Commentary

KEEPING MAJOR ROADS in good repair is one of the few things Democrats and Republicans in Congress ca

Ten years ago American companies and industries were losing global market share. Foreign products we

An air of expectation hangs over France this week as Socialist President Francois Mitterrand prepare

The Clinton administration's decision to sharply escalate the U.S.-Japan auto dispute reflects pre-e

ELDERLY AMERICANS are the biggest beneficiaries of government programs, receiving more than a third

As any politician knows, outright federal subsidies aren't the only way to please business constitue

Even though last week's Russian-American summit in Moscow did little to resolve problems between the

The National Highway System wasn't supposed to be another Interstate Highway System with new ribbons

For the poor, for minorities, for our inner-city communities, our country's civil justice system is

THE HOUSE Republican plan for cutting the budget is controversial, but both parties should be able t

The best advice for potential investors in China has been "be cautious" and ''go slowly" even though

There was something for everyone in the double-barreled action U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kant

FOR AN EXAMPLE of how the nation's legal system has run amok, consider this: O.J. Simpson attorney J

FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR FREE TRADEWe are puzzled by a statement in Richard Lawrence's r

A new alarm about global warming has been sounded by the International Energy Agency. Unless there a

For the Peninsular & Oriental Steamship Navigation Co., World War II started not on Sept. 3, 1939, w

NO ONE HAS FOUGHT HARDER for stronger world trade rules than the United States. Now Washington is us

Like a nip from the bottle or a dose of Prozac, a little inflation makes us all feel better. Profits

As America turns to the 1996 presidential election, Mexicans may find new truth in the oldsaying, "p

President Clinton should move cautiously in making his third appointment to the Federal Reserve Boar

CANADIANS have always considered railroads part of the national patrimony, a way of connecting a far

MEXICO UNFAIRLY HIT FOR FARMERS' WOESYour May 1 article, "Low-Cost Mexican Tomatoes

British Conservative governments of the past 16 years have made a high art of privatization. No publ

Europe's frontier-free system is breaking down barely six weeks after seven countries abolished inte

THE HIGHER MATH OF TAX PREPARATIONWhere is all the whining coming from over the "one

NO COUNTRY suffered more than Russia during the Second World War. Russians old enough to remember th

FRENCH VOTERS, fed up with spiraling unemployment, have opted for change, electing JacquesChirac as

Travel Ports of America, a company that owns truck stops, acquired in 1988 an option on a site on In

It's the Washington equivalent of going behind enemy lines. John Lillie, chairman of America

When President Clinton arrives in Moscow to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War I

FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, the Clinton administration has been pushing Japan to accept numerical targe

FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY a war that had involved almost every sovereign state on earth ended. It wasn't

Like most crises, the sudden fall of the Mexican peso wasn't entirely unpredictable. More than likel

NO SAFETY PROBLEMS AT PANAMA CANALWe were disappointed by your one-sided article, "P

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S premier technology project is on the ropes. Adraft report by a

"Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax the fellow behind the tree. And tax the hell out of him."

AIRLINE DEREGULATION IN EUROPE has set off a rush of acquisitions and alliances. The latest deal has

Last July, against the background of a rising cry that "50 years is enough," President Clinton and t

The Clinton administration has said it sees no obstacles to the quick conclusion of a free trade agr

Most Americans over 30 remember, sadly, what it's like. A great industrial power, an export