Commentary

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was right. Several months ago, he urged world leaders to resolve the s

BILL CLINTON HAS CAMPAIGNED on a simple theme: Abandon failed policies and try something new. If he

THE BEGINNING OF THE END has appeared for Russia's cradle-to-grave social welfare system. Ye

The greatest challenge confronting our nation today is in education. But what kind of preparation ar

America is in a mood to be saved. But one might well ask: "From what?" By any historical standard, t

In upholding its 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision that established a constitutional right to an abortion,

FOR THE LEADERS of the world's major industrialized countries, the summit just concluded was more ab

Many statements about U.S.-Japanese economic affairs tell half the truth. Some common assertions con

SHARPER THINKING ON RECYCLINGIn their June 18 opinion article, "Recycling for Recycling's Sa

In "Das Kapital," Karl Marx wrote that tuberculosis is an inevitable consequence of the capitalist m

HOWEVER CANADIANS resolve the Quebec problem, some much-needed changes may emerge from the self-exam

IMAGINE TERM LIFE INSURANCE that can be canceled or re-priced when a policyholder grows old or sick.

_ Gov. Bill Clinton, at first wary about too close an association with congressional Democrats, is s

A FEW OF LAST WEEKEND'S holiday traffic jams, no doubt, are breaking up only now. And if that's an e

On most issues, Americans fancy themselves alone atop the moral high ground, ideals displayed as a b

Congressional opposition to the proposed $300 million acquisition of LTV Corp.'s missile business by

NOTHING LASTS AS LONG as it used to. Just ask the Swiss. The new headquarters of the Zurich stock ex

The Federal Reserve surrendered to overwhelming market and political pressure. Last Thursday, the Fe

The "black Wednesday" gas explosions that ripped through 20 blocks in Guadalajara, Mexico, two month

When people ask what I miss most about not living in the United States, I of course respond, "Family

THE UNITED STATES has spent the better part of a decade fighting Europe's blatant subsidies to plane

WHILE GROUP OF SEVEN leaders were debating economic matters in Munich, heads of the former Soviet re

PILOT BILL WOULD NOT IMPROVE SAFETYYour article on proposed New York state legislation to re

House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., and Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., will seek to amend ma

The economy was stagnant, the country seemed without direction and the voters were angry. A

RUSSIA is not the only country trying to unload debt-ridden, money-losing state enterprises. Greece'

IT'S EASY TO BE CYNICAL about world summits, especially the one that starts today in Munich.

Something is not rotten in the state of New Jersey. Landfills in states as far off as Alabam

A battle is raging in Africa largely out of view of the world community. It is not the kind of confl

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY moved gingerly last week to open its aviation market to more internal competi

Next week's summit meeting in Munich of the Group of 7 industrialized nations represents perhaps the

MORE EVIDENCE THIS WEEK of drastic moves to reform the Russian economy: President Boris Yelt

SELF-FULFILLING INSURANCE PROPHECIESYour June 17 article on medical malpractice raises quest

PORTUGAL'S PRESIDENCY of the European Community, which ends today, may be remembered best for its ba

FOR MANY U.S. COMPANIES, it seems, hardly a foreigner anywhere trades fairly. Steelmakers, w

It was the usual spring ritual in Japanese corporations, whose annual accounts are settled in March.

Bond traders and politicians make strange bedfellows. Yet for the moment they have united. They want

A Commerce Department official was once asked by a new staffer "What is the trade policy of the Unit

FREE TRADE HAS ITS COSTSRichard Lawrence's column on the North American free-trade agreement

An article in Changing Times magazine criticized the airline industry as follows: "No seats . . . l