Commentary

To Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, it's the ''unholy alliance.''But Mr. Mugabe has done mo

The clock is ticking on two major international trade cases before the Supreme Court this term.<

Six years after the death of the Soviet Union, the United States finally has a new foreign policy fo

Many stock market analysts will be surprised this year by stronger-than-expected corporate earnings.

Arising tide floats all ships, be they yachts or dinghies. The rich get richer, but the poor get ric

The French unemployed are striking, often violently, for more money. Yes, the 3 million-plus jobless

As the leading component of the Information Age, the Internet has aroused the curiosity and particip

If there is one thing the Mexican presidency is good at, it's spin-control.Never mind the re

The recent ouster of the free-market-oriented prime minister of Kazakstan and his replacement by the

For most observers of international trade, periodic disputes between the United States and Japan are

As the midpoint of the five-year U.S.-Japan automotive trade agreement draws near, auto trade relati

Like Humpty Dumpty, former Amtrak Chairman Tom Downs took a great fall, but Mr. Downs was pushed - f

The latest data show filing for individual bankruptcy has become more or less part of one's financia

It's a standard joke among recent law school graduates that any multiple-choice answer on a bar exam

It started with an apple. One crunch, and Eve had made her point. God was an overbearing, insensitiv

We here in the West don't believe in superstitions. Science guides our lives.Oops, we did gi

In this very difficult period for financial markets in Asia and elsewhere, the ability of the privat

Everyone talks about campaign financing but no one does anything about it. The reason, of course, is

''This U.S. triumphalism can be overdone.''(U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers)

You've got to wonder why the chiefs of higher education are upset by companies that peddle term pape

President Clinton said he wants the creaking Social Security program overhauled and has even threate

Eleven years ago, the word ''biodiversity'' entered the public lexicon at a conference held at the N

The Asian currency collapse has revived a debate among economists over whether exchange rates should

What's behind the U.S. ''employment miracle'' - the fruit of an economy that's created 14 million ne

The Multilateral Agreement on Investment currently being negotiated in Paris and designed to establi

FOREIGN POLICY GOALSSHOULDN'T DRIVE LABOR LAWOne of my early memories of the impact of telev

When Congress shelved campaign-finance reform until March, newspaper editorial writers had a fit. Th

Who said shopping isn't addictive? Start with gold-plated toilet seats, next thing you're buying a c

The latest political rallying cry emanating from grass-roots America is the unlikely ''Get the gover

Everyone interested in international finance has been marveling at the dramatic ups and downs of the

In the 1970s, Japanese electronics manufacturers - with government support - learned how to manufact

Better think twice before you say something nasty about beef in Texas - or certain vegetables in mor

On the U.S. trade and global relations front, 1998 is shaping up as a year of little movement but lo

South Korea breathed a sigh of relief when the bells in Seoul rang out the old year. The bells ended

Competition in U.S. local telephone markets suffered a significant setback last week when a federal

SAVE THE USMERCHANT MARINEAs most people celebrate the arrival of a new year, my husband wil

Many observers of the U.S. economy and the financial scene are coming to the conclusion that 1998 wi

In his standard-issue navy suit and red power tie, accountant Bill Caldwell is the kind of guy who c

Microsoft makes software that has led the global revolution in information technology, but now consu

Starting in the early 1960s a series of shocks - including the deaths of John Kennedy and Martin Lut