Commentary

FOR HALF A CENTURY beginning in 1940, the United States spent nearly $350 billion to build nuclear w

The past few months have been fascinating and challenging ones for anyone who pretends to understand

Chile, says a new book, is a highly promising market for a wide range of U.S. exports, from farm and

PROTECT US PROPERTY RIGHTS IN CUBAYour March 29 editorial, "Wrongheaded on Cuba" (Pa

ENRON CORP., the Houston-based natural gas company, grew spectacularly after natural gas deregulatio

SHINE A LIGHT in a dark corner and the bugs are sure to scatter. That's the principle behind a new i

Eastern Europe has had its share of bad news recently. Painful economic reforms and factional strife

HOUSE REPUBLICANS are likely to pass a $188 billion tax cut this week, a measure they consider the c

Forget about just-in-time inventory, consensus decision-making or long-term thinking. Let's get to t

Conventional wisdom holds that with the demise a year ago of the health-care monstrosity proposed by

Denizens of downtown Manhattan spend inordinate amounts of time debating the purported, but spurious

The 1980s were a decade of economic expansion for both the United States and Western Europe. This ex

CANADA SHOULD BARGAIN IN FISH CASEYour March 30 editorial "Fishy Claims" (Page 10A)

The May 9 celebration in Moscow marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II was always g

JAPAN HAS BEEN CALLED a producer's heaven and a consumer's hell. To even that score, the Japanese go

THE REGIONAL BELL telephone companies have won an important victory in the race to enter the long-di

Because I'm just old enough to believe that letters, and not telephones or faxes, are the best way t

FEDERAL ENERGY OFFICIALS just sent another charge through the electric power industry. In a

The Maritime Administration is facing applications for over $1.5 billion in federal loan guarantees

When the European Court of First Instance ruled recently that the EuropeanCommission had ove

AFTER THREE WRETCHED MONTHS, Mexico is showing early signs of economic improvement. Not that Mexico'

THE PORT AUTHORITY of New York and New Jersey is about to take a serious look at a worthwhile idea:

The Mexican peso devaluation has had enormous consequences in a country whose government, business a

NO INCREASE IN DEVASTATING STORMSAs you reported recently, Vice President Al Gore ha

The announcement Tuesday that two of Japan's biggest banks, the Bank of Tokyo and Mitsubishi Bank, p

AMTRAK is heading for a financial cliff. While America's national passenger rail network has always

CANADA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION are progressing nicely in resolving their month- long fishing dispute

THE CASE AGAINST SHIP DEREGULATIONThe National Industrial Transportation League, enc

When the consumer movement emerged in the early part of this century, its leaders saw their role pri

The Clinton administration has committed the United States to expanding the North American free trad

U.S. POLICY TOWARD CUBA has long been out of date. It may soon be out of control. A dangerous bill n

Financial markets rallied strongly last week. Traders apparently were inspired by three key ideas. F

Hold a $20 bill up to the light and you'll see, over on the left-hand side, a little strip, a "secur

Republican control of Congress and growing concerns over professional plaintiffs offer legislators t

The European Union faces something akin to civil war as it decides whether to proceed toward a full-

CONGRESS has made a first, halting move to bring telecommunications regulation into the information

LAST WEEK'S Washington-Tokyo deal to ease restrictions on foreign direct investment in Japanshould h

WHO NEEDS THE FMC, ANYWAY?This is in response to James Marceda's March 7 letter to t

Voters sent Congress a clear message in the last election: Reduce regulation and spend less time, en

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, San Francisco's bustling seaport helped make it one of the world's great ci