Commentary

It is unfortunate that Western news coverage about the Middle East continues to be dominated by Iraq

What a moment for our industry. The union has fought an unsuccessful battle against industry deregul

Censorship.For Americans, this is an ugly word. In our Constitution, freedom of speech is no

The design of a post-Hurricane Mitch comprehensive reconstruction and economic recovery program for

Bart Giamatti, the late president of Yale, once said, ''Being a university president is no way for a

estseller-novelist John Grisham doesn't have anything to worry about yet, but impeachment fever has

razil needs to cut its interest rates quickly and sharply to revive its failing economy, but it also

In this season of sour politics, medical research is thriving as Washington's sole object of biparti

Roses are redViolets are blueBoy, do I haveComputer games for you!Now that's

orm is threatening to overtake substance in shipping-law reform.A proposal by the Federal M

The dispute between the United States and the European Union over the EU's banana-import regime may

uthorities in central New Jersey still aren't sure about the origin of the roaming 431-pound Bengal

I read with interest the op-ed article by Prof. Kenneth J. Button of George Mason University, ''Open

Brazil's downturn and the emerging slowdown in Europe need not threaten longer-term worldwide econom

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one of the strongest leaders in the western world. He attracts

As container shipping reform approaches, it's a fascinating exercise to look for useful lessons from

The combatants in Europe's long-running shipping wars are preparing to move on to new - hopefully hi

The United States, since World War II, has played Santa Claus, the Good Samaritan, the giver of firs

Countless middle-aged citizens have attended class reunions to find, to their surprise, that the peo

Brazil's devaluation of its currency without causing fearsome repercussions in U.S. financial market

On our recent trip to Russia, we encountered a country struggling to define its future in the midst

ovie stars, pro wrestlers and a beauty queen joined frogs, lizards, lobsters and dalmatians over t

f you think currency crises and depressions are faraway problems of developing countries, think agai

This is not supposed to be a column for the lovelorn, but Valentine's Day is becoming an increasingl

It doesn't rival impeachment, Bosnia or Iraq. It can't even hold a candle to the flu. The common col

The Argentine peso is in the first line of fire now that the Brazilian real has gone down in flames.

For Vice President Al Gore and other promoters of environmental purity, there isn't an issue of grea

The North American Free Trade Agreement debate rages on. Public Citizen, a self-styled consumer watc

In your opinion pages Dec. 24 (''Hong Kong losing identity,'' Page 4A), Edward Neilan writes that Ho

marketing program aimed at a very specific seg- ment of the driving public shifts into a higher gea

ederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan cracked open a door last week and let a gust of cold wind i

One shouldn't begin a column like this without noting that there is nobody in the shipping business

Russian President Boris Yeltsin snubbed her. Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov warned her in no uncert

The key ingredient to a strong and vibrant economy is a free-market system that has as little interf

The toll from Hurricane Mitch is overwhelming: 10,000 dead, two million homeless, much of the econom

Will a scarcity of fresh water be a constraint on food production and human survival in the 21st cen

The minority government formed by Turkish political veteran Bulent Ecevit of the Democratic Left Par

ost vacation paradises run advertisements that feature trim young people in breathtaking sur- roun

t long last Washington's obsession with President Clinton's affair with a White House intern could

During this year's State of the Union speech, President Clinton was making a promise a minute - lite