Commentary

The next time rush hour traffic allows you to contemplate the state of our public facilities, you wo

For all of his rhetoric and efforts against federal regulation, George Bush has been and probably wi

RICHARD GEPHARDT is eager to help George Bush negotiate a proper free-trade agreement with Mexico. B

After a month of frantic selling, Mexico's stock market, the "bolsa," is posting big gains on news t

THE UNITED STATES LAUNCHED a beer war with Canada last week, but in this case, Washington can be for

JAPAN'S ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKERS, fanning out Tuesday to explain their plans to stimulate the economy,

After years of on-again, off-again negotiations, first with the Soviet Union and lately with the Rus

With the European Community's recent decision to cut internal agricultural subsidies, the United Sta

Like a lazy tide, a steady move toward privatization is rolling over Europe. German and Ital

MEXICO'S ELECTIONS FAR FROM DEMOCRATICI want to call your attention to a misleading statemen

ROSS PEROT has come and gone - and with him, it seems, any serious plans tocut federal spend

As we consider the "global Marshall Plan" envisioned by Sen. Al Gore, and in one form or another by

WHERE IN THE WORLD can the Soviet Union's old hammer and sickle flag still be found flying? Actually

IT'S TEMPTING TO SLAM the pending North American Free Trade Agreement as little more than a series o

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has become an entrepreneur's paradise. For Americans, doing busine

One of the first questions that Congress must answer about the Bush administration's maritime policy

Improved regulation of the insurance industry for solvency and fraud is a hot issue. Unfortunately,

WASHINGTON HAS EVERY REASON to approve British Airways' plan to buy 44 percent of struggling USAir.

In the next few days the trade ministers of Mexico, Canada and the United States will try to complet

The can-do non-candidate is out of the race, back to can-doing with endeavors with which he is more

RAIL LABOR AND SHIPPERSI wish to thank you for your factual reporting of the events surround

A STEP FORWARD this week by an insurer facing a difficult workers compensation market: Aetna Life &

ALAN GREENSPAN was on the hot seat this week - again. The chairman of the Federal Reserve has repeat

Growth was slow and uncertain over the past six months. Even so, the U.S. economy is moving to highe

Evelyn Googe of Lawrence, N.Y., has written to the U.S. Trade Representative. If the United

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION voted this week to cut its staff by about 7 percent from current

As the North American Free Trade (Nafta) negotiations drive down to the wire, a meeting of trade min

IN THIS HEATED POLITICAL SEASON, it's hard to find anyone who thinks U.S. industries are competitive

The trilateral trade talks among the United States, Canada and Mexico are reaching the final, critic

Beijing has played the role of a prudent father in the development of Hong Kong's expensive new airp

THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK of the United States is looking for insurers willing to join it in covering e

On July 1, the House Judiciary Committee approved the Antitrust Reform Act, a bill that ostensibly a

CHARLES BARKLEY, enfant terrible of the U.S. Olympic basketball team, isn't awed by royalty.

American tourists visiting London this summer are shocked by just how much everything costs. In many

THE WHITE HOUSE took a dim view of last week's move by Germany's central bank to raise the cost of b

THE RICH CAN AFFORD TO PAYIn response to your July 14 editorial, "Mr. Clinton's Economics,"

In this presidential election year, some Americans turned to a businessman to deliver us from our se

The Bush administration says its policy on laws reserving a portion of government cargo for U.S.-fla

Shortly after last year's Gulf War, American firms flocked to the Middle East to grab their share of

IN GARRISON KEILLOR's fictional town of Lake Wobegon, all the children are above average. In the rea