Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

CALIFORNIA IS IN THE MIDST of what is becoming an annual rite - trying to reconcile a huge shortfall

WITH ETHNIC STRIFE raging all around them, leaders of 11 Black Sea states Thursday took the quixotic

What will the Labor Party's overwhelming victory in the Israeli elections mean for the future direct

While media attention has been focused on recent events in the Commonwealth of Independent States an

At the meat counter, "choice" denotes high quality. In fact, the word originated in a culinary conte

MICHIGAN TRUCKING RULES ARE NECESSARYYour June 17 article "Michigan Moves to Deregulate Truc

RAILROAD LABOR RELATIONS are bad and getting worse. Unions are still fuming over the wage settlement

The most well-intentioned plans can have unintended - and unfortunate - consequences. Such is the ca

Is it really the North American free-trade agreement (Nafta) the United States, Mexico and Canada ha

IF THERE IS ANY DOUBT that national borders and time differences matter less and less in financial m

"Now let us look into the deceitful conduct of these people. For the last 10 days they have interpos

RADICAL FRENCH FARMERS are at it again, trying to hold back European Community agricultural reforms.

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS of environmental regulation have improved air and water quality - but at a cost se

Fundamentals in the U.S. economy are improving. The Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed what busine

Mexico may be heading into a long, hot summer. Gubernatorial elections are scheduled for ear

IN MOST OF THE WORLD, inventors play by a simple rule: Whoever gets to the patent office first recei

IF YOU'VE BEEN READING the letters to the editor in this paper lately, you get the impression railro

The last 18 months have been less than kind to Jacques Delors. The president of the European

Through the 1980s, regaining control of the government of Nicaragua was an official American obsessi

U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady has summoned Latin America's chief economic authorities for c

American agriculture remains super-efficient, untouched by the productivity lag that afflicts manufa

AFTER YEARS OF GOVERNMENT INACTION, Washington finally has produced a workable plan to reform federa

It's trade week, with a capital T, at the International Trade Commission. Two major unfair trade pra

Two weeks ago, executives from nearly two dozen countries were lavishly wined and dined in Cancun, M

IT'S A PORT OFFICIAL'S worst nightmare - sitting by helplessly as your shipping channels fill with m

WATER PROJECTS ARE NOT PORK BARRELWe question the use of the shop-worn cliche "pork-barrel l

Japanese politicians and diplomats participate in the drama of world affairs, but they always seem l

For four decades, India was the world's most decisive refutation of the proposition that economic an

RUSSIAN HARD-LINERS gave an unsubtle reminder Thursday of the political problems facing President Bo

Wealthier societies are more able and willing to devote resources to clean up and protect their envi

No more red tape, no more rules, no more third-rate public schools. Maybe privatizing public

ONE OF THE BASTIONS of trucking industry regulation may be about to give way to economic common sens

RUSSIA NEEDS EVERYTHING: machines, technology, services, infrastructure and consumer goods. It also