Commentary

GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS produce reports that are often ignored by policy- makers. But James Landry, w

According to Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Ohio, a new Labor Department jobs"dictionary" defines as

THE COLLAPSE this week of the European Community's system of fixed but adjustable exchangerates is a

With the deep financial troubles plaguing U.S. airlines, it seems implausible that the Department of

BILL CLINTON'S budget plan won't reduce the deficit by $496 billion during the next five years. Nor

Is Ross Perot being honest about Nafta? Ross was one of my heroes, but his attacks on Nafta, the Nor

News organizations have been seized with a sudden nostalgia for the 1960s, unhappy as those years we

IT'S GOING TO BE expensive, but the armed forces finally will clean up the soil and water pollution

For those who believe that the time has come to relax, if not eliminate, export controls on the sale

A BETTER WAY TO EVALUATE RECYCLINGChilton's July 13 article, "Recycling: What's the Real Cos

COMPANIES SHOULD CLEAN UP their own messes. That's the principle behind the U.S. Oil Pollution Act.

A STRONG-ARMED GOVERNMENT has created an economic miracle in Singapore buthasn't done much t

Among the possible prescriptions for rescuing the European Community's Exchange Rate Mechanism, the

Should we feel sorry for our fellow Americans in the Midwest who have been flooded out of their home

Can the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline industry find a comprehensive sol

DRENCHING RAINS have stopped in most of the Midwest, but the drama hasn't. Even as residentsin many

An interagency report on boosting U.S. trade with Russia and other cash- strapped former Soviet repu

IT'S ALWAYS DANGEROUS to predict sudden change in Japan, since policies thereshift slowly an

July's summit of industrialized nations may have been the most important in the 19-year history of t

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER John Major risked his political future last week to win parliamentary approva

Earlier this month, Justice Department officials opened a new chapter in U.S. trade law that could b

Should the United States impose human rights conditions on trade with China? More is at stake in thi

The gossamer-like results of the economic summit in Tokyo earlier this month have been woven into a

BIG U.S. STEELMAKERS have been attacking imports for the last 25 years. In some cases, theirprotests

COURIERS COMPLY WITH CUSTOMS LAWYour May 26 editorial, "Customs Brokers" (Page 8A) and subse

It was just a brief weekend report on local television news, saying that foreign embassies owed the

FACED WITH THE CHOICE of paying for Midwestern flood relief now or later, the House Tuesday did what

In his July 15 opinion article, Baruch Fellner cites the declining rate of workplace deaths as "comp

WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT of the Postal Service (see the editorial above), a new governmentreport o

IN TRYING TO ACT more like a private business, the U.S. Postal Service sometimes forgets it's still

Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan survived a bruising encounter with populist Democrats on the Senate

I had a drink with a Japanese colleague a few nights ago and asked if he had voted inthe July 18 Jap

Will enterprise zones survive Washington's budget battle? The Senate Finance Committee, to h

Throughout Latin America, power, money and responsibility are being transferred slowly to local gove

The saddest part of Jacques Attali's scandalous performance as president of the European Bank for Re

SIDE AGREEMENTS to the North American free-trade pact will be completed soon, possibly as early as t

REFLAGGING: PART OF A LARGER CAMPAIGNThe threats of Sea-Land Services Inc. and American Pres

One measure of the state of business conditions in Russia and the other former Soviet republics is t

Reorganized, re-energized and some say "Gergenized," Bill Clinton's presidency flies a newly hoisted

Washington runs on influence, but it can be hard to separate the real influence from the perceived.<