Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's R (for Retaliation) Day today at the U.S. Trade Representative's office. More than 50 industry

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was right. Several months ago, he urged world leaders to resolve the s

The greatest challenge confronting our nation today is in education. But what kind of preparation ar

Many statements about U.S.-Japanese economic affairs tell half the truth. Some common assertions con

In upholding its 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion,

FOR THE LEADERS of the world's major industrialized countries, the summit just concluded was more ab

America is in a mood to be saved. But one might well ask: "From what?" By any historical standard, t