Commentary

During the Cold War, the U.S. State Department and national security agencies were frequently critic

SLIPPING UP ONCARIBBEAN BANANA POLICYAs ambassadors representing the 13 democratic nations o

The bad news has been known for some time - the developing nations of Asia are in the midst of an ec

Are President Clinton's line-item vetoes constitutional? Only if he already had that power before Co

Earlier this month President Clinton used his ''item veto'' power to cancel one spending and two tax

With hardly a whisper of dissent from the compa- ny, the Teamsters union spent much of Tuesday cro

The Latin American and the Caribbean region has made enormous strides toward achieving macroeconomic

Who has been grabbing whose pension money in the long-running Teamsters strike against United Parc

If you want to save forests, recycling paper can help a little. Growing trees faster can help a lot.

The message has finally gotten through - Europe will launch a single currency on Jan. 1, 1999.

SHIP REFORM BILL WOULDABANDON SMALL SHIPPERSI agree wholeheartedly with Ed Emmett's suggesti

These are truly interesting times in Asia. The International Monetary Fund is back in business in Th

Despite its much-hyped tax cuts for investors and families, the new federal budget offers relatively

With Russia's ailing shipping companies struggling for survival, some experts wonder if the fleet st

The endless round of tit-for-tat that is the Mideast ''peace process'' is reaching new lows.

Recently, Sens. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., and Byron L. Dorgan, D-N.D., thr

If you have any doubts that cultural conservatives completely control the national Republican Party,

A SAD FAREWELL TODON BECKER'S COLUMNFrom a very selfish standpoint, I took the news of Don B

Maybe it's something in the stars or space alien influence or just an ordinary conspiracy, but it se

The row over the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger that brought the United States and Europe within a

The Teamsters strike against United Parcel Service may have a direct bearing on a possible strike ag

The Financial Times' editorial last Friday had it right: Britain's image is under assault, not only

The law of unintended consequences struck with unusual force in Thailand recently, where that nation

Let's turn back the clock to midfall 1994.''The 1994 congressional session,'' a commentary i

NO GOOD REASONSFOR JONES ACT REFORMOf all the arguments for and against Jones Act reform, th

Former Vice President Dan Quayle, who teaches ''Global Competitiveness'' at a university, is staking

Until the division of British India, during which 1 million people died and as many as 15 million we

Recent currency devaluations in Southeast Asia are not only forcing the governments to face up to th

South Korea's largest private banks recently placed the Kia Group, the country's eighth-biggest indu

Have you ever wondered why that $10 bouquet of flowers suddenly costs $55 when you use a teleflorist

For more than a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency has proclaimed radon a potent carcinogen

The Indian subcontinent celebrates a half century of independence Friday beset by internal conflicts

When I visited the Statue of Liberty recently, I noticed that the National Park Service had placed a

The Republican Congress may be committed to shrinking the government, but it has done precious littl

Since President Nixon's trip to mainland China, U.S. relations with the other China - Taiwan - have

Not long after human beings invented firearms, they perfected the technique of shooting themselves i

Have foreign multinationals bought control of the U.S. manufacturing sector? Protectionist fears not

US EXPORT CONTROLSADEQUATE AND IMPROVINGCharles Hamilton has written an interesting piece ab

Turkmenistan, which will provide the natural gas for a massive 2,000-mile gas pipeline to Turkey, is

Entrance exams at Belarussian universities this summer are being supervised by a shadowy new youth o