Commentary

The Clinton administration has served notice that its efforts to use U.S. trade law as a lever to op

In order to bring less complexity, lower compliance costs and greater fairness to the U.S. tax syste

On Aug. 8, Thomas A. Constantine, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, delivered a

WHEN IS A FEDERAL LEVY a tax and when is it a user fee? And from the payer's point of view, does it

The world economy has started to slow. Except in the United States, there are few signs of an impend

BOB DOLE wasn't the only politician to get a rude awakening in a regional vote last weekend. In Russ

There's a danger that next month's United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing will focus on the p

BOB DOLE'S UNBRIDLED POLITICAL AMBITION has become the greatest barrier to expanding the North Ameri

THE MANY RISKS OF NUCLEAR ENERGYJack Edlow simply parrots, albeit more forcefully, t

THE AFL-CIO has taken time out from its internal power struggles to blast 26 U.S. lawmakers as foes

Federally funded science programs are on the chopping block in Washington. They shouldn't be. Of cou

Unless there's some rain across Britain fairly soon, the government could find itself in hot water o

"GENTLEMEN do not read each other's mail," said Henry Stimson, who as secretary of state in 1929 clo

THIS SUMMER'S tourism marketing prize goes to Andrea Guglieri, mayor of a small town on the Italian

When people think of pictures, I'm gratified to note that most people in the world think of Kodak.

For at least a year, Sen. J. James Exon has talked about creating a "surf and turf" agency that woul

DISASTER COVERAGE: THE REAL SOLUTIONIt is gratifying to see that you recognize the s

DRUNK DRIVING has been a major cause of highway deaths for years, prompting federal and state govern

The question, "Why not treat Cuba just the same as Vietnam and China?" has been gathering momentum f

JAPAN HAS RIGHTS TO SUNKEN SUBYour Aug. 10 article, "Gold Aboard Sunken Japanese Sub

Should the United States end foreign aid? That's one of the big questions being asked in Washington.

RELENTLESS HEAT WAVES this summer have prompted some electric utilities to appeal for energy conserv

DON'T DISCOUNT ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAYIra Rosenfeld's comments on the "failure" of the S

PRESIDENT CLINTON thought he could isolate Iran commercially when he banned U.S. trade with that cou

A funny thing happened on the way out of the forum. The forum: the Foreign Correspondents Cl

BRAZIL, it has been said, has a great future - and always will. That fatalistic assessment o

The recent murder of two prominent Russian bankers, Ivan Kivelidi, chairman of Russia's leading busi

U.S. FARM POLICY is a jumble of costly subsidies and wasteful land set-asides, a point agricultural

WHISKEY IS FOR DRINKING, Mark Twain once said, and water is for fighting. He was referring to the th

The congressional budget deficit may have unleashed the global power of U.S. agriculture - at long l

This is silly season, so it is not surprising to find Washington inventing a new crisis. The New Yor

At Villa Ivanka, the hotel near the Split airport favored by the U.S. Air Mobility Command's 621st s

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS promised a revolution in January, but most look battle-fatigued as they se

Big business has always occupied an ambiguous position in American capitalism - partly defending fre

There has been no summer respite for the vacationing leaders of the European Union as they confront

A SENSIBLE WAY TO SAVE AMTRAKYour Aug. 3 editorial, "Soft on Amtrak" (page 6A), mist

U.S. MANUFACTURERS have long complained of an open-ended personal-injury liability system that saddl

SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY, Congress passed the law that created the Social Security system. What began d

MINERALS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR may be the "common heritage of mankind," as the United Nations has procl

US SEAFARERS ARE WORTH THE COSTWhile not prone to reacting to newspaper articles, yo