Commentary

As the House of Representatives gets set to vote on President Clinton's request for renewed fast-tra

When the Telecommunications Act was enacted in 1996, it was hailed as a revolution in the phone bu

Indicating the increasing stature of women in the American corporate world, transferred women are no

During the same week that the acerbic political satirist, Dario Fo, won the Nobel Prize for literatu

Over the past decade, America's trade deficit has caused much consternation among consumers and poli

PRIVATE INPUTOVERLOOKEDYour reporter's account of the reunion of Kennedy Round alumni (Oct.

The upcoming visit of China's President Jiang Zemin to the United States represents both a watershed

Historians might expect the New York Stock Exchange to mark today's 10th anniversary of Black Monday

Much printer's ink is being used this month to acknowledge the 10th anniversary of Monday, Oct. 19,

Every business in America was handed a new responsibility on Oct. 1: to report the name, address and

Perhaps senior Federal Maritime Commission officials listened to too many tapes about the 1962 Cuban

The world's shipowners are preparing for far-reaching changes in shipping safety regulations but the

Prospects for a worldwide deal to boost trade in financial services seem to be improving.The

ue to an editing error, a headline on Page 6A Oct. 16 was inaccurate. The headline on the article, a

What is economic science? Time was when it was viewed as a method of social planning by government.

Economics 101, long a synonym for Dullsville and concepts like price elasticity and comparative adva

Fifty years ago, when George Kennan authored a document that was to become our Cold War philosophy f

OIL RESERVESUNDERSTATEDIn his fanciful piece, ''The bright side of having no oil'' (Sept. 22

President Clinton is right to accentuate the positive during his visit to Argentina this week. Under

President Clinton wants to have ''computers as much a part of the classroom as blackboards,'' thereb

Harland Stonecipher was a life-insurance agent driving down Oklahoma's Interstate Highway 3 when a h

Michel Camdessus, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, was his usual ebullient self

Although the full significance of Southeast Asia's ongoing currency crisis is not yet known, a numbe

ITALY'S ENEL PLANS LINKAGEWITH US FIRM ENTERGYROME - The Italian electricity company Enel is

With this year's award, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences has come of age. In a break

Southeast Asian economic ministers meeting in Malaysia today will be sweating it out almost as much

MAKING LOOPHOLES INJONES ACT PROTECTIONYour opinion article, ''Keeping up with the Jones Act

In recent years, numerous developing countries throughout the world have come under attack for their

A few days from now, the Department of Transportation is likely to grant $180 million in direct subs

If you really enjoy a good case of gloom and doom, here's a statistic for you to savor: Never since

The Greenspanner Effect occurs when Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan throws a spanner i

In Russian villages there is an old peasant saying about dogs. ''Once in the pack,'' they say, ''you

The Congress virtually never sets trends. But seldom has it been so far behind the curve as it is in

Alexis de Tocqueville was fascinated by the invincible drive toward equality that prevailed in Europ

Here's a little multimillion-dollar story about how Washington works. In this ratings-crazed milieu,

Out of improved U.S.-China relations and worldwide momentum toward democracy and free markets comes

The Navy could save up to $300 million yearly if all its manuals and paperwork were in plain English

President Clinton's trip this week to Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina should help underscore Latin A

Many people think Americans are not collectively as courteous, charitable or ethical as they used to

It has often been said - mostly by lawyers - that the United States is a nation of laws, not men.