Commentary

HOWEVER CANADIANS resolve the Quebec problem, some much-needed changes may emerge from the self-exam

IMAGINE TERM LIFE INSURANCE that can be canceled or re-priced when a policyholder grows old or sick.

_ Gov. Bill Clinton, at first wary about too close an association with congressional Democrats, is s

In "Das Kapital," Karl Marx wrote that tuberculosis is an inevitable consequence of the capitalist m

SHARPER THINKING ON RECYCLINGIn their June 18 opinion article, "Recycling for Recycling's Sa

NOTHING LASTS AS LONG as it used to. Just ask the Swiss. The new headquarters of the Zurich stock ex

On most issues, Americans fancy themselves alone atop the moral high ground, ideals displayed as a b

A FEW OF LAST WEEKEND'S holiday traffic jams, no doubt, are breaking up only now. And if that's an e

Congressional opposition to the proposed $300 million acquisition of LTV Corp.'s missile business by

The Federal Reserve surrendered to overwhelming market and political pressure. Last Thursday, the Fe

WHILE GROUP OF SEVEN leaders were debating economic matters in Munich, heads of the former Soviet re

PILOT BILL WOULD NOT IMPROVE SAFETYYour article on proposed New York state legislation to re

THE UNITED STATES has spent the better part of a decade fighting Europe's blatant subsidies to plane

The "black Wednesday" gas explosions that ripped through 20 blocks in Guadalajara, Mexico, two month

When people ask what I miss most about not living in the United States, I of course respond, "Family

House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., and Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., will seek to amend ma

IT'S EASY TO BE CYNICAL about world summits, especially the one that starts today in Munich.

The economy was stagnant, the country seemed without direction and the voters were angry. A

RUSSIA is not the only country trying to unload debt-ridden, money-losing state enterprises. Greece'

Something is not rotten in the state of New Jersey. Landfills in states as far off as Alabam

SELF-FULFILLING INSURANCE PROPHECIESYour June 17 article on medical malpractice raises quest

A battle is raging in Africa largely out of view of the world community. It is not the kind of confl

MORE EVIDENCE THIS WEEK of drastic moves to reform the Russian economy: President Boris Yelt

Next week's summit meeting in Munich of the Group of 7 industrialized nations represents perhaps the

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY moved gingerly last week to open its aviation market to more internal competi

FOR MANY U.S. COMPANIES, it seems, hardly a foreigner anywhere trades fairly. Steelmakers, w

A Commerce Department official was once asked by a new staffer "What is the trade policy of the Unit

It was the usual spring ritual in Japanese corporations, whose annual accounts are settled in March.

PORTUGAL'S PRESIDENCY of the European Community, which ends today, may be remembered best for its ba

Bond traders and politicians make strange bedfellows. Yet for the moment they have united. They want

FREE TRADE HAS ITS COSTSRichard Lawrence's column on the North American free-trade agreement

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS in the former Soviet republics and Eastern Europe make Western leaders nervous.

RAILROADS AND THEIR UNIONS have just concluded another embarrassing chapter in their long history of

The season is now in full swing: Ascot, Wimbledon, Henley, Glyndebourne and Cowes. All are quintesse

An article in Changing Times magazine criticized the airline industry as follows: "No seats . . . l

THIS WEEK'S STATE VISIT by Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa offers President Bush a chance to

Can he deliver? That's the central question hanging over Fidel Ramos, who succeeds Corazon Aquino Tu

"WHAT WE HAVE HERE . . . is a failure to communicate." The chain-gang guard in "Cool Hand Lu

President Bush has invited Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari to attend this year's July 14

The dismal science of economics sometimes serves up a debate that spills over into larger questions