Commentary

It took strong pressure from the United States and Europe, but Japan finally may be moving toward re

Why did the trading arm of the Japanese firm Sumitomo last year lose more than a billion dollars in

Last year's Republican Congress was so power-mad, it seems, that it conferred upon the presidency ex

That rift between Peru and Japan over the hostage crisis in Lima is confounding pundits who have emp

France has been living up to its stereotype of late, confirming foreigners' perception of a country

Rep. Bud Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, is under investigation by a federa

This week, opinion leaders from around the world are gathering in Washington to explore microcredit

In the bitter strife between mainstream science and animal-rights advocates, the scientists have mad

WISHING FOR LOWER RATESPOSES RISKS FOR SHIPPERSThe opinion article by Allen Wastler, ''Be ca

Several new tax laws during 1996 added 650 separate items to an already extremely complex tax code.

''The Next War'' (Regnery, 1996), written by Casper Weinberger, former secretary of defense (with Pe

Government subsidies to business are again under attack in Congress. Campaigns against ''corporate w

Desperately strapped for cash, North Korea has agreed to become the dumping ground for Taiwan's nucl

Senate Energy Committee Chairman Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, employed a maritime metaphor to express

Remember the classic war-movie scene where an enemy grenade lands in the midst of a squad of Marines

North Korea is in the news regularly because of its threat to the world - nuclear proliferation, nuc

Moscow's in-crowd is abuzz with rumors of President Boris Yeltsin's imminent demise. The Communists

Glenda Jackson, the Oscar-winning star of ''A Touch of Class'' who is applying her thespian skills i

A recent trip to Havana by members of the U.S. House Hispanic Caucus had a less than congressional a

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has called for a dramatic construction project to reinvent the

Self-described ''public citizen'' Joan Claybrook knew air bags were potentially lethal when she was

Three years ago, when Eastman Chemical became a public company after more than seven decades as a di

The year is already 8 percent gone, but, our guardian angel advises, there's still time left for a 1

The lines have been drawn and the clock is ticking. In about two weeks, barring a successful negotia

SAN FRANCISCO PILOTS WORKON NO-DRUGS POLICYYour Jan. 15 article, ''Bay area pilot probe unde

Congress is gearing up for a new assault on ''corporate welfare'' - subsidy programs and tax breaks

After a 13-month delay, the Clinton administration has decided to comply with the North American Fre

Naturalist Loren Eiseley once said, ''Modern man, the world eater, respects no space and no thing gr

Sometimes I have to read a newspaper article twice to make sure my eyes do not deceive me. Such was

Wednesday's editorial, ''Politics at Commerce,'' should have referred to a congressional, rather tha

Although it is almost a year since Congress passed a sweeping reform of telecommunications laws, Ame

Recent reports from China describe a rising tide of nationalist sentiments aimed principally at the

Congress is preparing to send another charge through the electric power industry - one that could be

How should a company respond when a key executive defects to a competitor?What does the stri

Three of every four insured American workers now get their health care through some form of managed

Will they buy? Or will they sell?The debate continues over whether or not foreign central ba

1996 was a bad year for North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. Chosen by his late father, the Great

William M. Daley has pledged to Congress that, if confirmed as commerce secretary, he would root p

Earlier this month, President Clinton formally nominated Charlene Barshefsky to be the U.S. trade re

OFF-BUDGET USER FEESARE FAIR TO HIGHWAY USERSRep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., and his 123 colleagues