Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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