Commentary

In spite of the best efforts of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to maintain consumer price s

Week two of the Monica Lewinsky vs. President Clinton affair, and already the media feel huge remo

In today's debates over tobacco control, it's easy to mistake tactics for goals.Tactics are

CUTS IN PORT ASSESSMENTSLOWER COSTS FOR EVERYONEIn a letter to the editor on Jan. 22 (Page 6

Top officials at Japan's most powerful agency are dropping quickly. Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzu

There is growing evidence that Asia's impact on U.S. corporate earnings will be offset by a cyclical

Look who's getting hooked on tobacco.Uncle Sam, after fighting tobacco for years, has sudden

There are two ways to look at President Clinton's State of the Union speech. It was either a blatant

Last week, Lee Siu-wo decided to stop struggling. The 48-year-old unemployed transport worker leapt

What if you had found yourself living in Weimar Germany in the late 1920s, knowing what Hitler and t

East Asia's rapid credit deterioration over the past six months with previous investment-grade count

Poor Fidel Castro.He scores a tremendous coup by getting the pope to come to Cuba, only to h

For the first time in ages, President Clinton provided a strong counterweight Tuesday night to many

When the Justice Department urged the Surface Transportation Board in 1996 to ''just say no'' to the

Forget the Asian debt crisis. To understand the truly crippling effects of too much foreign debt, th

It is ironic that the International Monetary Fund has figured so prominently in the Asian economic c

Washington takes pride in being a place where tax increases become ''revenue enhancements,'' where p

Manhattan leads the country as the most popular destination for international students, with nearly

As NASA journeys into space in the interest of science, businesses are doing their own exploring in

The unconfirmed reports did not make the front pages or the evening news. But the buzz among the tra

Few anecdotes about the low level of American basic education would surprise us. But the revelation

There are many things wrong with the World Trade Organization basic telecommunications agreement fin

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mass., wants President Clinton to submit the new climate change

On one of the millions of Web sites out there in cyberspace is a cartoon of a woman stuffed into a g

President Clinton has rightly emphasized open trade as key to U.S. economic prosperity.Yet,

Going back to Palestine is like going back to Cuba.If Fidel Castro's successors scrap commun

The good news for Indonesia, says local mystic Permadi Satrio Wiwoho, is that after the turn of the

Despite the booming economy and national mood of optimism, U.S. savings rates are abysmal. In fact,

The 95th Congress returns today from its long, 10-week break to an agenda crammed with unfinished bu

It has been the better part of a lifetime since deflation figured prominently in economic prophecies

Speaking in London last week, World Trade Organization Director General Renato Ruggiero urged China'

Rocky days are ahead for Hong Kong.''Red chips,'' or mainland Chinese companies with shares

As the financial crisis continues destabilizing East Asia, Japanese politicians warn that elements o

The fate of the European Union's planned single currency hinges on a straight answer to a simple que

Job switching is on the rise and may soon become a permanent fixture of the workplace. Frequent job

For centuries, advocates of open immigration policies have held fast to the maxim that newcomers tak

Mexico's new finance team needs a plan to help mobilize domestic savings.Mexico, home of th

Pork prices are going down, which means, of course, it's time for the government to intervene in the

The Clinton administration, to its credit, has moved positively to address the Korean financial cris

The nonprofit sector is the fastest growing sector in the world, but poor management and communicati