Commentary

If President Clinton and Vice President Gore are interested in ''reinventing government'' in their s

MERCOSUR DOESN'T DESERVETO BE CALLED PROTECTIONISTYour poorly researched Oct. 31 editorial (

When we turn on a tap in this country, we expect to get clean water. But recent experiences are unde

The mathematics are starting to look impossible as Prime Minister John Major tries to work out the o

When Fidel Castro dies, if he ever does, the sun will shine with such rare brilliance that the lovel

Three cheers for Canadian telecom regulators, who last week banned unsolicited ''junk'' faxes sent t

Have you seen the latest jobless numbers? Only 5.2 percent of the nation's workers were out of work

Many state legislatures and Congress are beginning to respond to voter concerns about managed care w

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORSDON'T RUN US TRADE POLICYAlthough Alan Tonelson and I disagree on the p

If a patient comes to a hospital with a serious wound, a sensible doctor would do more than apply Ba

President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon's attempt to craft a ''Solomonic'' approach - in the words o

Now that the election fanfare is over and the rhetoric has descended to a level somewhat closer to E

Now that this hideous presidential campaign is finally over, let's do it all over again.Mayb

RAIL INDUSTRYFACES REREGULATIONWith all of the structural changes occurring in virtually eve

Hong Kong media recently reported that the health of Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping was deteriorati

Some of Europe and America's most senior business figures gather in Chicago today to put their impri

So what exactly did the AFL-CIO get for its $35 million assault on Republicans? Or was that $60 mill

Leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will meet in the Philippines next week to tak

The sacking of Benazir Bhutto's Cabinet this week ends three years of what many considered the most

Reflecting the current obsession with expanding global trade, government officials thrive in the lim

''If shipowners are the lions of the shipping industry, charterers the wolves and cargo interests th

The persistent knock on Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon has been that he is ''weak.'

Trade ministers meeting in December at the World Trade Organization conference in Singapore will hav

If ever the stars were aligned just right for a politician to win re-election, they were in formatio

The postwar consensus on the government's role in scientific research has broken down. A mixture of

Now that World Series fever has abated, attention is slowly shifting back to this season's sports ph

Big changes are brewing for Mexico's coffee sector. Unfortunately it brings bitter news to coffee pr

CLINTON ADMINISTRATIONIS NOT SOFT ON CHINAThe Oct. 31 column by John Maggs (''Making bad Chi

The global telecommunications web grew tighter this week with news of the impending merger of Britis

What do most Americans identify as the No. 1 ingredient of the ''good life''? Is it a successful car

Last week, the International Monetary Fund suspended payment on a $10 billion loan to Russia because

Doctors attending President Boris Yeltsin's seven-hour heart bypass surgery Tuesday reported afterwa

Mercifully, the 1996 election is over. Voters should have had a chance to make some basic decisions

In the beginning, before Bill Moyers' televised Bible-study class made the cover of Time, even befor

The annals of scientific fraud have now been enriched by another episode, this one at the illustriou

Advocates of congressional term limits are back on the ballot in 13 states today, this time with a p

The image of the American mom standing at her ironing board with a heaping load of laundry at her fe

Establishing a linkage between international trade and environmental and labor concerns has been und

Few words invoke stronger negative feelings among Americans than ''secession.'' But in Eastern Europ

Pheeew! Campaign '96 is over, and not a minute too soon. Bereft of inspiring ideas, this campaign wi