Commentary

REPORTS OF CORRUPTION and conflicts of interest in the U.S. government's food aid program have recei

The Bush administration has found out the hard way that the oil market doesn't necessarilyrespond to

Mikhail Gorbachev is still the most influential player in Soviet politics. What he seems increasingl

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK cuts 5,000 jobs. Industrial Bank of Japan's high-flying stock loses two-thirds

This may be the most ironic sign of the times in Europe since former dissident Vaclev Havel became p

Our sealift crisis is easily apparent to objective observers. This vulnerability has loomed since th

The Washington Report column, "Crisis Spurs Mariner Reserve," which appeared on the Editorial/Opinio

The big landowner, the story goes, had given one of his tenant farmers a bottle of sour mash bourbon

TRACK USE MONOPOLY HAS ALREADY ENDEDIt appears to me that Paul Nelson ("It's Time to Open Ra

AN ALABAMA COURT ORDERED Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. to pay more than $1 million toa woman def

HIS UNWISE PROMISE in the 1988 campaign - "No new taxes. Read my lips" - has haunted thefirst two ye

The administration's proposal to reduce the capital gains tax rate was abandoned due to superficial

In all probability, this week will see the textile and apparel industries consigned to the ash heap

The U.S. economy, which almost stalled during the first half of 1990, has tumbled down the slippery

FOR THE FIRST TIME in 45 years, Europe has a major power at its center. Everyone can rejoice at the

By any standards, the Sept. 12 summit of Indian political parties was unusual. There have be

JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER Toshiki Kaifu had a lot to answer for during his trip to the United States t

More than 10 years after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries successfully wielded its

THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE budget package worked out in Washington over the weekend is the best testimo

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings is hanging over the environmental presidency like the sword of Damocles. A Con

HEALTH CONCERNS ARE FOREMOST at the United Nations World Summit on Children. The goals proclaimed du

VAPORWARE OR NOT: YES, THE UN CARESI refer to your article "Vaporware or Not - Does the U.N.

FINALLY, THE UNITED STATES is putting its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the test. After weeks of he

First off, let me confess. I have a weakness for sushi. Just last week, at the big World Bank meetin

Bush administration officials, prompted by the Persian Gulf crisis, are fleshing out plans for a mer

We can weather an oil shortage. The more dangerous problem is that we're running low on brainpower.

WHEN U.S. STEEL DECIDED it needed to reduce its work force in Pennsylvania recently, the management

AS THE DEADLINE FOR a budget deal nears, a surprising compromise is emerging. Instead of cutting the

On April 29, 1975, when American troops were lifted by helicopter out of Saigon, most of the world w

''The Japanese have a strange habit," writes a European journalist well-known for his criticism of T

The made-for-television Persian Gulf saga precipitated by Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait contai

On Oct. 3 Germany will be united at last, Europe is on the road to its own greater unity and all may

WHILE THE DEBATE OVER national oil spill legislation raged on Capitol Hill this year, at least one s

US MUST STRENGTHEN MERCHANT MARINEI read the article entitled "House Votes Funds for Fast Se

The man from AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems was jet-lagged but running on the adrenaline a

Marathon negotiations over the federal budget came down to the wire this week. Despite the best of i

PRISON OVERCROWDING WILL NEVER END: The more prison beds that are built, the more reasons legislato

It's hype time for the Uruguay Trade Round. The round's proponents are firing off all sorts

TELLING GOVERNMENTS HOW TO initiate credible economic policies is part and parcel of the work of the

WHEN IT COMES TO stabilizing commodity prices, the world doesn't have much to show for a lot of effo