Commentary

SHIPPING CARTELSARE ANACHRONISMSIn his Feb. 14 opinion article, ''Rate-Fixing and Ocean Ship

THE WORLD'S TWO BIGGEST diamond producers, DeBeers and Russia, signed an agreement last week that ma

PATRICK BUCHANAN stands astride the Republican presidential field. No candidate inspires his support

The most disturbing aspect of Pat Buchanan's stunning rise in the GOP presidential campaign is the s

PAT BUCHANAN'S CAMPAIGN against imports has made headlines all week, but the Department of Agricultu

So yours is a face only a mother could love. Well, someday soon that little problem may be your magi

It is highly unusual for the public to learn of a pending U.S. weapons sale before Congress is forma

In the early 1990s, America's export control system finally was working well. The government's licen

Forty years ago, when Jonas Salk developed the vaccine that prevented polio and immortalized his nam

Since the 1980s, partisans of free enterprise have been stymied by the malicious budget rule known a

MANY LESSONS can be drawn from any train collision in which lives are lost. One of them is that regu

THE UNITED STATES is not taking last month's defeat before the World Trade Organization lying down.

JAPAN'S ECONOMY finally may show signs of life this year, but the aftereffects of recession continue

AFTER SEVEN YEARS of promises, the United States again has ignored a pledge to its largest trading p

The U.S. dollar continues to rise against the Japanese yen, rebounding to 107 yen last week after re

AS A LOBBYIST, EPPARD 'GETS RESULTS'I have just finished reading your Feb. 8 article on Ann

In the 1992 election, the big issue was "the economy, stupid." Now, pundits are saying the president

America's "sweet-and-sour" relationship with China has curdled again, with a host of issues, ranging

An editing error near the end of Warren Grimes' article, "Rate-Fixing and Ocean Shipping" (Feb. 14,

The privatization of British Rail is degenerating into a farce as the discovery of financial irregul

AT DUSTY ROADSIDE checkpoints, bands of local officials are trying to roll back the North American F

IT'S BEEN A BAD FEW MONTHS for France, what with public sector strikes and the international outcry

In a campaign year where fear of falling living standards is a hot issue, many Americans might be sh

CONGRESSMAN BUD SHUSTER'S cozy relationship with an aide-turned-lobbyist gives a skeptical public a

BORIS YELTSIN surprised no one Thursday by announcing that he will seek another term as president of

President Clinton has just signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law - the largest single c

Would that every personnel decision were as easy as renominating Alan Greenspan for chairman of the

Nudged by the West, Romania is at last embarking on a massive privatization program, following the l

FELIX ROHATYN is not pleased that Republicans killed his expected nomination as vice chairman of the

PAT BUCHANAN is promising a bloody trade war with America's best customers. If elected president, he

It's a place where most people earn well under $1,000 a year, where one of every two citizens is ill

KFC THREATENS INDIA'S WAY OF LIFEOn Jan. 30, the anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi's death, far

Despite his weak showing in the Iowa caucuses, Steve Forbes' flat tax remains a hot issue on the cam

BORIS YELTSIN seems to be going out of his way to discredit himself in the West as the best candidat

Growth, or lack of it, will surely be a major issue in the election campaign this fall. While curren

ALAN GREENSPAN has earned another term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. The main job of any centr

As the United States tightens the cord of its embargo against Iran, suspicions are growing that it i

A recent staff study published by the Federal Trade Commission has again focused attention on rate-f

The first half of the 1990s will be remembered in financial circles as a time when rogue traders roa

WHY TRANSPORT RULES ARE STILL NEEDEDNow that the dust has settled on sunsetting the