Commentary

CHALK ONE UP FOR COMMON SENSE. The Energy Department no longer plans to spend $6 billion on a new pl

The Chinese Communist Party once co-opted women by promising that equality would follow automaticall

The dramatic realignment of European currencies last weekend was only the latest in a long sequence

Presidential campaigns are rarely the place to look for ideas that combine farsightedness and practi

GEORGE BUSH AND BILL CLINTON have proposed dramatically different health careplans, but they

The British are famous for their sense of humor, but surely worrying about a drought in this rain-so

GERMANY'S CENTRAL BANK, which has earned its spurs as an inflation fighter, took a necessary step ba

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION should move quickly to approve the new commercial alliance between Northwest

Some labor leaders are opposing the North American free-trade agreementbecause they believe

The last three years marked one of the longest periods of slow growth for the U.S. economy in the po

THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN RAINING relentlessly on George Bush's parade. Last week brought more gloomy new

With the announced retirements of the top two Democrats on the House Public Works and Transportation

SHIP LINES REBUT SHIPBUILDERS' CLAIMSWe are appalled by the ongoing efforts of the S

As United Nations inspectors again risk their lives to retrieve sensitive documents pertaining to Ir

George Wallace is remembered for many things, some good, some bad. But of all the stridencies that e

On Labor Day the National Insurance Consumer Organization (NICO) held a press conference, calling fo

HONG KONG, an intermediate stop for many exporters moving goods between China and the United States,

The French go to the polls on Sept. 20 to vote on the European Community's Maastricht treaty, thereb

SIMPLIFYING THE TAX CODE is a perennial goal of the good-government crowd. The problem, of course, i

In a new book, Walter B. Wriston, former chairman and chief executive officer of Citicorp, tells of

The North American free-trade agreement is not the first such pact with Mexico to encounter stiff op

REAL STORY ON MERGER BREAKDOWNYour cover story "Insurance Agent Groups Call Off Merger Plan"

THE CLOCK IS TICKING for Poland's state enterprises, many of which are close to bankruptcy.

DECLINING WAGES for U.S. workers is fast becoming a central issue in the presidential campaign. Real

AFTER 64 DAYS OF WRANGLING, California last week finally resolved its budget mess. Here are a few th

The trashing of the economy by news organizations to discredit President Bush is a disgrace to journ

"A significant event." That's the phrase most often used by the Japanese and Chinese to describe the

SOME SUBSIDIES refuse to die. Take, for example, the Carter-era subsidy to producers of natural gas

Mexican President Carlos Salinas says free trade and foreign investment will improve the lot of work

GREECE HONORS UN'S YUGOSLAVIA EMBARGOYour front-page story "Serbs Exploiting Holes in UN Tra

Food production in the Third World is at an all-time high. Indeed, increases in Third Word food prod

AFTER A SLOW START, including some heavy bashing from France's cultural high priests, Euro Disneylan

SUMMER'S BRIGHT HOPES for overhauling federal maritime policy are fading fast. Budgetary battles and

The unmistakable signs of panic are everywhere in the European Community these days. The pro

Einstein knew what he was talking about. Everything is relative, including politics. As both

CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY this year for U.S. wheat farmers. On a campaign swing to Sioux Falls, S

UNTIL LAST WEEK, the Clinton campaign had largely avoided the xenophobia that often infuses Democrat

In addition to his many other presumed sobriquets, George Bush has now apparently become the "Export

President Bush recently signed into law much-debated legislation banning ''indecent" programming on

THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE has softened its opposition to a Securities and Exchange Commission proposal