Commentary

I know you're snickering already, but I woke up suddenly the other night with an intense need to kno

Compared with our other Monday holidays, the third Monday of February is the most ersatz. Consider t

If I may borrow from a cable sent from Mark Twain to the Associated Press, the reports of the deaths

The European Central Bank is responsible for monetary policy in the euro zone and must weigh the req

The exit from communism in Poland, and throughout all of Eastern Europe, occurred on three levels: p

We live in an age of incredible economic prosperity AND insecurity. Even in good economic times, mas

Shipping lines in the U.S. trades have a historic opportunity to forge a practical working partnersh

An electronic-commerce company was swamped after it announced a free computer offer. More than 300,0

As promise is a promise. I said I wasn't finished with the subject, and I wasn't. So here are a few

In 1978, when Ohio, the home of Procter & Gamble, was on the verge of becoming the last state to ban

A woman once asked George Gallup, the father of American polling, how his surveys could be accurate

The world needs a second Green Revolution to correct the problems caused by the first one, which fos

There's no reason to expect a drop in the share price of the telecommunications giant Telefonos de M

I am pleased that Mr. (Thomas S.) Wyman has an interest in the U.S. shipbuilding industry (''U.S. ne

In a sign of the nation's high economic times and low unemployment, the U.S. Air Force plans to spen

Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater underlined not long ago the administration's concern with

With the president's impeachment trial limping along but refusing to quit, there's a persistent, gna

The man they call ''Mr. Yen'' sees the Japanese economy rebounding around the middle of this year an

Supporters of free trade - trade that is free of market-distorting barriers and subsidies - are hard

''Too Much, Too Fast'' would be an apt title for a book about the first 100 days of Germany's conten

With the quadrupling of fees on empty containers that are returned late to West Coast ports, intermo

Europe is bracing for a decisive battle between the supporters of open and closed markets, the outco

In the 1970s, Haitian dictator ''Papa Doc'' Duvalier invited United Nations representatives to a Hai

There she was, arriving in the nation's capital to meet with the House prosecutors. The woman the wo

Wildcatters in West Texas in the 1930s would feel kin to those now prospecting for oil in western Ka

The use or threat of trade sanctions to advance human rights in China has done relatively little to

The newspapers are writing grimly about the apparent conflict between, on one hand, baby-boomers bei

The 106th Congress is having a hard time getting off the ground. But that's not going to slow its me

You thought it was a tall tale or a sorry excuse when you heard someone claim that they'd slept with

On Jan. 14, in stormy weather, the Argentinian-registered tanker Campo Duran labored up the North At

The United States is in danger of being drawn into yet another foreign entanglement. This one is not

As we saw this past holiday season, the Internet has become the true global marketplace. Record numb

The scandal surrounding the International Olympic Committee points up just how out of step American

Here's a hypothetical: Suppose affirmative action were changed to include everyone over 40. How many

Rogues aren't always criminals. Take rogue elephants, for example. If they threaten to go on the ram

Remember when electricity-company shares were ideal for widows and orphans? Sedate, placid investmen

It may not seem so at first glance, but enhancing the Caribbean Basin Initiative is as important to

Yes, Americans are heartily sick of President Clinton's impeachment trial and long for it to end. Bu

A fundamental contradiction underlies Washington's attitude toward trade, an incongruity that was ev

International trade is often considered a simple two-way exchange between nations. The theory of com