Commentary

To a professional politician, the 1996 presidential campaign is just around the corner. A sluggish e

CHINA, which has a huge stake in maintaining international confidence in its economic management, ha

The Republicans who now control Congress have promised to make a balanced- budget amendment to the C

The Clinton administration's dramatic move to ask Congress for an additional $25 billion to $40 bill

"I felt like I was being thrown into a deep pit like hell. It was so big. It was a terrible shaking.

There can be little doubt the Interstate Commerce Commission soon will be abolished - if not next mo

TO UNDERSTAND WHY REPUBLICANS declared war on federal regulations last week, consider this: Exxon Co

The European Union has switched to autopilot while its member states busy themselves with domestic a

UNDERSTANDING SHIP CAPACITY PLANNINGInvariably, whenever you write about rate increa

MUCH HAS CHANGED IN BRITAIN over the last few decades, but the attitude in its men's clubs isn't one

The collapse of the Mexican peso shocked American investors, who had been led to believe that the No

Ah, the West, where the spaces are wide open and the skies are big, where they know when to hold 'em

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S renewed support for Mexico this week was the best news the peso has had in some

American assistance to the West Bank and Gaza desperately needs leadership and focus. Taxpayer funds

THE UNITED STATES expects to sign investment agreements this week with Albania and Latvia, raising t

Dpu + USi + ipd OP = -35. That's economic modelese for what's just happened to Mexico. Dome

Many environmentalists were quietly overjoyed when Republicans took control of Congress. After three

JAPAN'S INSULAR financial industry will be exposed to new competition as a result of this week's fin

SALMON PLAN DESERVES SUPPORTYour Dec. 20 article on business objections to the North

Thanks partly to the Republican revolution in Congress, America is engaged in a great national debat

WHAT A DIFFERENCE a year makes. Twelve months ago, U.S.-Japanese trade relations were at an all-time

Last month's Summit of the Americas in Miami filled a void in U.S. trade policy, putting to rest fea

THE PESO'S PLUNGE has disrupted imports into Mexico, causing delays at ports and other transportatio

Two hundred and nineteen years after its founding, the United States still has not come togrips with

THE BATTLE over dredging the nation's ports has dragged on for more than 15 years. Last month, a fed

Throughout the 1990s, hardly a month has passed without some U.S. company announcing layoffs. AT&T,

When the Latin debt crisis erupted back in 1982, financial gurus soon explained why Americans should

As Congress considers the future of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the way transportation is

ORGANIZED LABOR has had its travails; unions today claim only 11 percent of the private U.S. work fo

Mexico's present crises are less a judgment on the leadership skills of its new president than on th

FOR THE REPUBLICANS, the easy part is over. They have officially occupied the House of Representativ

Barge lobbyists are breathing a little easier in the new anti-tax climate here: Most don't expect th

Should $100 received courtesy of a lucky streak on Wall Street be taxed any differently from $100 th

Caesars and generals returning to Imperial Rome following military triumphs assigned husky-voiced yo

The cost of processing and conveying information will consume a steadily growing fraction ofevery bu

NUCLEAR SHIPMENTS RAISE SAFETY ISSUESAs the author of the study reviewing the safety

WHEN the Interstate Commerce Commission disappears later this year, its most important responsibilit

Why bother flying off to the Caribbean, Guam or Wingo Dingo for your beach vacation when you could s

The collapse of the Mexican peso caught almost everybody off guard. Initially, renewed political unr

The United Nations Environment Program is facing growing competition for the mantle of U.N. leadersh