Commentary

With the president's impeachment trial limping along but refusing to quit, there's a persistent, gna

Supporters of free trade - trade that is free of market-distorting barriers and subsidies - are hard

The man they call ''Mr. Yen'' sees the Japanese economy rebounding around the middle of this year an

With the quadrupling of fees on empty containers that are returned late to West Coast ports, intermo

''Too Much, Too Fast'' would be an apt title for a book about the first 100 days of Germany's conten

The United States is in danger of being drawn into yet another foreign entanglement. This one is not

On Jan. 14, in stormy weather, the Argentinian-registered tanker Campo Duran labored up the North At

The 106th Congress is having a hard time getting off the ground. But that's not going to slow its me

You thought it was a tall tale or a sorry excuse when you heard someone claim that they'd slept with

Wildcatters in West Texas in the 1930s would feel kin to those now prospecting for oil in western Ka

There she was, arriving in the nation's capital to meet with the House prosecutors. The woman the wo

The use or threat of trade sanctions to advance human rights in China has done relatively little to

The newspapers are writing grimly about the apparent conflict between, on one hand, baby-boomers bei

Rogues aren't always criminals. Take rogue elephants, for example. If they threaten to go on the ram

As we saw this past holiday season, the Internet has become the true global marketplace. Record numb

Yes, Americans are heartily sick of President Clinton's impeachment trial and long for it to end. Bu

A fundamental contradiction underlies Washington's attitude toward trade, an incongruity that was ev

The scandal surrounding the International Olympic Committee points up just how out of step American

It may not seem so at first glance, but enhancing the Caribbean Basin Initiative is as important to

Here's a hypothetical: Suppose affirmative action were changed to include everyone over 40. How many

Remember when electricity-company shares were ideal for widows and orphans? Sedate, placid investmen

Censorship.For Americans, this is an ugly word. In our Constitution, freedom of speech is no

What a moment for our industry. The union has fought an unsuccessful battle against industry deregul

razil needs to cut its interest rates quickly and sharply to revive its failing economy, but it also

It is unfortunate that Western news coverage about the Middle East continues to be dominated by Iraq

The design of a post-Hurricane Mitch comprehensive reconstruction and economic recovery program for

Bart Giamatti, the late president of Yale, once said, ''Being a university president is no way for a

estseller-novelist John Grisham doesn't have anything to worry about yet, but impeachment fever has

International trade is often considered a simple two-way exchange between nations. The theory of com

uthorities in central New Jersey still aren't sure about the origin of the roaming 431-pound Bengal

In this season of sour politics, medical research is thriving as Washington's sole object of biparti

Brazil's downturn and the emerging slowdown in Europe need not threaten longer-term worldwide econom

Roses are redViolets are blueBoy, do I haveComputer games for you!Now that's

orm is threatening to overtake substance in shipping-law reform.A proposal by the Federal M

The dispute between the United States and the European Union over the EU's banana-import regime may

I read with interest the op-ed article by Prof. Kenneth J. Button of George Mason University, ''Open

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one of the strongest leaders in the western world. He attracts

On our recent trip to Russia, we encountered a country struggling to define its future in the midst

The combatants in Europe's long-running shipping wars are preparing to move on to new - hopefully hi

Brazil's devaluation of its currency without causing fearsome repercussions in U.S. financial market