Commentary

A CHEERFUL HOLIDAY MESSAGE comes this year from an unlikely source: the usually subdued economists a

Not being a politician, I can say anything I like about Social Security - even the truth. And the tr

After a long delay, new financial guarantee requirements under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990(OPA-90)

New trade negotiating authority for President Clinton will be one of the many issues competing for s

he of the red costume, twinkling eyes and astonishing feats of reindeer transport - was not always t

WHEN THE NEW WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION opens for business next week, the world's most populous countr

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform has come and gone, leavingbarely a m

It is not written in the stars that whenever Americans take up a political debate they must do so in

By the year 2005, if all goes well, we will have the FTAA - the Free Trade Area of the Americas, rea

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA may soon break up one of their biggest trade logjams: the dispute over

BUILDING UP THE US FLEETThe United States remains the world's largest importer and e

The Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and the fallout from it have substantially shaken up the interstate tr

ANOTHER AFTERSHOCK from the Nov. 8 earthquake rolled through Washington this week. Five major federa

Who says art doesn't imitate life? "The Salaryman Who Became Naked," a musical that is drawing huge

President Clinton's proposed $60 billion "Middle Class Bill of Rights" is a mostly sensible set of s

MOST OF Central and Eastern Europe have cause to celebrate this month, and not only because of Chris

MERCHANT MARINE: KEY TO US DEFENSEI am incensed. I am trying to figure out what plan

THE EARLY VERSION of President Clinton's new federal downsizing project looks promising, especially

Last week Jacques Delors took a highly unusual step for a modern politician: He put his country and

Having fed the American economy a three-quarter point increase in interest rates a few weeks ago, Fe

WITH BUDGET-CUTTING all the rage in Washington, lawmakers are taking special aim at cargo preference

THE CULTURE WARS with Canada may be heating up. Westinghouse Electric Corp., owner of CountryMusic T

JAPAN'S TRADE BARRIERS may irritate Americans, but they should anger Japanese consumers far more. A

Mexico's newly inaugurated president, Ernesto Zedillo, is out to prove to the world that he is firml

Those who fear GATT and international trade should remember Nathan Rothschild, the Battle of Waterlo

THE GREAT AMERICAN TAX-CUTTING CONTEST is on. This week, President Clinton and incoming House Minori

Congressional approval of GATT on Dec. 1 signaled the start of a new relationship between the United

On Nov. 9, the morning after Election Day, Washington awoke a changed city. Some things, however, ha

A quiet revolution is under way in America's municipal water treatment industry. As federalsubsidies

AMTRAK'S PLAN to streamline its operations is nothing short of dramatic. The nation's passenger rail

PRESIDENT CLINTON TONIGHT will raise the ante on Republicans in Congress. For the last month, GOP la

Welcome to Great Nafta Debate II. Now almost one year in force, how's Nafta doing? Is the No

NEEDED: SENSIBLE OSHA REFORMWith a new wave of Republicans poised to take over Congr

Advice to the new Congress on labor law reform: Be bold. Empower individual employees. Don't be co-o

CHOOSING A LEADER for the new World Trade Organization has become a test of wills among the major ec

Japan has drawn great strength from its highly cohesive social structure. With little more than the

There is little doubt that the world economy is in a strong expansionary mode as the year comes to a

Tremors rolled through Wall Street last week when Orange County, Calif., filed for bankruptcy. While

Few would argue that this fall's trade agreements between the United States and Japan met expectatio

The alliance between France and Germany that shaped the political contours of Europe for half a cent