Commentary

THE HOUSE of Representatives has plenty to do, what with a national debt approaching $4.8 trillion,

Colin L. Powell's autobiography, "My American Journey," is inspirational. Unsurprisingly, it has bec

U.S. and Japanese officials meeting in Manhattan today are expected to renew what many in Japan see

The Clinton administration is busy congratulating itself for achieving a ''soft landing" in the econ

COPYING and selling pirated cassettes, videos and other intellectual property is a thriving business

ANOTHER KEY PIECE in America's expanding aviation network has fallen into place. The United States l

The Suez and Panama canals had difficult, messy births, but today they are vital arteries of world t

INDONESIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSESEdward Masters downplays Indonesia's egregious human

The most recent report on foreign exchange trading by the Bank for International Settlements shows t

Rivalry between two leading Republican presidential contenders - Sens. Robert Dole, Kan., and Phil G

International negotiators gathered last week in Geneva to further develop a system of global environ

CONGRESS may not be showing much enthusiasm for trade issues, but on one important project it has st

DON'T USE HIGHWAY FUNDS FOR AMTRAKThe title of Rip Watson's Sept. 15 "Inside Talk" c

INDIA HOPES TO BECOME an Asian Tiger, but clawing foreign investors isn't the way to do it. Last mon

TIME AFTER TIME, Republicans are proving to be their own worst enemies. The House Agriculture Commit

RON BROWN is no stranger to political combat, but his skills at trench warfare are being tested this

As Congress struggles to reduce the budget deficit, skirmishes are breaking out in Washington over h

At a Republican rally in Congress last week, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R- Ga., put his colleagues

Most government "solutions" fail because they are either flawed in theory or botched in practice.

ALTHOUGH CONGRESS has been decidedly squishy when it comes to axing agriculture programs, one of the

As a result of the electoral upheaval last November, Washington in the middle of a turnaround. Estab

ERNEST & JULIO GALLO received $5 million from the federal government in 1993 to advertise their wine

Americans buy automobile insurance to protect them against a major financial loss in the event of a

When I announced my candidacy for president in front of the Statue of Liberty, the pundits who criti

FIFTY YEARS AGO Congress told the government to sell cut-rate electricity to remote rural communitie

Just about every kid's favorite lunch is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But ask any mother - pe

THE CAMPAIGN TO DEREGULATE Japan's throttled economy continues to gain momentum. The country's most

Several recent stories have detailed the problems caused by out-of-date air traffic control technolo

For some years now, major newspapers and the business press have touted the ''Chilean economic mirac

LAYOFFS ARE GRIM BUSINESS. At the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, more than 200 people le

HONG KONG voters have been understandably edgy as the transfer to Chinese rule in 1997 approaches. O

A recent stand-up brawl on the floor of Russia's Parliament is a worrying sign of the mood of voters

PROTECTING WORKERS' RIGHTS ABROADYou were wrong to claim the AFL-CIO's American Inst

The Senate is expected to vote this week on the "Code of Conduct on Arms transfers," an historic pie

Washington lobbyists are scratching their heads over the way U.S. retailers have lost another round

THE CAMPAIGN to deregulate the ocean shipping business is in danger of running aground in the Senate

In the next few years, millenialists the world over will be gathering to usher in the new decade and

CHALK ONE UP for protectionists in the U.S. textile and apparel industries and in organized labor. L

KEEP SHIPYARD LOAN GUARANTEESThomas Jones's Sept. 5 letter, responding to your artic

Mae West, where are you? After watching U.S. airlines roll out their second- quarter earnings report