Commentary

Visitors to Japan's large cities tend to become obsessed with the efficiency and politeness of the h

A signing ceremony in Paris today should help to reassure Britain's business community that the coun

Taiwan's economic miracle may be in jeopardy. As part of recent efforts to reform the country's outd

Argentina is getting ready to negotiate a debt reduction agreement with its commercial bank creditor

THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS TRYING to buck the recent rate rollback and reduction laws designed to kee

BY NOW EVERYONE REALIZES that Cold War politics are passe - everyone, that is, except those governme

A WORD IN DEFENSE OF TRANSPORT POLICYThe cliche "Don't argue with someone who buys ink by th

As if we needed the lesson, the savings and loan disaster teaches us the awesome destructive capacit

How to manage the relationship between a superpower and a developing country with enormous problems

PRESIDENT BUSH CLEARLY ACTED in the country's best interest when he announced Thursday morning that

IF EVER A PIECE OF LEGISLATION contradicted its own intent, the Senate Commerce Committee's bill all

In early June, the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (Cocom) will hold high-le

CALLER ID SAFEGUARDS ALREADY AVAILABLEAcross the nation today, people get millions of unwant

A BILL TO PROTECT AMERICA'S 43 million disabled from discrimination in employment and to guarantee a

You may have the impression that those "secret" meetings between the president, his top aides and co

BROADCASTING WAS A MAJOR WEAPON in the Cold War. From its headquarters in Munich, West Germany, Radi

Mikhail Gorbachev will come to next week's summit with President Bush in a position that is weaker t

Federal Reserve policy tightened significantly in recent weeks. During the first half of May, the Fe

A Chinese student, Zhao Haiching, read a letter to members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee la

LET'S SEE IF WE'VE GOT THIS RIGHT. China, whose government bloodily suppressed the movement for demo

AS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE argue over the details of oil spill legislation, they risk losing sight

Japanese companies accounted for more than half of worldwide semiconductor sales in 1989. But a clo

Forecasting is dicey work. Weathermen, economists and columnists labor with full knowledge t

MARGARET THATCHER IS NOTHING if not a politician. And with Britain's political winds blowing strongl

OIL SPILL PROTOCOL REQUIRES US BACKINGYour editorial of May 14 ("Strike a Deal") misses the

Carla Hills, the U.S. Trade Representative, may be headed for the Supreme Court. Rumor has it that J

Sen. Phil Gramm has never been known for his interest in pork bellies. But in the nasty battle over

NO ONE DISPUTES THE NEED FOR LAWS that force truckers to carry injury and accident insurance. Whethe

The Four Seasons Hotel in Maputo is impressive. Located a block from an Indian Ocean beach, the 35-s

CIGARETTES ARE AN IMPORTANT EXPORT. They also are a major health problem. The Bush administration is

QUAKE COVER: DON'T MANDATE MITIGATIONYour constructive criticisms of my earthquake insurance

During the Reagan administration the national debt nearly tripled. Will this debt be a burden on fut

CONGRESS WILL HAVE TO MOVE FAST if it wants to have the last word in granting preferential trade st

On May 4, Denmark's communist newspaper printed a most extraordinary, black headline: "Yankees - Do

THE BUDGET DEFICIT FINALLY IS ON THE TABLE in Washington, but proposals to solve budget problems thr

JAPAN'S FINANCE MINISTRY considers it a landmark: for the first time ever, an investor stands accuse

What do you call a country that: * Has accumulated a mountain of government debt?* Faces tra

LIKE EVERY PRESIDENT, George Bush must defend his principles. But the principle at stake in the rail

US SUGAR PROGRAM IS A GREAT SUCCESSThe Hawaiian sugar industry agrees with the conclusion of

The terms "jawboning" and "affirmative action" usually are used in the context of labor disputes. Th