Commentary

Faced with a sharp drop in tax revenue, Moscow is imposing levies on suitcase-size importers. In doi

A new economic and political dogma is being preached in the current debate on medical and health pol

Bob Dole's new economic plan is risky, unrealistic and fated to fail. Although the principle behind

''Besides, they look like maids.''The phrase echoed inside my head and left me speechless. I

The tragedy of TWA Flight 800 inevitably recalls Pan American Flight 103, brought down by a bomb ove

Leaked intelligence reports about terrorist training camps have sparked new fears about Iran, but th

Leveling the fieldfor encryption exportersI am concerned about the federal government's hesi

Bob Dole's new economic plan is a roll of the dice for a presidential candidate who has been going n

Americans should be proud of the 26th Summer Olympic Games. For 17 days, Atlanta held the world spel

An Aug. 1 Letter to the Editor, ''Setting the Marcus Hook record straight,'' (Page 6A) mistakenly sa

The coming 12 months will be critical for the European Union's planned single currency as its two bi

In early July, 119 American executives sent a letter to President Clinton urging him to go slow on s

Southern California's long-simmering economic resurgence is now truly building up steam after a half

Keeping up with this year's flood of U.S. trade sanctions has been like watching the climactic scene

As the world watches for signs that newly elected Russian President Boris Yeltsin can maintain his h

When I was in high school, the ''level one crowd'' valued high grades in honors courses, and did not

The global phenomenon of rapid urbanization places before the world something akin to the ''progress

Politicians are rushing to do something - anything - to make airports more secure. In the aftermath

While you were busy working last week, another new bureaucracy was busy spending your money.

CLARIFYING EXPORTCONTROL POLICYYour recent article, ''Pentagon to cede clearance of exports,

For all the gold being passed out at the 1996 Olympics, none of it compares with the gold being rake

Don't look now, but you and your choice of fresh produce could well become victims of the politics i

U.S. companies still hold out hope that the Export-Import Bank will finance hundreds of millions of

NO SWEET DEALSFOR US SUGAR PRODUCERSIt was disappointing to encounter in Dennis T. Avery's o

The debate over tuna-dolphin legislation, which reached the floor of the House of Representatives th

Ulysses S. Grant once said the burden of war falls on ''the producing class.'' This observation take

More than 50 of the world's largest airlines, including most U.S. carriers, have signed a voluntary

The rest was foreplay. Now America has lost its virginity. That's how the aftermath of the bomb in A

The physical damage caused by the Jakarta riots that followed police takeover of the opposition Indo

Like many callers to Rush Limbaugh's radio talk show, Jody from Georgia seems to have dialed the wro

Try saying ''load center'' to a port executive. Watch what happens.You'll get one of two rea

Caving in to pressure from the AFL-CIO, President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have removed lega

Mexico's decision to repay ahead of schedule much of what it borrowed from Washington during last ye

Confronted with today's social and financial problems, many North American cities look fondly to the

Last February, in a provocative Washington Post article headlined, ''Television's Destructive Power,

Frolicking teen-agers occasionally bust into the computer systems of the Pentagon, banks and other s

Although congressional efforts to overhaul environmental regulation have stalled, there is increasin

SETTING STRAIGHTTHE MARCUS HOOK RECORDI had several problems with your July 15 story, ''Marc

This is an exciting moment for U.S. policy toward Africa. The Clinton administration has raised the

When Republicans seized control of Congress last year, they promised a revolution. Instead, 1995 was