Commentary

As the Soviet empire breaks apart, forecasting the chances for capitalism is becoming a topic for re

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES are on the brink of another trade war. This time it's over Cana

When you go into almost any store these days, you are likely to find a good sale. Store owners are s

Normal, albeit sometimes dirty, every-day politics is coming to South Africa. The political culture

TUNA TRADE EDITORIAL OVERSTATES THREATWe read with great interest your editorial "Tuna Trade

NO ONE SEEMS ENTIRELY HAPPY with the federal government's new rules for ridding the skies of noisy j

High-speed rail service has been promoted as a solution to overcrowding in the skies and at airports

WITH ALL THE DISTURBING REPORTS about Chinese human rights abuses and arms sales, it's encouraging t

Gavril Popov has a vision. Mr. Popov, Moscow's flamboyant and powerful mayor, now has his si

With the Cold War over and the defense budget on a downward spiral, major American defense manufactu

TRADE BARRIERS CUT BOTH WAYS. Earlier this year, Carla Hills, the U.S. trade representative, issued

Edward Jaycox, the World Bank's estimable vice president for Africa, offers a staggering thought.

SADDAM HUSSEIN already has proven himself incapable of dealing in good faith with the rest of the in

The war drums are beating on the banks of the Potomac. Miles away, you hear the rhythmic chant: Prin

HERE'S A RIDDLE: When is an insurance product not an insurance product? Answer: When it's a guarante

KOREAN ANTI-IMPORT SCHEME WON'T WORKYour editorial of Sept. 10 ("Deja Vu in South Korea") ob

Sweden's political swing to the right may not herald changes as dramatic as those now sweeping Centr

NO ONE SAID IT WOULD BE EASY to convert Europe's former communist states to market economies. Two re

A plaque in New York City reads, "Out of their martyrdom came new concepts of social responsibility

With most of the Marxist world in ruins, it's time for the United States to end its trade and diplom

The Soviet economy has so routinely been described in the West as ''collapsing," "disintegrating," o

THE WHITE HOUSE apparently isn't in a compromising mood on national energy strategy. In a ta

MOST FEDERAL FUNDS for building and repairing the nation's highways will stop flowing to the states

CF CALLS EMERY AIR ARTICLE UNTRUEWe are very disturbed by your article "CF's Choice of Finan

U.S. trade policy acts as if every handout given to a foreign business is automatically a stab in th

So, here's the deal: I'll give you a Michael Milken for a Neil Bush. But nobody's getting Charles Ke

AFTER TWO YEARS of languishing in Congress, the drug testing debate for transportation workers is ba

NVOS MUST ORGANIZE TO FIGHT TARIFF FILINGI have been following with more than a little inter

By and large, these are sunny days for President Bush. Almost everywhere you look, events seem to be

COUNTRIES ACTING ALONE can rarely stop the worldwide sale of goods that others are eager to buy. Tha

Now that the rhetoric surrounding the "war on drugs" has cooled somewhat, the time is right to devel

Mr. and Mrs. Kenji Suzuki are not exactly the happiest of retirees in Yokohama these days. Their two

CONSOLIDATIONS, MERGERS AND BANKRUPTCIES in the airline industry have sparked panicky calls for re-r

Last Friday, the Federal Reserve gave in to political and market pressure andcut the discoun

THE PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORP., the federal agency that insures retirementplans, just lo

As the euphoria from the Soviet coup dies down, national leaders and foreign friends of the Soviet d

UNION DEMOCRACY IS RECEIVING A BLACK EYE at West Coast ports. The nearly 50,000 members of the Inter

WHO IS TO BLAME FOR INSURANCE WOES?Though not for lack of trying, insurance industry

In the dog days of August, when most politicians were as far away from Washington as they could get,

TALES OF WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING are nothing new, but the latest excesses - this time by Washin