Commentary

Germany has pledged to freeze $61 million in aid to the Volkswagen automaker in partial satisfaction

WTO HAS ENOUGH POWERTO CHANGE US RULESYour recent editorial on the World Trade Organization

After 15 years working for companies large and small, I've gone into business for myself. Or, in the

In early fall 1966, I went directly from the fields of Vietnam to the Tuck Graduate School of Busine

Before Anand Sharma shows your company how to streamline its operations, he will extract your pledge

Things are popping at the normally low-profile International Trade Commission.For the first

Washington squanders billions of dollars a year on foolish projects, but now Congress is threatenin

The contraceptive revolution of the 1950s and 1960s changed millions of lives around the globe. Birt

The effort to turn out the lights at the Department of Energy, a central part of the Dole economic p

In a move that violates democratic principles and common sense, the Clinton administration is planni

Three thousand young people begin to smoke every day in America. And 1,000 will die of a tobacco-rel

Beleaguered Russian steel producers are appealing to their government to do something to stimulate g

The assault by the United States against Iraqi military targets Tuesday was the appropriate reaction

Personal question: Does the idea of dressing for work every morning fill you with anticipation and s

Don't believe the hype. Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are what they tried to be in their

How do U.S. women want to see themselves in ads, you may wonder. What do they want in advertising an

All the other credit-card peddlers do the same thing, so the brochure from Citibank - stuffed into t

The presidential stretch run begins today, but don't expect the quality of the campaign to improve m

These are nail-biting days for British sports fans as the Formula One motor racing season draws to a

Aggressive trade policy has replaced ideological confrontation as the cornerstone of post-Cold War U

When the neighbors say they'll stop the noise at midnight but then keep partying until dawn, it's ti

Wars make news. Peace does not. So it is not surprising that the ''success stories'' of internationa

The Gore commission, which will announce its recommendations for increased air safety and security i

We watched a young man die at Niagara Falls last week. There was nothing else we could do.We

Russia's war in Chechnya is on hold, it seems, but it has ignited a war in the Kremlin over the term

American workers have something to celebrate this Labor Day. The economy they are helping to create

Each year, literally billions of dollars in mandatory union dues are taken from American workers and

A few weeks ago, Forbes magazine reported that the Democratic National Committee was using overnight

Millions of Americans will honor the American worker this Labor Day weekend when they travel on one

Back in 1968, when police were battling demonstrators on the streets of Chicago, I didn't give a hoo

Organized labor has always been a political as well as an economic institution, but on Labor Day 199

Arnold Langbo, chairman of the Kellogg Co., knew his company was edging close to the boundary of wha

Lloyd's of London has been underwriting risks for more than 300 years, but lately Lloyd's itself has

While Democrats have tried to put on a moderate face at their convention this week, the reality is t

To paraphrase the old advertising jingle, nobody doesn't like economic growth.Liberal Democr

OIL SUCCEEDSIN THE MARKETPLACEIn his Aug. 19 opinion article, ''Tackling energy problems'' (

Are German politicians still capable of bringing about meaningful reforms in the nation's economy? T

Mexico has had so many electoral reforms in recent years that it would be easy to dismiss any new in

Strasbourg, in the easternmost corner of France, has been fighting for years to keep the European Pa

On Jan. 31, in a move that it described as ''a slight easing of monetary policy,'' the Federal Reser