Commentary

About this time every four years, presidential politics and post-season baseball share the spotlight

At the risk of being burned at the stake for the modern version of heresy - political incorrectness

CONTRACTS ARE USUALLY THE PRODUCT of tough, hard-nosed bargaining. That's no less true in the mariti

Few issues have roiled relations between Japan and the nations of Southeast Asia and the Pacific reg

MOST AMERICANS KNOW they should save more of what they earn. Politicians know it, too, and have trie

Five years after the 1987 meltdown in the stock market, Wall Street and Washington are busily reassu

A popular election year myth holds that manufacturers of dangerous products are victims of a runaway

ELECTIONS HAVE A FUNNY WAY of focusing the mind. The world trade talks have been deadlocked for clos

As this campaign gets down to the serious nasties, a few Baby Boomers have extended geezer-bashing t

IT'S A SCENE OUT OF JAMES BOND: A ship carries some of the world's deadliest material halfway around

Health care has elicited plenty of pronouncements from the presidential candidates, but noone so far

For a nation already staggering from economic misfortune, last week's announcement by British Coal t

This election's promise of a fresh mandate for the next administration provides an opportunity for w

NO ONE LIKES TO PAY TAXES. But since government must generate revenue, it should do so simply and fa

CAPITALISM BREEDS CREATIVITY, as Russians are slowly learning. Boris Yeltsin's plan to privatize sta

One week before the November election, an unmarked envelope appears on the desk of the editor of a m

If, as expected, President Bush vetoes or refuses to sign tax legislation that includes the sweeping

THREE DECADES after the debut of nuclear power in the United States, utilities haven't solved a basi

Unable to pull himself away from the gambling table long enough to dine, John Montagu, the fourth Ea

NATIONAL STUDENT TESTING is a part of many educational reform programs, but there's new evidence mos

SHIPPERS TO BLAME FOR TRUCK RATE MESSI would like to respond to your Oct. 2 editoria

Even as oilmen in the Houston-focused petroleum patch consider the subtly advantageous energy provis

In harmony with the White House, the Congress that just went home has upheld the tradition of misspe

THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR for the Japanese. The stock market plummeted, the economy has been sl

Marking its twelfth anniversary of independence this year, Zimbabwe has little to celebrate. The wor

Last week, in the closing hours of the 102nd Congress, House Speaker Thomas Foley, D-Wash., dubbed i

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES George Bush, Bill Clinton or Ross Perot will mention the flagging world trade t

When Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs, guru to reforming socialist economies, met with Chinese policy

CHEDDI JAGAN, AN AVOWED MARXIST, was elected president of Guyana last week, an unsettling developmen

FARMERS IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY will share some of the bounty they receive from U.S. taxpayer

Three weeks from Election Day, Bill Clinton has a commanding lead over George Bush. While campaign d

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) celebrated its 18th anniversary in September. In signing t

If you're rich, you're welcome. If you're poor, you need not apply. There is no other way to

With the presidential campaign in high gear, Americans appear to be losing interest in the world bey

When Brazil's parliament voted to begin impeachment proceedings against President Fernando Collor, i

THE 102nd CONGRESS opened early last year with a vote for war in the Persian Gulf to secure U.S. oil

MOST OF THE NEW JOBS created during the 1980s were in smaller companies, so George Bush and Bill Cli

When President Bush lost his dinner on the lap of the Japanese prime minister early this year, it un

Since the turn of the century, the United States government has allowed the ocean shipping industry

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY is prepared to fight a U.S. proposal to extend the American embargo on Cuba t