Commentary

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

Even though Middle Eastern desert nomads and Himalayan mountain dwellers receive distant television

IN "THE MOUSE THAT ROARED," a small, mountainous country learns how get the attention of the United

When Bill Clinton rises to speak about his programs, one often feels transformed back in time, back

As delegates gathered for the annual board meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Devel

AMERICANS, far more than Europeans, are on their own when they're out of work. To begin with, most j

British Airways cements a global alliance with USAir. Boeing slashes aircraft production and over 28

The idea of building coast-to-coast electronic circuits providing easy access to worlds and worlds o

TRUCKING COMPANIES and railroads dodged a $12 billion bullet last week. That was the projected cost

CONGRESS is finally tackling an 1872 mining law that virtually gives away federal lands to mining co

A NAFTA BORDER TAX ISN'T WISESteven Charnovitz's opinion piece, "Rethinking a Nafta Border T

These days, Washington is abuzz with talk of a "national technology policy." Enamored withthe idea o

President Clinton says one of his primary goals is to create good jobs at good wages. If he is serio

U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS have taken a turn for the worse under the Clinton administration. U.S. official

PITTSBURGH has gone ga-ga over McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, launched 25 years ago in the Steel City.

An economist with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith said recently that a major part of his job is

IF SPENDING equals "investment" and tax increases are "contributions," what are up to $150 billion i

IT IS HARDLY SURPRISING that Budget Director Leon Panetta thinks the North American free-trade agree

These are sober times in the Netherlands as this small nation wonders whether its well-managed, open

At every upbeat turn in the economy, President Clinton continues to defend his short and long-term e

LET RUSSIANS CARRY US GRAINYour April 27 article, "US Seeks New Bids From Ship Lines

There is a real danger that labor and environmental side agreements now being negotiated for the Nor

THE CURRENT DEBATE over ship safety is throwing unaccustomed light into some of the darker corners o

Clinton administration officials are stressing U.S. trade opportunities in Asia more than in any oth

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS did not have long to savor their success after blocking President Clinton'

Mentioning innovation to a group of executives is like mentioning sex to prison inmates - you've got

SOME TIME NEXT MONTH, Hillary Rodham Clinton's task force will deliver its long-awaited plan for ove

No scientific advance has yet been permanently stopped in its tracks by wholesale agreement that it

Trade retaliation has replaced baseball as the national pastime. From last fall's oilseeds dispute w

AMERICAN COMPANIES, by and large, are a creative lot. This week, U.S. airports showed they can be ju

Sweden is pressing full steam ahead with its application for European Community membership, presente

MASSIVE LAYOFFS are a shock anywhere but especially so in China, where workers have come to expect l

The First Western Large Herd Dairy Management Conference was held in Las Vegasthis month. Th

Imagine a U.S. politician running on this platform: "I have presided over the destructionof your eco

WITH SOME LUCK, Bill Clinton will get better at his new job during the next few years. His first 100

MONOPOLISTIC PATENT SYSTEM NEEDS REVIEWYour March 25 article on Argentina's drug-patent bill

BILL CLINTON is on the verge of making his biggest trade policy blunder yet. White House off

The recent visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa underscored the importance - and difficu

Federal Reserve officials are using a forecast of moderate growth and low inflation to justify conti

A CALL TO RESCUE THE MERCHANT MARINEThe future of the U.S. merchant marine under the