Commentary

Let's extend a round of heartfelt thanks to the finance ministries and central banks of Britain, Fra

As inflation and unemployment soar, the currency collapses and rioting breaks out in Harare, Zimbabw

Dramatist William Congreve once declared, in an often-misquoted line, that music has charms to sooth

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will present his government's program to the Bundestag today in

I remember vividly the first time I saw Newt Gingrich in person. It was astonishing.Here was

Britain is the No. 1 destination for foreign investors in Europe, particularly investors from the Un

U.S. economic growth is ramping down, yet the equity and bond markets are taking opposing views of t

I wish to compliment you on the perceptive writing by Adrienne Braumiller in her opinion article (''

Because the 105th Congress failed to pass a major trade bill, it now rests with the 106th Congress t

Recent articles (''Bill giving Customs more personnel, equipment stalls over union demand,'' Oct. 15

''I was totally appalled,'' my friend confided. ''I can't believe anyone would give me such a thing.

Alice in Wonderland declined the March Hare's invitation to ''Take some more tea'' because, as she e

The law of supply and demand was working in full force on the Pacific last week.Shipowners a

Now that nearly 16 months have passed since the Asian economic crisis broke out, the International M

The stylish women out shopping on breezy Avenue U in Brooklyn are classically beautiful, especially

When Gen. Sir John Cowley was a small boy, his Uncle Charlie came down to his prep school and took h

Once again, economic forecasters missed the mark as the U.S. economy's growth in the third quarter w

One of the most important, and trickiest, rail issues that the Surface Transportation Board is expec

Two things are certain about what the federal government calls the biggest Clean Air Act enforcement

After being at the margins of world diplomacy for most of the year, Japan is finally moving to the c

In a recent meeting in Saarbrucken, Germany, that country's new finance minister, Oskar Lafontaine,

Looking back more than 50 years, George Lowman recalled his first encounter with the American mercha

The sparring over which party won the elections rings hollow when a simple fact is considered: Fewer

MOSCOW - There hasn't been a major Russian air crash for some time now. In one sense, this is a good

If you read the papers, it really seems like this is a great time for the personal computer industry

The Farm Credit Administration is moving rapidly to implement its revolutionary new philosophy to pr

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel once wrote, ''What experience and history teach is this - that people

The U.N. climate conference that opened in Buenos Aires this week is serving up fresh reminders of t

Minnesota's newly elected governor, a former pro fessional wrestler known as Jesse ''The Body'' Ven

President Clinton seems to enjoy his global reputation as a humanitarian. Indeed, his intentions are

I read with some interest the op-ed article in your Oct. 30 edition by Patrick Chisholm (''Abolish t

As the Asian economic crisis spreads around the world, a predictable increase in imports has begun.

The commissioner shortage at the Surface Transportation Board is reaching a critical stage.T

Mention the CIA at any respectable gathering of radicals 25 years ago and, after a surreptitious loo

One of the justifications Anatoly Chubais, the most durable of Russia's economic reformers, gives fo

You're sitting behind your desk trying to get some information on Middlesex County in Connecticut vi

The irresistible force of American passenger-vehicle preferences is headed for the immovable object

President Clinton, at the White House conference on women and retirement, delivered two messages: wo

The information revolution is arriving in Latin America - but it's slow, uneven, and expensive.<

Poor antitrust lawyers. Once they were at the top of the heap. They could keep children up late tell