Commentary

Researchers have recently documented the unwanted spread of a European insect that was introduced in

Although the United Parcel Service strike is over, the impact on other companies is just starting.

President Clinton faces the prospect of becoming the first U.S. president since Herbert Hoover who l

Torn between its apartheid past and a multiracial future, South Africa's still predominantly white N

C&II COULD BEBOX SHIPPING ADVOCATEThis is in response to Don Becker's Notebook column publis

Governments have traditionally discharged their role as the protector of public welfare using reams

''Is Social Security going to be there when I retire?'' the woman asked.A television produce

Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo's ''cohabitation'' with the opposition that controls the Congress

Beware the law of unintended consequences.The recent budget deal slashed the capital gains t

Since the Ronald Reagan years, conservatives have argued that they have won the economic debate agai

The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 marked the first major revision of New Deal social policy. It put into

The untimely death of Diana, Princess of Wales, has demonstrated that a world benumbed to the traged

A few weeks ago, in its 20th annual world development report, the World Bank let the world know it d

The recent announcement that American fourth-graders scored well in international science and mathem

Mention supercomputers and you often evoke hazy images of building-size machines, Star Wars test-

This ancient Baltic city basking in one of the hottest, longest summers on record has temporarily ta

Following minor corrections in Julius Caesar's calendar by his nephew, Augustus, timekeeping appeare

The economic debacles of the last half century were, sadly, not accidents of history. They resulted

Tourism is one of the biggest industries in Massachusetts, the United States and the world. Cruising

Much of the press coverage of recent assaults on weakened East Asia currencies quoted local governme

For better or worse, President Clinton has compiled a remarkable record in balancing the government'

A significant service, maybe the most significant, performed by successful Teamsters union workers i

This seems a wretched year for a global deal to open banking and other financial services markets. C

As we come off the Labor Day holiday, Americans have cause to celebrate the continuing vibrant econo

The European Union is about to renegotiate its trade agreement with 71 developing countries giving t

Survival of crewmen aboard the stricken and obsolete Russian space station Mir reminds us again of t

Tens of millions of Americans will take to the roads on Labor Day weekend to enjoy a last, brief fli

At last, France seems to have decided to relinquish control over Airbus Industrie and allow the mult

It doesn't seem that way today, but Labor Day sprung from the turmoil of 19th century class warfare.

Despite all the talk about opening America's electricity markets to competition, an actual free mark

Largely ignored in President Clinton's recent report to Congress on the North American Free Trade Ag

Ray Palacio thought he had signed up for job security and generous pay raises when he took a job as

By most counts, Russia has scored a large number of economic successes this summer. Is it by luck or

Imagine a trade agreement that had the potential to affect hundreds of billions of dollars worth of

It is time to reconsider a widespread belief about corporate boards of directors.The convent

Recent Mexican presidents have experienced defining moments that have affected the course of their s

The political attention recently given to the NATO accession of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hunga

The new Socialist government of France is engaged in a political pas de deux with the labor unions t

HERITAGE FLIP-FLOPPEDON NUCLEAR POWER ISSUEWill the real Heritage Foundation please stand up

Washington's relations with Mexico, which seemed to improve after President Clinton's trip there in