Commentary

Ask Canadians what makes them different from Americans, and health care is sure to be near the top o

In September 1995, when Mersey Docks and Harbour Co. in Liverpool fired the last of the union docker

Tourists visiting Britain this year should not expect the locals to explain how the railway system w

Washington is fighting another bout of mandate mania. The outbreak was caused by complaints about c

When the seven regional Bell telephone companies talk about why they should be able to provide long-

Britain's Labour Party is telling beer drinkers they'll get a full pint when the party is in power,

Court cases involving ethnic-gender frictions and alleged discrimination in corporate settings (Edis

The hanging of Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa two years ago sparked a worldwideprotest agai

The cloning of Dolly has triggered howls of protest, conjuring up images of barnyard monstrosities a

Congress is facing an old and tired issue this year - the Jones Act Reform Coalition's clamor to ''d

Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has until March 20 to decide whether to approve the Northeast

South Korean President Kim Young-sam has wisely backed down in the needless confrontation he started

ENDING BOTTLENECKSAT AMERICAN PORTSWhile we didn't appreciate the headline, Charles Bookman

Capitol Hill watchers have long observed the Democrats' penchant to arrange their firing squads in a

Unless carefully monitored, cloning - the Xerox-copying of life, as it were - could accelerateone of

The French government is moving with the times. Privatization is firmly on its agenda. Some industri

The 2004 ''greatest Olympic games'' - a title the Olympic committee bestows on each Games - may well

Are the Iraqis onto something? In a recent editorial, an Iraqi government newspaper described the In

John McCain, the newly appointed chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, plans to tackle

CALIFORNIA'S NEW LAWWILL CUT ELECTRIC BILLSFar from being the ''nightmare'' described by Jon

If you think the flap over political fund-raising in Washington is a mess, wait until you find out w

President Clinton's efforts to require minimum hospital stays following births and mastectomies were

When we think about the impact of the Peace Corps, we often think only of the influence volunteers h

Fresh from their success in reaching agreement on telecommunications services, trading nations are g

Washington's loony Cuba policy has reached new heights of absurdity.The latest chapter in t

America is having a hard time taking Europe's plans to establish a common currency seriously. That's

First to come to us pitching an ad campaign were the condom companies, with their lambskin products

I discovered a few days ago that something has gone awfully wrong in my life; my very existence has

For millions of Americans the Internet has become not only their primary source of information, comm

HOW TO BEEF UPAIRPORT SECURITYThe air security issue prompted by the TWA 800 tragedy deserve

Congress is revising the Shipping Act of 1984 to strike a new balance on such important issues as co

The U.S. services sector generated an all-time high $73 billion trade surplus in 1996 on record expo

With enrollments declining and costs escalating, many small independent colleges will disappear in t

We finally know what expanding NATO will cost - or, rather, what our government thinks it will cost.

BROKERS' IMAGE IS SULLIEDBY ''BIG LIE'' CHEAP SHOTSI must admit you did make me laugh with G

The coming months could prove to be a make-or-break period for Germany and thus the prospects for Eu

Is the U.S. Department of Agriculture about to ''tax away'' 40 percent or more of the economic benef

Government delegations are meeting in Bonn to discuss how to implement the U.N. Framework Convention

After months of bitter fighting, the two big contenders for control of Conrail have started to talk

France wants its relations with Canada to be as warm as possible. So, to add heat to it, the French