Commentary

Much printer's ink is being used this month to acknowledge the 10th anniversary of Monday, Oct. 19,

The world's shipowners are preparing for far-reaching changes in shipping safety regulations but the

Fifty years ago, when George Kennan authored a document that was to become our Cold War philosophy f

Harland Stonecipher was a life-insurance agent driving down Oklahoma's Interstate Highway 3 when a h

What is economic science? Time was when it was viewed as a method of social planning by government.

OIL RESERVESUNDERSTATEDIn his fanciful piece, ''The bright side of having no oil'' (Sept. 22

Economics 101, long a synonym for Dullsville and concepts like price elasticity and comparative adva

President Clinton is right to accentuate the positive during his visit to Argentina this week. Under

President Clinton wants to have ''computers as much a part of the classroom as blackboards,'' thereb

Michel Camdessus, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, was his usual ebullient self

ITALY'S ENEL PLANS LINKAGEWITH US FIRM ENTERGYROME - The Italian electricity company Enel is

With this year's award, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences has come of age. In a break

Although the full significance of Southeast Asia's ongoing currency crisis is not yet known, a numbe

If you really enjoy a good case of gloom and doom, here's a statistic for you to savor: Never since

The Greenspanner Effect occurs when Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan throws a spanner i

A few days from now, the Department of Transportation is likely to grant $180 million in direct subs

In recent years, numerous developing countries throughout the world have come under attack for their

MAKING LOOPHOLES INJONES ACT PROTECTIONYour opinion article, ''Keeping up with the Jones Act

Southeast Asian economic ministers meeting in Malaysia today will be sweating it out almost as much

Many people think Americans are not collectively as courteous, charitable or ethical as they used to

Here's a little multimillion-dollar story about how Washington works. In this ratings-crazed milieu,

Alexis de Tocqueville was fascinated by the invincible drive toward equality that prevailed in Europ

The Navy could save up to $300 million yearly if all its manuals and paperwork were in plain English

The Congress virtually never sets trends. But seldom has it been so far behind the curve as it is in

Out of improved U.S.-China relations and worldwide momentum toward democracy and free markets comes

President Clinton's trip this week to Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina should help underscore Latin A

In Russian villages there is an old peasant saying about dogs. ''Once in the pack,'' they say, ''you

FOREIGN CRUISESHIPS UNFAIRIn an editorial earlier this year (Jan. 28, Page 6A) and in opinio

It has often been said - mostly by lawyers - that the United States is a nation of laws, not men.

The European Union and the United States are in the midst of Helms-Burton Two - a renewal of their l

Last week Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan sent jitters through the markets with his comments

Due to an editing error, an opinion article on Oct. 9 on page 8A by Claude E. Barfield, ''Standing f

The U.S. financial services industry is consolidating gradually, but drastically.On the bank

Once again, China is combining puny free-trade concessions with robust rhetoric in its bid for World

''Congress shall have the power to levy and collect taxes.''How, from these 10 simple words

Hong Kong's first post-colonial administrator, Tung Chee-hwa, has spent his first 100 days in office

Are you a victim of merger mania? During the first half of this year, there were more than $418 bill

When Congress passed the big telecommunications act in 1996, lawmakers gave the Federal Communicatio

American women overwhelmingly view the changes of the last few years as positive both personally and

A shadow hangs over President Clinton's visit this week to South America.As he travels to Ve