Commentary

It's likened to the American Wild West of the 1800s and called the world's ''last frontier.'' It har

JAPAN'S STEEL INDUSTRY:UNDER THE KNIFERegarding your July 10 editorial, ''Remaking Japan'' (

After walking away in a huff from global financial services talks two years ago, the United States h

Mexican history abounds with anecdotes about leaders' missing appendages. Cognoscenti insist that 19

As Llewellyn Rockwell argues ably on this page, there's not much value to be found for the American

Athough much is made of Japan's trade surplus with the United States and an unresolved territorial d

Persistently benign inflation accompanied by low unemployment poses a serious challenge for the rece

The Jones Act reform bill recently introduced by Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., would inject life into a

In a glorious testament to the benefits of free trade, the firecrackers people lit to celebrate Inde

Poland, newly admitted to NATO, also is a candidate for membership in the European Union. But Poland

Ever wonder why the number of lawyers in Washington is exploding?Two reasons stand out. Firs

A recent survey by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University shows Americans are increasingly

In 1994, the year the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect, Celadon Trucking - now a $165

As every reader of Dilbert knows, enormous amounts of time and attention are given to developing, di

Just as the United States was positioning itself to reach a historic ''open skies'' agreement with J

Congress is dabbling in diplomacy again, and making a mess of it.The House last week overwhe

For most of us, sports have represented an extraordinary outlet. We've rooted for the home team, app

His given name is that of Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec leader, who fought a desperate battle to head o

Is long-distance passenger rail travel destined for the scrap heap of American history?Recen

If membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were based on military competence, the allia

In another era, women were ignored by financial pros who focused their sales pitches on the men of t

As our Washington report notes nearby, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank wants to make board members o

The Highwaymen:Warriors of the InformationSuperhighwayBy Ken Auletta334 page

The balanced-budget compromise the White House and Congress have agreed to in principle bears all th

Former GOP standard-bearer Bob Dole, an agnostic on free trade during last year's presidential race,

The application by CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. to divide Conrail poses one critical questio

At their recent summit in Denver, Group of 7 leaders urged the World Trade Organization to reach an

With America now into the serious vocation of vacation, the proper way to frolic on the water comes

Sabers are rattling again along the world's longest undefended border.The United States and

Ah, summer. Time for trips to the beach, visits to the neighborhood pool, concerts in the park. It's

With the British out of Hong Kong, it is Japan's turn to feel the heat of China's state-sponsored na

Normally, it is domestic producers who lobby Congress for protection from cheaper, higher quality im

A number of years ago a movie depicted a phony planetary exploration in which the government conspir

As Americans and their French brethren celebrate a common history of freedom this month, it seems fi

The NASA stunt celebrating the nation's July 4 weekend was to revisit Mars, set loose a little robot

Battlements are coming down and Japan is opening up. To business visitors, Japan today does not feel

For the first time in history, more than 1 million U.S. households filed for personal bankruptcy in

The news from famine-stricken North Korea becomes stranger by the day.In what it billed as a

CLEARING THE AIR ONALTERNATIVE FUELSI am writing in response to Arthur Gottschalk's extraord

Princess Diana's navy velvet dress, auctioned at Christie's in New York, went to the highest bidder