Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Famine has brought North Korea to the negotiating table, but four-party talks now under way at New Y

Forty years ago, we were worried about inflation, recession and creating jobs for the least employab

Boston's Long Wharf, with its hotel, piers and park, is a major tourist attraction and a boon to the

This week, India's 1 billion people are marking the 50th anniversary of their country's independence

My mother, who recently turned 83, is a good example of what taking care of yourself and good health

INSIGHTFUL COVERAGEOF THE CASPIAN REGIONSince arriving in Washington in early 1993 as Azerba

North Korea is suffering a near-famine. Its rice crop is inadequate, the government's rice stocks ha

Britain's new Labour government is still on a roll despite recent hitches that took the shine off th

The lifestyle change with the highest failure rate is retirement.While still employed, most

PUBLIC GETS ONLY HALFOF CLINTON'S TRADE STORYMany will agree that media coverage on internat

President Fidel Castro of Cuba, who allowed limited private ownership some four years ago, is revers

The quote in Ted Prince's opinion article published Aug. 11 (Page 8A) should have read: ''I am intri

Washington has been tittering for weeks over the William Weld-Jesse Helms feud. But should any one

From prophets of doom to paranoia freaks, anti-gravity theorists and advocates of human cloning, cyb

Defying expectations, the financial markets digested the campaigns for Mexico's July 6 off-year elec

Space-age communications, jet travel and the involvement of manifold federal agencies in foreign aff

Adam Smith said it: The initial purpose of law and government is to protect the rich from the poor a

Earning less than $2 per day, once a private misery, has become international news.Nike, Ree

The United States has discovered the Caspian Sea. Or, rather, U.S. oil companies have, and they have

It seems the cliche that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet doesn't hold in corporate Ame

Before we bury the maritime reform bill (S. 414), as so many seem bent on doing, let's take a look a

As Norfolk Southern and CSX Corp. seek federal approval of their $10 billion Conrail breakup plan, t

The U.S. government often acts on the world scene as a bull in a china shop, doing more damage than

How much is saving face worth? A lot in Japan, if the latest financial scandal provides any clue. No

Internet users thought they could breathe a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court recently struck do