Commentary

How clean is clean enough, when it comes to environmental and health rules? Until now, the answer ha

President Clinton is big on teamwork - at least in theory. ''When companies and workers work as a te

The declining fortunes of American workers in the face of globalization have generated lots of hand-

Someone must think I don't have enough credit cards.The college from which I graduated 24 ye

One year ago, when Benjamin Netanyahu took office as prime minister, Israel's economic success was l

SOCIAL SECURITY TAKESMONEY AND SQUANDERS ITSeveral points are being overlooked in the curren

As new U.S.-Japan aviation trade talks draw closer, speculation grows wilder.Washington and

When Gary Wheeler goes to work in the morning, many of his co-workers are nowhere to be seen. Instea

ANDREW YOUNG'S CURSORYLOOK AT ASIAN LABORIn former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young's Nike-finan

Globalization holds the promise of boosting growth and raising world living standards. For companies

The government routinely warns Americans of the dangers of smoking cigarettes, but that doesn't stop

Suppose you owned an enchanted forest. Now suppose you had servants who sold the tall timber in your

It doesn't take a lot of experience with the airline industry to know that the vast majority of inte

The Russian government this week took a big step on the long road to membership in the World Trade O

Asia's spectacular growth has dazzled economists and business leaders alike for almost three decades

Washingtonians are down in the dumps.It was bad enough when the rest of the country just did

KEEP MARITIMEDEREGULATION ALIVESince when has the simple matter of bringing together a buyer

The U.S. economy continues to hum along. Inflation remains at bay and not a forecaster in sight is p

The European Commission has changed its mind and preliminarily endorsed the $15.5 billion merger bet

The Republican Congress' proposal to cut estate taxes would have a social benefit that has gone unno

Americans aren't getting their money's worth for the estimated $200 billion spent each year on envir

In all parts of America, there is beginning a revolt against health maintenance organizations by man

Perhaps you've seen the newspaper ads - full-page takeouts with big black borders: ''For your own sa

The president and the Congress have one last chance this year to agree on fast-track legislation for

The news coming out of Africa isn't very good these days. In fact, with a few exceptions, it's downr

As marine blockades go, last weekend's anti-U.S. protest by Canadian fishermen, which ended Monday e

So it's official. The European Union has decided it will invite five former Eastern bloc countries t

A CLEAR THREAT FROMMONOPOLISTIC RAILROADSYour July 9 story, ''Ports see threat in remarks by

Renewed attention to Africa - notably at the recent Denver summit and other high-level conferences,

Congress holds its semiannual monetary policy circus, called the Humphrey-Hawkins hearings, this wee

The mutual recognition agreements recently initialed between the United States and the European Unio

A steady drop in gold prices over the past dozen years is raising questions about whether it's time

France's new Socialist government is agonizing over how much and how fast to privatize publicly owne

Freight rates may be at rock-bottom levels because of the huge number of new containerships now bein

I kicked the habit a year ago.Most people give up smoking because of the rising cost of ciga

Australia's central bank recently sold 167 metric tons of gold - two-thirds of its official gold hol

President Clinton is pushing ahead on signing a U.N. sponsored global-warming treaty that would pena

The hot international aviation issue this summer is whether the United States will agree to negotiat

The U.S. Conference of Mayors at its recent annual meeting in San Francisco adopted a resolution cal

After arriving home from ceremonies transferring Hong Kong back to China, Chinese PresidentJiang Zem