Commentary

There's plenty of fodder for those who would criticize Vice President Al Gore for his breathtakingly

Last Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I - or the Great Wa

On Nov. 8, a nationalist-leftist coalition hammered together by the Democratic Revolutionary Party (

Every once and a while, you will see a newspaper story saying China is making great strides forward

It is one of the little-known rules of politics, and not just in Russia, that tall politicians surro

Instead of expending its energy battling the United States over bananas and its central bankers over

This column has been filed from Singapore, where I am half-way through a 17-day tour of Southeast As

Once the dust settles in the fight for control of the House leadership, members of Congress are goin

Analysts who follow economic statistics are making much of the fact that third-quarter corporate pro

Excitement surged as the Dow Jones industrial average topped 9,000 Monday for the first time since m

I've been good! I've kept my opinions to myself, not letting my emotions get the best of me. But eno

The normally mild-mannered governor of the Italian central bank, Antonio Fazio of the Banca d'Italia

Mention the words ''oil change,'' and you are likely to get little reaction. Most people would undou

Ireland, a country with a past of poverty and emigration, is booming thanks to foreign investment an

Last month the government of Brazil announced a $23.5 billion reform plan based on tax increases and

Lower Manhattan was blanketed by a blizzard of the modern-day equivalent of ticker tape - shredded c

You know the line, ''I gave at the office?'' Well, it's usually true, but the giving is not necessar

The U.S. Maritime Law Association is making a major mistake in proposing to update archaic limits of

Marching out of the castle that looms above this capital city, a gray column of Slovak soldiers head

The conflict over weapons inspections in Iraq may obscure a broader problem for President Clinton as

It was Sunday afternoon and a deadline was looming. I needed to confirm a quotation for a newspaper

This year's summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation club, which will be expanded to 21 natio

The U.S. steel industry is once again playing the leading role on the U.S. trade-policy stage. So fa

A potentially promising effort to craft a national marine transportation vision for the 21st century

Many observers and policy-makers wonder how much lower U.S. interest rates can go without triggering

Designing ships is a doodler's jackpot where form follows function.There are some who would

Congress has given the orthodox medical establishment $50 million to sort out the claims, mysteries

In the alphabet soup of Southeast Asian regional politics and economics, it is important to be aware

I will admit that I tend to extract huge statements about society from small signs and symbols. But

Robert L. Sexton (''Political science at EPA,'' Oct. 30, Page 4A) embraces a recent court ruling by

As if the ubiquitous hamburger outlets and the omnipresent advertising weren't enough, McDonald's Co

Most news coverage of mergers and acquisitions in the rail industry focuses on the challenge two car

The Federal Reserve faces a close call when it meets Tuesday to decide whether to lower interest rat

Whatever ingredients President Bill Clinton and his advisor on Russia, Deputy Secretary of State Str

Over much of the world, farm prices are down and farmers are hurting.In America, Congress ha

Critics of global capitalism have seized on the economic turmoil in East Asia and Russia and the thr

The West's exasperation with Russia is showing.Two senior Clinton administration officials d

That Republicans were surprised at the results of last week's elections says a lot about why the ele

Vacations usually mean a week at the beach. This year, Tom and I decided to really get away.

White House press release, Sept. 29, 1998 - The President today announced his intent to nominate Alb