Commentary

The proud Scots are at it again. Never entirely comfortable with the rule from Westminster i

THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS initiative, President Bush's bid to increase trade and investment in

About a year ago a book entitled "The Coming War With Japan" predicted a shooting war between the Un

US COMPANIES BUSY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIAYour article on U.S. investment in Czechoslovakia suggest

THE MAZE OF LAWS governing insurance sales by banks became even more confusing last week. Tw

While Congress, the White House and the Big Three automakers try to pry open lucrative markets in Ja

POURING MORE FEDERAL MONEY into road and airport projects is fast becoming one of Washington's prefe

A portrait of Senator Carter Glass, the Virginia Democrat who fought to keep the Federal Reserve ind

IN NORTHERN IRELAND, where bloody conflict between Irish nationalists and British forces is a way of

SHIPPING LINES NEED BETTER RATE ANALYSISMany articles and comments in your newspaper recentl

THE COLD WAR HAS ENDED and nuclear weapons are not much in demand, but don't tell that to the U.S. D

It's getting harder to keep score on the put-down contest between this country and Japan. Ho

In some places in the United States, a dozen high-quality roses will cost almost as much as a pound

The long hiring freeze in the U.S. job market has started to thaw. Non-farm employment jumped 406,00

OLD COMMUNIST INDUSTRIES in the former East Germany are shedding workers by the bus load, causing th

For two generations, America's global leadership has gone virtuallyunquestioned in Japan. Th

AS THE ECONOMY MUDDLES ALONG, hardly a week passes without an impassioned call to protect one U.S. i

Alan Greenspan utters three words - "lower interest rates" - and the stock market soars to a new rec

Western Europe has been infected with a racist virus. Extremist right-wing parties are poise

TEMPERS ARE GETTING hotter in the impasse over Israel's request for $10 billion in U.S. loan guarant

THE WAR OF WORDS STARTED LAST MONTH, with the speaker of Japan's lower house of Parliament, Yoshio S

SPREADING THE COST OF SUPERFUND CLEANUPSYour editorial on Superfund counsels against

Sooner or later, every American industry must choose between protecting its home market and competin

Something that defies the very logic of the free market happened in the Russian city of St. Petersbu

Bolstered by a strong economy, Argentina's leader, Carlos Menem, wants his nation to be an important

TO THE OLYMPIC MOTTO "Swifter, Higher and Stronger" we would like to add ''Stingier." On Fri

The way may be cleared this year for China and Taiwan to become members of the General Agreement on

FOR MOST AMERICANS, a visit to a doctor or a hospital is mostly paid for by someone else - usually a

President Bush's call for a 90-day moratorium on all regulatory action and a review of all regulator

The president has only a few real duties. He must tell us truths we don't want to hear. He must set

The post-mortems on President Bush's Japan trip have about finished, which will delight most readers

A FEDERAL JUDGE seeking to enforce a U.S. dolphin protection law against Mexico has caught 20 other

Toxic Waste Is Everyone's Problem The American Insurance Association appreciates that you re

A new award is in the air, courtesy of Rep. Richard Armey, R-Texas. It's the ''Mark Twain Statistica

THE NEXT TIME you flip on a light switch, consider this: The electricity you use may have been gener

Without fanfare or even much discussion, the "new world order" proclaimed by President Bush is about

One by one, the building blocks for expansion in the U.S. economy are falling into place.The Federal

BENITO MUSSOLINI WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD. Alessandra Mussolini, granddaughter of the World War II dict

Barriers to trade with the developing world are far fewer today than at any time in recent history.<

funnelling the results of government research to industry - has been amuch-discussed but woefully ne