Commentary

Buried in the $1.7 trillion 1998 spending measure President Clinton sent to Congress last week was a

The World Economic Forum, where hundreds of the world's most powerful business leaders gather yearly

In today's fast-paced business environment, companies that practice good corporate citizenship have

There I was, one of the most ridiculous sights in Washington - a reporter without a quarter, trying

HELMS-BURTON ACTIS CLEARLY BAD LAWRecent developments with our major trading partners should

The head of Toyota could never have anticipated the response several thousand miles away to a few ca

Charles Murray, in his new book ''What It Means to Be a Libertarian,'' proposes replacing all federa

Germany, Europe's economic locomotive, is stalled and badly in need of an overhaul. Last month the c

Powerful voices are urging the nation to increase economic growth. Equally powerful is the call for

Administration policy-makers are still a few weeks away from deciding the fate of the Overseas Priva

Last year was a year of turning points for U.S. trade with Asia.America's trade deficit with

Negotiations to open the world telecommunications market have entered their critical week. The benef

All hail the fierce scholars of Spell (the Society for the Preservation of English Language and Lite

As President Clinton and the 105th Congress hunker down to the business of ending ''the era of Big G

Many outmoded laws are still on the books but don't get in anyone's way. In Maine, for example, it's

While Washington has been sitting on its hands, other nations have been seizing the initiative in

The Farmington Canal sounded like a great investment idea in 1824, a Microsoft or Disney of its time

President Clinton's $1.7 trillion fiscal year 1998 budget offers a credible basis for a bipartisan c

Sometimes a tax provision looks too good to be true - and it is.Part of President Clinton's

Take a close look at your phone bill the next time you make an international call. Americans, on ave

US SHOULD CONTINUETOUGH STANCE ON CUBAI disagree with Don Becker's evaluation of U.S. policy

They call him the ''businessman prime minister,'' not just because Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's next lea

With the 105th Congress under way, a small but vocal minority is calling for repeal of the Jones Act

Beginning in the early 1990s, price stability became an increasingly important goal of the monetary

In a small row house in Washington's Adams-Morgan neighborhood, Hillary Rodham Clinton recently part

EX-IM BANK IS NOTCORPORATE WELFAREYour editorial ''Propping up exports'' (Page 6A, Feb. 3) m

President Clinton told the nation Tuesday that Washington should set standards for the readingabilit

Biotechnology applied to pharmaceuticals has made signal contributions to our medical resources duri

There are few things in life that Jesse Helms and Jesse Jackson can agree on, but one of them is the

Political scandals and back-room intrigues are again swirling through Moscow's corridors of power, s

It was just a few weeks ago that a day-care teacher noticed a droopy 4-year-old had a ticklish cough

''Child asthma rates up exponentially since 1982.'' ''At least 60,000 premature deaths associated wi

CHINA, TAIWAN: PEACEIS A LONG WAY OFFTrudy Robin's op-ed piece, ''The 'one China' fantasy''

Take a look at the fringes of the rail business. Now think about what's going on in the shipping bus

Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., is once again using his Foreign Relations Committee chairmanship to cause

The classic definition of a New York liberal is a person passionately committed to solving an urgent

This month the Clinton administration is expected to decide whether to keep the current ban on advan

On the dubious assumption that a constitutional amendment will somehow produce fiscal rectitude, con

Finance ministers around the world have had a tough time persuading voters that fiscal austerity is

Is it safe to send your credit card over the Internet to order shoes from Italy? Unfortunately for I