Commentary

HOMETOWN HIGHWAY PROJECTS, the source of so much congressional pork, may be exempted from the line-i

THE CLINTON administration's plan to convert the nation's air traffic control system into a governme

After more than 15 years of on and off talks, U.S. and Canadian officials are close to reaching a ne

THE RISING PRICE OF NEWSYour Page One headline on Jan. 10 announcing the sale of The Journal

THREE YEARS into a large-scale program to support Russia's political and economic transformation, Co

Delivering the mail is important work. It's the way much of America communicates. People count on th

SENATE DEMOCRATS have failed in their misguided attempt to exempt Social Security from thebalanced b

BUSINESS IS RETURNING TO NORMAL on the Panama Canal - which was anything but normal a few weeks ago.

On the heels of the rescue package for Mexico, Western governments are faced with another critical a

A subtle shift in Federal Reserve policy has surfaced in recent weeks. After months of reducing the

I was living in San Francisco in 1989 but happened to be away for two weeks in Hawaii when the Loma

CHINA has picked an unlikely target to score a point in a trade dispute: Arnold Schwarzenegger, the

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S weekend offer of special trading rights for some Middle Eastern goods sends a me

POSTAL SERVICE GOT A BUM RAPGregory Conko attempts to paint a picture of the U.S. Po

The legacy of the "get-rich-quick" Thatcher years is now apparent. Britain's rich certainly grew ric

In the past few weeks Americans have been getting a short course in labor and antitrust law by readi

THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT, already billions of dollars over budget in its effort to site a high-level nu

PEEL BACK ONE LAYER of transportation regulation and there's usually another underneath. It's been t

It is clear from events at the end of 1994 that there is too little global saving to go around. We c

AMTRAK DESERVES MORE SUPPORTYour Feb. 7 editorial, "Changing Transportation" (Page 8

The Clinton administration's modest proposals for more export promotion funding next fiscal year wil

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION plans to send legislation to Congress next week creating a government-own

BREAKING INTO THE JAPANESE MARKET is never easy, but it is possible, as Ford Motor Co. is proving. F

WHEN AMERICA HELPED JAPANIn the wake of the Kobe earthquake and other recent articles in you

The United States and developing countries have something in common: Both export approximately 7 per

As Congress prepares to close the Interstate Commerce Commission, a key question arises: Who will as

Mack Sennett, of Keystone Kop fame, might have liked it. His Kops, a Hollywood gang, are lon

Will we restabilize the world's human population but still crowd out our wildlife? That seems all to

ENVIRONMENTALISTS and maritime interests are usually on opposite sides when it comes to dredging the

In a desperate effort to buy a middle-class tax cut, the Clinton administration appears willing to p

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION is pressing ahead with misguided efforts to further restrict distribution of

Readers, a particularly crotchety editor informed me at the outset of my career, have no interest in

THE LOPSIDED VOTE in the House for the presidential line-item veto is an encouraging sign Congress i

Amid all the controversy over amending the Constitution to require the federal government to balance

President Clinton's loan package for Mexico may solve an immediate financial crisis. But Mexico's ec

"TRADE WAR" is among Washington's most overused phrases. Barely two days after the United States and

As Congress considers the proper role of the Federal Maritime Commission and the laws it implements,

IF ANYONE DOUBTS Washington is changing the way it does business, a quick look at the government's t

THE FEDERAL DEFICIT is the nation's central economic problem, burdening present and future generatio

For those students of European Union squabbling it is a tantalizing scenario. It is late 199