Commentary

IN CASE ANYONE MISSED IT, the Clinton administration made more than just a transportation decision w

The uptick in prices last month, while modest, was fair warning to investors that the genie of infla

WESTERN GOVERNMENTS are desperately searching for a way to help Russian President Boris Yeltsin stay

Americans are being asked to share equitably and responsibly in reducing the soaring federal deficit

BY APPROVING the first phase of British Airways' investment in struggling USAir, the Clinton adminis

A GOOD CASE CAN BE MADE for the Clinton administration's go-slow approach to the world trade talks i

The glaring disparity in environmental quality between the United States and Mexico could be the Ach

Sometimes seemingly minor incidents can illuminate larger truths. Such is likely to be the c

Will Eastern Europe be forgotten as the West moves to prop up besieged Russian President Boris Yelts

Business people worried about the Clinton administration should be especially alarmed by theappointm

President Clinton pledged in his campaign to increase federal infrastructure spending by $20 billion

House maritime leaders are working on a comprehensive legislative framework to help the U.S.shipbuil

Due to a typographical error, Chrysler Corp.'s unfunded pension liability was stated incorrectly in

REMEMBER THE PEACE DIVIDEND? In the uproar over military base closures, the basic idea - saving bill

JACK BROOKS still doesn't get it. For some time now, the Texas Democrat who chairs the HouseJudiciar

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS have greased the skids for a budget plan that follows Bill Clinton's script:

Sens. John Danforth and Ernest Hollings are recommending a value-added consumption tax as analternat

Carla Hills proclaimed the North American free-trade agreement a job gainer for American workers, ba

President Clinton recently outlined a trade policy that seems strikingly similar to that pursued by

The Clinton economic program, it seems, is evolving. Just when you think you have it pinned down, it

THE IDEA OF FREE MARKETS is elegantly simple. Millions of independent decision-makers prompt sellers

Let's go micro. The economic plan President Clinton presented in his State of the Union addr

KEEP THE LIGHT-WATER REACTOR PROGRAMAlthough the budget deficit will surely require scaling

What a difference a year makes. Last winter, the media was filled with stories of the dizzying decli

Mr. Secretary, on Tuesday I explained that you had been listening to the maritime lobby, not the mar

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S best laid plans for ratifying the Maastricht Treaty on economic and politic

Those of us who enjoy a traditional English ale are heartened that there is at least one British ind

A powerful surge in the number of non-farm payroll jobs in February, coupled with an equally strong

CONGRESS HAS SEIZED the initiative on deficit cutting from Bill Clinton. On Monday, House and Senate

THE FEDERAL BUDGET is harboring yet another unpleasant surprise for future taxpayers: responsibility

Dear Mr. Secretary: For a couple of months now, I've been scared out of my boots. First it w

"For Sale: One Careful Owner" boasts a notice pinned to a huge tunnel boring machine parked just out

AS FEDERICO PENA is learning, making policy in Washington means making hard choices. Less than two m

Poor Johnny. First, we discovered he couldn't read. Then we were told he couldn't add. Now we learn

LUXEMBOURG isn't one of Europe's economic engines, but its citizens live well just the same.

The maritime industry has responded to Transportation Secretary Federico Pena's request for an indus

Is the peace dividend slipping away? Although the Cold War is history, trends in the former Soviet U

THE "BABY BELLS" are growing up and trying to leave home. Facing increased competition in th

When news of the disastrous oil spill reached me, I was at a meeting for potential investors in ocea

When someone claims to be Jesus, it raises both suspicion and expectation. Ambivalence melts away an