Commentary

Not in recent memory has a World Bank-International Monetary Fund meeting been as dogged by uncertai

Since 1947 there have been eight years when U.S. crude oil prices increased by more than 5 percent o

REPORTS OF CORRUPTION and conflicts of interest in the U.S. government's food aid program have recei

The Persian Gulf crisis has catapulted the International Energy Agency, the Paris-based club of indu

EXCESSIVE PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARDS do need to be reined in. But in its eagerness to prevent juries fro

The Bush administration has found out the hard way that the oil market doesn't necessarilyrespond to

As anti-Japanese rhetoric grows more strident in the United States, some conservatives here retort,

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK cuts 5,000 jobs. Industrial Bank of Japan's high-flying stock loses two-thirds

Mikhail Gorbachev is still the most influential player in Soviet politics. What he seems increasingl

This may be the most ironic sign of the times in Europe since former dissident Vaclev Havel became p

The Washington Report column, "Crisis Spurs Mariner Reserve," which appeared on the Editorial/Opinio

Our sealift crisis is easily apparent to objective observers. This vulnerability has loomed since th

HIS UNWISE PROMISE in the 1988 campaign - "No new taxes. Read my lips" - has haunted thefirst two ye

The big landowner, the story goes, had given one of his tenant farmers a bottle of sour mash bourbon

AN ALABAMA COURT ORDERED Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. to pay more than $1 million toa woman def

TRACK USE MONOPOLY HAS ALREADY ENDEDIt appears to me that Paul Nelson ("It's Time to Open Ra

The administration's proposal to reduce the capital gains tax rate was abandoned due to superficial

The U.S. economy, which almost stalled during the first half of 1990, has tumbled down the slippery

In all probability, this week will see the textile and apparel industries consigned to the ash heap

JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER Toshiki Kaifu had a lot to answer for during his trip to the United States t

FOR THE FIRST TIME in 45 years, Europe has a major power at its center. Everyone can rejoice at the

By any standards, the Sept. 12 summit of Indian political parties was unusual. There have be

THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE budget package worked out in Washington over the weekend is the best testimo

HEALTH CONCERNS ARE FOREMOST at the United Nations World Summit on Children. The goals proclaimed du

VAPORWARE OR NOT: YES, THE UN CARESI refer to your article "Vaporware or Not - Does the U.N.

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings is hanging over the environmental presidency like the sword of Damocles. A Con

More than 10 years after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries successfully wielded its

FINALLY, THE UNITED STATES is putting its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the test. After weeks of he

We can weather an oil shortage. The more dangerous problem is that we're running low on brainpower.

First off, let me confess. I have a weakness for sushi. Just last week, at the big World Bank meetin

Bush administration officials, prompted by the Persian Gulf crisis, are fleshing out plans for a mer

''The Japanese have a strange habit," writes a European journalist well-known for his criticism of T

AS THE DEADLINE FOR a budget deal nears, a surprising compromise is emerging. Instead of cutting the

On April 29, 1975, when American troops were lifted by helicopter out of Saigon, most of the world w

The made-for-television Persian Gulf saga precipitated by Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait contai

WHEN U.S. STEEL DECIDED it needed to reduce its work force in Pennsylvania recently, the management

The man from AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems was jet-lagged but running on the adrenaline a

On Oct. 3 Germany will be united at last, Europe is on the road to its own greater unity and all may

US MUST STRENGTHEN MERCHANT MARINEI read the article entitled "House Votes Funds for Fast Se

WHILE THE DEBATE OVER national oil spill legislation raged on Capitol Hill this year, at least one s