Commentary

Capitol Hill's aviation staffers are abuzz with rumors that British Airways and American Airlines ar

Good legislation should strike a balance between social and economic issues and the public interest.

Despite its recent political turmoil, Italy's economic outlook is dramatically better than many of i

President Clinton's quest last month for amity and equanimity in Tokyo concluded happily, if predict

Republicans and Democrats apparently can't agree over whether minimum-wage workers deserve some incr

HOW TO STOPGLOBAL WARMINGAny sincere call for action on global warming requires strong suppo

Britain has threatened to restrict the entry of U.S. citizens in retaliation for Washington's law ti

Rising gasoline prices have brought out the worst in Democrats and Republicans. Instead of admitting

Eurosclerosis, a term used to describe the stagnating state of the European economy in the 1980s, ha

We keep hearing that the American worker is in trouble. In fact, labor's doing just fine. The bigges

In the last few days, congressional hearings have been called to take stock of where the nation stan

''The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone.''Henrik Ibsen, Norway's most f

Voters are demanding smaller government at the federal, state and municipal levels. To achieve this,

The United States has made the failed talks on a global telecommunications deal look like a resoundi

The powerful International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union has a golden opportunity to help

It's time to take a hard look at the latest and most significant development in democratic action: c

Kremlinologists once flocked to Red Square May Day parades to glean insight into Soviet politics by

NORTHWEST: DON'T CAPAVIATION RIGHTSI was extremely disappointed in your March 11 editorial,

President Clinton's fiscal 1997 budget plan contains some changes in the tax rules governing individ

Mr. Chairman, I hold in my hand a document proving that Charlene Barshefsky did willfully and wanton

While most of the problems plaguing American foreign policy in Asia center on U.S. relations with Ch

Setting the former communist bloc on its ear, leading journalists at Poland's premier daily, Zycie W

MORE DEBATE NEEDEDON SHIPPING REFORMRichard Collins misses one key point but hits another in

Russia and China re-created a scene from the Cold War last week. In Beijing for a summit, Boris Yelt

At the beginning of the second quarter, the economy has shown a subtle shift away from growth and to

With moderate Republicans joining Democrats, a rise in the U.S. minimum wage seems inevitable. Thoug

The National Railway Passenger Corp., known as Amtrak, is 25 years old today. A permanent and dedica

Bill Clinton and the leaders of the world's industrial powers have done all they can to help Preside

If memories of the April 15 tax-filing deadline still give you a queasy feeling, take heart. Things

David Letke knows better than anyone the rumors that Preston Trucking Co. will be merged into its bi

The way businesses respond to the turmoil of globalization, increased competition and new technologi

In strangely diverse circles, the Unabomber, subject of the most intense manhunt in FBI history, is

Rite Aid, the drug store chain, has angrily denounced the Federal Trade Commission for thwarting its

SHIPYARD DEBATENEEDS MORE THOUGHTI read with interest your April 16 article, ''Shipyards fix

In both March and April, U.S. financial markets took dramatic one-day plunges, each time spooked by

Germany's economy remains one of the world's most powerful, but it has been apparent for some time t

The odds on European monetary union are getting shorter by the day as politicians, bankers and busin

One of the last of the ''natural monopolies,'' the transmission of electric power, is crumbling. Fed

Just the other day I and a ton of cocaine were sitting in the same room. A ton of cocaine packed in

Addressing the nation's editors earlier this month, Sen. Bob Dole observed at one point that ''obvio