Commentary

The gloomy report cards on Bill Clinton ignore an important area in which his administrationhas made

With the recent weakness of the dollar in world markets, a joke is making the rounds in Washington.

THE HAMMERING AND SAWING you hear this week on Capitol Hill is the sound of Democrats building a pla

The May 1 International Labor Day festivities in Mexico City affirmed the shambling return of Fidel

All over the world, governments are struggling with slow economic growth, recession and, in a few ca

A few weeks ago I visited Japan's northern island of Hokkaido to do some stories. While there I comm

INFLATION IS REARING its head in China. The world's fastest growing economy, the government acknowle

Focus groups tell us railroads are viewed as dying dinosaurs. Yet they also tell us there remains a

While inconvenient, and possibly economically harmful, the war in Bosnia- Herzegovina raises very li

THE LATEST TRIAL BALLOON to float up from the National Health Care Task Force is for the government

THINK TWICE before pouring that mustardy vinaigrette on your salad tonight. The federal government w

CYPRUS DEFENDS SHIP SAFETY RECORDI am writing in response to your May 3 editorial, "

THE REAL BUSINESS of Washington is protecting your camp followers, as Republican Sen. Robert Dole un

NO ONE EXPECTED maritime reform to die such an early death this year. But considering Washington's f

THE PROBLEM WITH CLOSING AN OFFICEYour May 4 article "DOT Action Keeps Rails From Striking O

Almost everyone remembers the images from the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989: blue-green waves turne

U.S. auto companies have wheeled out a possible compromise in their campaign to have President Clint

IF YOU THINK the nation's $900 billion health care system is a Frankenstein's monster, wait until yo

INTERMODAL OFFICE MADE GOOD GAINSAs the former associate deputy secretary of transpo

President Clinton is on the road again, selling his economic program. This is a very good thing to d

OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENTS from French officials are nothing new. Still, Bernard Attali, chairmanof bloat

Larry Klayman, an international trade attorney here, is known among some of his colleagues as a sort

TAIWAN PROTECTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYWe were very disturbed to read your Jan. 5 article, "Si

AIRLINES are in trouble, right? Don't tell that to Southwest Airlines. While a new government commis

We frequently hear about the giant American corporations that stand to gainfrom the proposed

IN AN EFFORT to save his ill-conceived energy tax, Bill Clinton is doing some furious backpedaling.

President Bush handed Bill Clinton a solid expansion on Jan. 20. Real gross domestic product grew at

The tale of a little Japanese restaurant in Manhattan shows just how seriously Americans feel about

AFTER A COUPLE OF OPENING ACTS, President Clinton's economic program takes center stage this week on

FOLLOWING in that great American tradition, Japan issued its hit list of unfair traders this week an

You're looking to buy a fancy new sports car, but it costs more than you want to spend. One day, you

ANOTHER COSTLY AVIATION FEUD is heating up between the United States and Australia. On Monda

HOGS AND LOGS, suds and spuds. In a few words, that's the recent history of U.S.-Canadian tr

LOAN FUNDS COULD CREATE MARITIME JOBSAn item in your April 5th "Washington Report" column, d

The Department of Transportation recently took a public stance against allegedly predatory practices

The human tragedy of former French Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy's suicide was brutally transforme

HEALTH REFORM: PUT PATIENTS IN CHARGERegarding your article "No Free Lunch on Univer

CHANGE IS COMING to Pacific shipping. Liner companies that jointly set rates there are listening to

AT THE WEEKEND, strikes in eastern Germany were spreading after metalworkers and their employers fai

President Clinton expects to go to the seven-power economic summit this July in Tokyo in a stronger