Commentary

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION voted this week to cut its staff by about 7 percent from current

As the North American Free Trade (Nafta) negotiations drive down to the wire, a meeting of trade min

Evelyn Googe of Lawrence, N.Y., has written to the U.S. Trade Representative. If the United

ALAN GREENSPAN was on the hot seat this week - again. The chairman of the Federal Reserve has repeat

Growth was slow and uncertain over the past six months. Even so, the U.S. economy is moving to highe

Beijing has played the role of a prudent father in the development of Hong Kong's expensive new airp

IN THIS HEATED POLITICAL SEASON, it's hard to find anyone who thinks U.S. industries are competitive

The trilateral trade talks among the United States, Canada and Mexico are reaching the final, critic

THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK of the United States is looking for insurers willing to join it in covering e

On July 1, the House Judiciary Committee approved the Antitrust Reform Act, a bill that ostensibly a

THE RICH CAN AFFORD TO PAYIn response to your July 14 editorial, "Mr. Clinton's Economics,"

American tourists visiting London this summer are shocked by just how much everything costs. In many

CHARLES BARKLEY, enfant terrible of the U.S. Olympic basketball team, isn't awed by royalty.

THE WHITE HOUSE took a dim view of last week's move by Germany's central bank to raise the cost of b

In this presidential election year, some Americans turned to a businessman to deliver us from our se

Shortly after last year's Gulf War, American firms flocked to the Middle East to grab their share of

THE BREAKUP OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA has been as orderly as Yugoslavia's has been barbaric. Vaclav

The Bush administration says its policy on laws reserving a portion of government cargo for U.S.-fla

IN GARRISON KEILLOR's fictional town of Lake Wobegon, all the children are above average. In the rea

IN FOUR SHORT YEARS, Mexican President Carlos Salinas has transformed his country from an economic b

THE TRADE AND DIPLOMATIC WALL separating China and Taiwan, which began to crack in the late 1980s, i

Central Asia, until recently terra incognita in the West, is beginning to attract attention among U.

Leave it to Shakespeare once again to define the modern moment. In "Hamlet," Polonius sends

Valentine's Day came twice to Mexico this year: Once on Feb. 14 and again on July 12 when the center

Any post mortem on the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade and Economic Council must conclude that its recent passin

The Democrats say the presidential ticket about to emerge from their convention in New York will bri

THE LOUDEST MESSAGE from the Democratic convention is the sound of television sets clicking to anoth

HEALTH INSURANCE is in intensive care in the Democratic party. Most of its leading lights, including

DRIVER LICENSING IS NO JOKEIn the course of a wide-ranging, 45-minute telephone conversation

IT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD that President Bush says the United States will no longer manufacture plutoni

After a decade of violent conflict and government overspending that shattered their economies, the n

Democrats dragged out every downbeat number they could find or invent this week to bash the economy

As Japan's leaders change the role of the military to allow Japanese soldiers to participate in glob

HIGH-HANDED BEHAVIOR by government is nothing new. Even so, the U.S. Postal Service is setting a new

SOME BUZZWORDS are more misleading than others. Among the more beguiling sound bites of the presiden

NO-FAULT IS A BETTER INSURANCE SYSTEMIn his letter "No-Fault Insurance Is No Panacea" (April

A recent Harvard Business Review article argues that companies will compete in the future by develop

For Europe's politicians, the buzzword is "Maastricht." For its businessmen, it is "market."

BILL CLINTON HAS CAMPAIGNED on a simple theme: Abandon failed policies and try something new. If he

THE BEGINNING OF THE END has appeared for Russia's cradle-to-grave social welfare system. Ye