Commentary

What do singing warthogs, political advisers to movie stars, prisoners growing organic vegetables an

The stock market is ending 1996 with a flourish. Prices and trading volumes are at or near record le

ALLOWING UTILITIESTO BURN USED PLUTONIUMRather than trying to figure out what to do with plu

The year 1996 will not graduate into history summa cum laude. True, much of the globe is living in p

Israel and Egypt have been at peace for 18 years, but relations don't seem to have warmed up much si

President Clinton's recent trip to the Pacific Rim included neither Taiwan nor China, but he did mee

Since 1994, the battle cry of budget-cutters in Washington has been to cut corporate welfare. Well-i

* ''Half the time, I am dealing with bureaucrats who don't understand this new (market globalization

As is often the case, the spotlight rarely shines on a small developing nation unless a political cr

If airline deregulation has helped consumers - and irrefutably it has - then there is hope that a re

The global trading community took a small but significant step this month toward eradicating one of

For the first time in the 50-year history of the United Nations, a sub-Saharan African was named its

CLOSING GRAY MARKETSIS NOT A SOLUTIONYour Dec. 9 article (''Hong Kong debates role of gray g

The Russian economy and financial markets are settling down, but the downside risk for investors rem

Russian President Boris Yeltsin has once again defied the doubters. Just seven weeks after complex h

The World Trade Organization's negotiations to liberalize the global telecommunications market are e

Last month's Hamburg Soybean Party will probably not stand on the same rung in the history of Wester

Once again, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has shown its willingness to raise air pollutio

It's not an entirely happy New Year for the Port of New York and New Jersey.First the good n

Before Bill Clinton began racking up victories, pundits accused Democrats of knowing only one way to

I'm bullish on China.I know the downside. The country is ruled by aging authoritarians who j

Calling all last-minute holiday shoppers. You may not be as bad off as you think. Hitting the stores

VOLLEYS AT THEVOUCHER VULTURESThe school-voucher vultures continue circling the public schoo

Here's a conversational bombshell that's bound to liven up any holiday party: There's no ''glass cei

U.S.-Japanese trade ties may start to fray again, some analysts are warning. The big U.S. trade defi

Foreign direct investment in Latin America rose to a record $30.8 billion this year - yet another cl

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto is dismantling Japan Inc. Last week he announced a major deregulati

A lot has been said since enactment of the 1996 Telecommunications Act about how it will stimulate v

The economic success of the Four Tigers of Asia - Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan - is

The AFL-CIO has undergone a ''palace revolution at the top which has not percolated down to its memb

DEFICIT CONTROL SEEMSTHE RIGHT PLAY FOR RUSSIAThe International Monetary Fund is often on th

From its birth in the late 4th century, Christmas has had to fight commercialism and secularization

Give the Wall Street Journal credit: Nowhere are the virtues of free markets extolled more passionat

As a 25-year-old woman of Zairian ancestry, I feel pain, shame, distress and helplessness that my co

The plot is thickening in the high-stakes fight over who will own Conrail, which holds a practical r

Indonesia's ill-conceived national car program is bearing its first fruit: a sharp drop in car sales

In 1992, Bill Clinton ran for president promising to ''put people first'' in economic policy. His tr

The following things are true about Christmas:* Sometimes it's joyous and merry but it's nev

If your car's speedometer wasn't working, would you rely on cruise control? What if the car you were

THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL:A LARGER TRADE ROLE?Your Dec. 2 ''Washington Report'' column headlines