOSLAVIA EMBARGOYour front-page story "Serbs Exploiting Holes in UN Tra

The unmistakable signs of panic are everywhere in the European Community these days. The pro

UNTIL LAST WEEK, the Clinton campaign had largely avoided the xenophobia that often infuses Democrat

President Bush recently signed into law much-debated legislation banning ''indecent" programming on

CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY this year for U.S. wheat farmers. On a campaign swing to Sioux Falls, S

Einstein knew what he was talking about. Everything is relative, including politics. As both

In addition to his many other presumed sobriquets, George Bush has now apparently become the "Export

ITC ISSUED FALSE SHIPBUILDING STUDYAll U.S. industries struggling to compete in a marketplac

THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE has softened its opposition to a Securities and Exchange Commission proposal

Discuss investment opportunities in Central Asia's newly independent republics and most analysts cri

A SHARP DECLINE in the value of a currency can topple a government. A weak currency means consumers

This could be the mother of all stories at the annual meeting this year of those two august agencies

IT TOOK A WHILE, but General Motors is finally building a right-hand drive car in the United States

"We're scratching our heads over some of the items on the list," Charles Chapman, director of the Ho

Remember the twin-deficit theory? You don't hear much about it anymore, but it was quite popular a f

In the past year, the Federal Reserve System increased total reserves in the U.S. banking system by

WASHINGTON'S MOST BLATANT ATTEMPT at industrial policy - Sematech, the computer chip consortium - ru

The scenes could have been from the 1930s. Violent Germans attacking minorities, slinging bottles, b

ICC'S TRUCK DECISIONS A TRAVESTYThe "Re-Regulating Trucking" editorial (Page 10A) in the Aug

DESPITE POCKETS OF PESSIMISM, most Americans seem encouraged by the prospect of freer trade with Mex

LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI officials are betting on big revenues from riverboat gaming, video poker,

In past recessions, housing construction traditionally has jump-started the economy. Typically, home

President Bush is touting a new regulatory moratorium in his re-election campaign, claiming the firs

AMERICANS SAVE LESS OF THEIR INCOME than the Japanese, the Germans and the residents of just about e

OUT OF THE TRADE BILL'S RUINS The Trade Expansion Act of 1992, overwhelmingly approved by th

"We're doing everything we can! Where in the hell is the cavalry on this one?" Kate Hale, di

When the dollar starts declining like it has been, what does that tell you about this presidential r

The North American free-trade agreement is expected to face an uphill fight for ratification in Cong

and environmentalists - got some encouraging news recently. Large oil spills in U.S. waters last yea

With the political conventions over, the pollsters are out in full force, contaminating our sacred e

THE POSTAL SERVICE this week lifted a suspension on Emery Worldwide that had barred the air cargo co

"Work less!" say Americans and Europeans. It sounds good, but if we do, we'll lose our hard-won pros

George Bush's moratorium on new federal regulations, launched Jan. 28 and extended by the president

TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY, a new tax or regulation is usually manageable. Piled one atop the other, they ca

DESPITE THE ALMOST DAILY economic and political crises in Moscow, there are signs the government's r

I've spent many vacations on North Carolina's Outer Banks but this trip to these barrier islands is

While George Bush and Bill Clinton argue the merits of a federal industrial policy, the country is c