Commentary

After D-Day in 1944, Winston Churchill said, ''This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of

Once again, as has happened almost annually since Iraq lost the Persian Gulf War, we are on the brin

If bandits staked out a U.S. business district and obstructed customers, there would be hell to pay.

War has a way of claiming innocent victims, and the new ''war on drugs'' declared by the Customs S

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

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

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

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

We should have seen the Asian crisis coming. You do not have to be a financial analyst to know that

As the 15th People's Congress approaches, the Chinese government stands at a crossroads. The directi

Organized labor, which defeated the White House on ''fast-track'' trade authority last year, has bee

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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