Commentary

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

Bonn held a street party the other night - a strange notion indeed since anyone who knows the extend

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

The U.S. Department of Defense faces a paradoxical management challenge. Although threats to the nat

In his more than four years in office, President Clinton has learned one of the great truths of life

HARBOR TAX ON EXPORTSIS UNCONSTITUTIONALDavis Helberg's ''On the Waterfront'' column (July 2

This fall, just before next year's midterm election politics put it out of reach, President Clinton

Secret monitoring of employees has grown dramatically because of increasingly sophisticated technolo

The U.N. Conference on Trade and Development, long criticized for inefficiency, has found a worthy p

The claim is that cancer prevention receives too slim a share of government research funds and is a

Canadians have a love-hate relationship with their Big Six banks.On the one hand, they're ha

Just when there is rising concern over China as a threat to our national security, two Cabinet-level

Striking Teamsters have been defiant and determined during this week's walkout at United Parcel Serv

FORGING A NEWJAPAN AVIATION DEALIn an opinion article entitled ''Settling for crumbs'' (July

South Korea imported five tons of mozzarella cheese in 1993. Last year, it imported more than 8,000

This must be the most successful moment in the European left's postwar history. Three of Western Eur

Undersecretary of State Stuart Eizenstat has become one of the Clinton administration's most articul

Americans are increasingly skeptical about free trade. So say some of the nation's most vocal consum

THOUSANDS OF PRODUCERSBACK SHIPPING REFORMOn behalf of the American Forest & Paper Associati

If your life sometimes seems like a mad round of business meetings, unanswered e-mails, truncated va

Recent events in the Czech Republic, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia demonstrate o

Even before he resigned to lobby for Senate confirmation to be U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Massachuse

President Clinton has said he will not intervene in the United Parcel Service strike ''at this time.

China's booming economy conceals a rotten core: hundreds of thousands of money-losing, state-owned c

Four years ago, United Nations peace-keeping forces oversaw Cambodia's first free national elections

In mid-July, two U.S. senators mounted a challenge to a controversial and central component of Ameri

A strain of midsummer madness is infecting Europe that will force its leaders to reset their politic

Japan and the United States face an uphill battle to win domestic and regional support for a planned

Without access to world-call highways, ports and railroads, American industry cannot compete in inte

U.S. SHIPPERS WILL WINREFORM OF JONES ACTGeorge J. Ryan's July 30 attack (''Subsidies, civil

On Aug. 28, 1996, President Clinton announced that for the first time in its history, the Food and D

The Bangkok authorities have finally approved plans for the construction of the much-needed new airp

AMTRAK IS CHANGINGTO A SENSITIVE RAILROADIt is a shame that James E. Coston's support for ra

Now that the initial fever surrounding the tobacco settlement has subsided, health experts have exam

For many environmentalists, biotechnology conjures up unsettling images of killer tomatoes and mutan

Sure, United Airlines did a major survey and found that business travelers are disgruntled and agita

The Surface Transportation Board has a duty to safeguard shippers when railroads merge, but does it?

Major railroads were scrambling on Capitol Hill last week to fend off a Democratic proposal that

As far as politics go, the balanced-budget agreement the White House and Congress have struck is a w

Recently, some detractors of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1997 have made some outrageous claims