Commentary

It was interesting to be in London when the alliance between British Telecom and MCI was announced.

Last year, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a landmark bill supported by both Rep

One of the benefits of belonging to the European Union for small countries is that they get the chan

Pacific Rim leaders concluded their summit Monday with a master stroke of ambiguity: a call for the

Mercosur, the trade pact among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, has recently come under atta

CATCHING UP WITH SMALL,HISTORIC 'ALPHABET ROUTE'Long before there were only large mega-railr

Although their work is not front-page news, negotiators from the industrialized economies are puttin

Medigoguery, the demagoguing of Medicare reform, is passe. The next wave of bipartisan health-care s

For 50 years the superpowers have kept tight control over their respective nuclear arsenals. Now tha

When Canada and Chile signed a free-trade agree- ment last week, they did something the United Sta

NO CHEAP WATCHESFOR THIS SHIP LINEI appreciate the fun Tom Baldwin was having with his opini

Just before it adjourned recently, the U.S. Senate may have provided an opening for a long-overdue c

Here's a statistic that would make Joe Six-Pack wince.The Coors brewery in Golden, Colo., sp

Don't underestimate Rep. Bud Shuster's ability to influence the pending takeover of Conrail. The dom

Before the fragile post-election spirit of cooperation breaks down entirely, why can't the White Hou

Russia's Mars mission ended up on the bottom of the Pacific. Civil servants haven't been paid in mon

In the closing days of the 104th Congress, surprise legislative maneuvering stripped U.S. inventors

Bill Clinton's White House has been likened to a bowl of spaghetti: Everywhere you look, the lines o

It's official: Not only can't Johnny read, he can't count very well, either. A massive survey of mat

American presidents in their second term generally look for issues to help them develop their place

For months, I've been wondering why the United States was trying so hard to oust Boutros Boutros-Gha

With Congress and the White House once again controlled by opposing parties, America will probably h

When did the United States suddenly become so ''robust?''The term resurfaced last week at a

Abdala Bucaram, the quirky president of Ecuador known as El Loco, or the Madman, is coming out with

MERCOSUR IS A MODELOF OPEN REGIONALISMRegarding the editorial ''Mercosur under siege'' (Oct.

Are scientists cut out for high-stakes lobbying? Virtually every other ''special interest'' does it,

Six warehouses exploded in Bardstown, Ky., sending 20,000 barrels of bourbon whiskey flaming to the

WOODEN RAIL TIESGO THE DISTANCEYour Oct. 25 article, ''Riding the rails on discarded yogurt

Researchers this week released the largest and most comprehensive study ever undertaken of K-12 math

For months, the Todd family stashed its spare dollars in a sailboat fund. I envisioned something abo

So strapped is Moscow for money, it appears to be willing to sacrifice the future of its telecommuni

When asked in the second presidential debate how he plans to handle the U.S. trade deficit with Japa

Don't believe everything you hear about the courts' get-tough attitude on white-collar crime.

In his campaign speech in favor of road safety and against drugs, President Clinton said his adminis

What is it that Pierre Salinger knows about the crash of TWA Flight 800 that others don't?Ac

USING FOREIGN-FLAG SHIPSWON'T COMPROMISE SECURITYIn his Oct. 22 letter, Maritime Administrat

In the next few weeks, the quadrennial Advisory Council on Social Security will issue its long-await

Imagine an airline that uses faulty instruments for takeoffs and landings. In a competitive market,

As the weather turns damp and dreary with the cold winds of Manchuria blowing south, the capital cit

A federal court in Philadelphia this week has been asked to decide whether Conrail, the subject of a