Commentary

With fanfare, the heads of government of the 15 nations of the European Union met in a reconverted a

April 15 is an anxious day for America's tax procrastinators. It is not a pleasant day for everyone

For one hour last February President Clinton and the new Japanese prime minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto,

Washington seems to have fallen in love with state governments as the solution to all of the nation'

Twenty-five years ago this month China invited a team of U.S. ping pong players to Beijing, thus ina

Lobbyist Ann Eppard, Rep. Bud Shuster's top political aide, seems intent on trying to ''inoculate''

IN DEFENSEOF ACADEMIC FREEDOMAfter reading Karen E. King's opinion article on the American e

Taking another cue from his spiritual master, Adolf Hitler, Russian ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirin

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico James R. Jones possesses the trade credentials, business contacts and poli

The global warming debate is heating up again. This year's erratic weather - including April snows i

When Bob Dole opted to retain his Senate leadership post while continuing his quest for the White Ho

A few months ago, companies like America Online claimed that the new Microsoft Network online servic

It is quite apparent that we are running out of nicknames for America's sports teams - or the imagin

It's been almost 10 years since the Chernobyl disaster changed the way the world views the nuclear l

The need for the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger is as clear today as it was eight months ago

Benjamin Franklin remarked two centuries ago that the only certainties in life were death and taxes.

North Korea ripped up its 1953 armistice agreement with South Korea over the weekend in what is the

LIMITED LIABILITYHELPS SMALL FIRMSWilliam McCurdy Jr. has properly identified the need to ad

Not long ago, they seemed like the sick men of America. They made steel, autos and textiles.

It's a simple story. In a hotly contested presidential election, the administration appeases domesti

While political interest has been focused on presidential primaries and on developments in Bosnia an

Montana has been getting some bad press lately, gaining a reputation as a haven for reactionaries an

''It hath been a general complaint that the poor-house . . . hath been of no benefit to this city, f

To listen to the political demagogues, one might think that the North American Free Trade Agreement

A recent extended discussion between a South African official and a visiting American business deleg

WTO MARITIME TALKSARE MISGUIDEDI hasten to correct the World Trade Organization propaganda c

Good highways and airports are critical to a strong economy, but are they more important than better

Bill Morton hated to fly. One trip stands out in my mind as having particularly unnerved him. It was

Jack Shienkman, president of Americans for Democratic Action, thinks the main issue in this year's e

Florida's agricultural department has stopped inspecting trucks entering the state for e-coli contam

''This administration has two problems. First, it is choking the economy with unnecessary regulation

These are scary economic times for many Americans. Although inflation and unemployment are low, poll

''In climate modeling, nearly everybody cheats a little,'' the journal Science reported in the fall

''We believe in business. We believe in the marketplace. We know that economic growth will be the be

It was only an accident of fate that the supertanker Sea Empress went aground February in waters wit

A stone's throw from the highway through what used to be Berlin's Drewitz checkpoint, a concrete ped

SHIP TREATYDESERVES SUPPORTYour April 1 editorial, ''Ratify the ship pact,'' (Page 6A) is ri

Reports that former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski will plead guilty to felony charges in the corruption case

Is eating British beef safe? That's a question no one can answer for certain. Even worse, the questi

The financial community is setting itself a challenging new environmental agenda, although it is kee