Commentary

Long ago, on an R&R from reporting the Vietnam War, I hunted bears in Kashmir.India and Paki

Americans probably remember that quaint television commercial in which a wise old gentleman, touting

OK, people, fun time is over. We've heard Bill Clinton's selective version of the truth, his mea min

Chaos may be too strong a word to describe what is happening in Russia, but as long as Boris Yeltsin

''Smart'' may have replaced ''new'' and ''improved'' as the marketing buzzword du jour.In ad

When an Islamic terrorist organization issues a fatwa, or judgment decree, it is a decree of law to

The nation's merchant fleet is dwindling away, jeopardizing the security of the country's trade, its

The Congo, perhaps unfairly, has always been a symbol of the anarchic. The horror of Joseph Conrad's

''Clerk to produce,'' the overhead voice blares. ''Clerk to produce.''Suddenly my trance is

Few international companies can afford to ignore the potential of the Common Market of the South (Me

Is the bitter infighting now under way within the West Coast dockworkers union the normal state of a

Recently, the U.S. Customs Service mounted a major offensive in the federal government's latest brai

The world has been asking, ''Who will feed China?'' But the answer is already clear. China's rising

You've got to love American companies. Coca-Cola, which has been successful of late selling soft dri

Two old ghosts have returned to haunt Canada: a falling currency and renewed talk of secession by Qu

Pat Buchanan's new book, ''The Great Betrayal,'' is both economics and social philosophy. Reviews of

Whenever the stock market drops, the pessimists and doomsayers rear up with predictions of further s

Giving children a childhood is a luxury that often separates a developed country from an underdevelo

Now that the Russian government has unpegged the ruble, ordered a restructuring of its domestic debt

Look inside South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and you will find a man who is well-equipped intelle

PANAMA IS READYTO TAKE OVER THE CANALHolger Jensen's July 31 article, ''Panama's crony capit

The U.S. attack on terrorist sites in Afghanistan and Sudan is dramatic evidence of the new and tort

Union Pacific Railroad, which has been plagued by service delays and congestion for more than a year

Nellie Bly rounded the world in 80 days. Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic. Americans put the

Like a torpedoed ship, Japan is sinking fast. A bad debt crisis has paralyzed its economy, and trill

The outlook for world financial markets hinges crucially on whether the yen halts its fall and Japan

Down the street, work crews are renovating the old school building in my neighborhood. The project,

Has Bill Clinton dodged another bullet? Mr. Clinton still faces serious charges as the Kenneth Starr

The United States has an obligation to assist Kenya and Tanzania in repairing the physical damage to

A look across Europe's employment map yields some interesting observations.Clearly, the rate

Recently, the International Longshoremen's Association and the New York Shipping Association have ta

While President Clinton endures the sizzling summer of Monica, Al Gore has become the nation's weath

WATCH OUT FORTHOSE WINDMILLSPhilip Klasky's opinion article, ''The 'waste train' '' (July 24

It borders on the Kafkaesque.The Clinton administration fails to enforce a law the president

The overall U.S. trade deficit narrowed a bit in June, but the shortfall with Asia's troubled econom

The New York Yankees are prompting the rhetorical question: Is this the best team in the history of

Support for privatizing Social Security has snowballed during the past year. The famous ''third rail

With each tremor of the American stock market, heretofore considered immune to the year-old Asian cr

Bill Clinton never used the word ''lie'' in his extraordinary speech Monday evening, but that was th

Europe, the birthplace of political ideology, looks like its becoming its burial ground.The