Commentary

Like a lot of my fellow corporate chiefs, I've been paying a lot of attention to my bottom line late

The arrogance of the U.S. medical establishment was paraded before the nation again last week.

The announced mass layoffs at AT&T and all the hubbub about the federal budget bring up the perennia

PRESSED BY ITS POOR economic performance, South Korea is taking some encouraging steps to open its e

COSTLY AND QUESTIONABLE travel at the departments of Energy and Commerce has been an embarrassment t

With some delay caused by the Blizzard of '96, the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Re

FRANCO-U.S. RELATIONS have had their ups and downs. Right now, though, the two countries are getting

AID CAN HELP POOR COUNTRIESIn the Jan. 5 opinion article, "Aid Doesn't Help Poor Nations," (

REFORMING federal tax policy is all the rage these days, but at least one state also might benefit f

The scene: the office of Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges. The time: late 1963. Visiting the

AT&T lops off 40,000 jobs. Jobless claims are up. Housing starts slump despite low interest rates. S

RICH AND POOR NATIONS alike are flocking to the World Trade Organization judiciary to seek the resol

DEFENDING OCEAN SHIPPING CONFERENCESI've been reluctant to write concerning your Jan

The American economy appears to be headed for a recession this year. No matter who is in charge of t

"We can do without Taiwan for the time being; let it come after 100 years . . . Why is there need to

Bryan Johnson and Thomas Sheehy take the occasion of the publication of their latest Index of Econom

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT, U.S. labor unions are showing signs of outgrowing theirinsularity and

STARTING MARCH 1, New York cabbies must be polite, drive air-conditioned cars, speak English and kno

While Europe agonizes over the Euro, its planned single currency, it is still the greenback that cou

In one fell swoop, your Dec. 8 editorial, "No Shipbuilding Subsidy," managed to dispose of the entir

Sudden, but not surprising. This was how U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor described the rise

The timetable for broad tax revision, such as a flat tax or other consumption- based levy, may quiet

ONE OF THE LAST VESTIGES of Cold War economic policy all but disappeared last week. U.S. restriction

MORE THAN A YEAR after its peso crisis began, Mexico's economy remains in a deep recession. Still, s

On Dec. 31, 1995, America took the final step in one of the most important public health actions eve

UP-SP MERGER IMPROVES COMPETITIONRip Watson's Jan. 19 Inside Talk column (Page 2B) was an in

MENTION THE EURO to a group of Germans, Italians or Frenchmen and the reactions will range from skep

A line was dropped from Greg Mastel's Jan. 24 opinion article, "In Defense of Trade Politics," becau

It was a speech that could have been given by any number of Republicans. The emphasis was on

"Our citizens are willing to pay more in taxes in order to have a considerably higher degree of soci

SEVENTY-THREE SECONDS into its flight 10 years ago this Sunday, the Space Shuttle Challenger explode

It takes a certain arrogance to enter public life. There are few times in history when Cincinnatus i

Based on December's anemic retail sales, U.S. consumers are not in the spending mood. Neither are th

Some funny things have been happening on the way to next Monday's swearing-in of separatist leader L

TRADE DOESN'T CAUSE HOMELESSNESSYes, the homeless are everywhere. However, to imply that thi

BILL CLINTON DECLARED an end to big government Tuesday night, then used his State of the Union speec

RUSSIA'S BID for membership in the Council of Europe, the continent's democratic club, deserves seri

With the recent resumption of Palestinian authority over Nablus and Bethlehem, the peace process in

Washington's community of trade Cassandras has recently taken to gnashing teeth and pulling hair ove

FLAT TAX FEVER continues to spread, winning converts on the campaign trail and in Washington. Steve