Commentary

In a remote Minnetonka, Minn., back office of the grain giant Cargill Inc., financial wizards devise

Albania is falling apart.Europeans have been saying that for centuries about a country rough

Despite the mood of accommodation in Congress and the pressure to support bipartisan compromises, Re

In less than nine months, the Clinton administration will make one of the most important economic de

As a member of Hong Kong's legislature in 1991, I supported the creation of a Bill of Rights. And in

Pierre Salinger, the erstwhile presidential spokesman, is again stirring a hornet's nest, claiming h

Superman had one power every boy entering puberty wished he had: X-ray vision. The man of steel coul

The following is a footnote to whatever it is that's going on in the stock market these days.

Congressional Republicans are heading toward a test of their resolve to reduce the government's role

President Clinton signed an executive order in 1995 to bar federal contracts with firms that hire pe

While the congressional debate on fast-track au- thority drags on, and the administration's pro- p

There are seeming contradictions in two major threads running through recent congressional testimony

In its drive to name Mexico as non-cooperative in the war against drugs, Congress has embarked on th

NEEDED: ENFORCEMENT OFCHILD LABOR TREATIESIt's disturbing to see how little outrage there is

Cut short by the death of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's visi

Recent calls for legalization as the panacea for the nation's drug ills should be taken with the sal

Maw and Paw were shuffling cards for their usual midday game of strip poker when the phone rang.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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