Commentary

Media coverage of the recent disclosure that basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson has Acquired Imm

IT MAY LOOK CHEERFUL in eastern Germany as Christmas approaches, but economic distress is not far fr

Controversies, mishaps, outright fraud - just about anything that could have happened in the past ye

ECONOMISTS ARE HAVING A FIELD DAY. They look at exactly the same data on national employment, indust

Never underestimate the greed of a protected industry. The Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. Council Inc.

The "German Question" will be lurking in the minds of European Community leaders today as they steel

Everybody's talking, all the time, in a variety of ways. Peace talks, talk radio, endless congressio

IT'S NO SECRET THAT LAWYERS, like almost everyone else, are feeling the pinch of a slow economy. But

POLITICAL REPRESSION and economic stagnation are not communism's only legacy. As Eastern Europe and

NO ONE CAN MANAGE A DISASTER like Sam Skinner. During his three years as secretary of Transp

With the United States on the verge of recognizing the newly independent but still unarticled Ukrain

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS with international talks next week to end foreign shipbuilding subsidies, the

Politics are muddying the national discussion of economic policy. The administration is confusing ta

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A PHRASE MAKES. With only a few weeks to go before a new Medicare payment

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN if government forced companies to consult with their workers before making importa

It's too much to expect all contingents of the elephantine U.S. government to sound the same policy

As prospects diminish for a quick exit from the current recession, concerns about inflation and corp

This weekend marks the start of the fifth year of the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupatio

NORWAY IS DISCOVERING that ending trade barriers with the European Community could mean a freer flow

WITH A PUBLIC RELATIONS SPLASH, the Bush administration last week released its annual list of potent

There is an old Reader's Digest saying (sometimes attributed to George Bernard Shaw) that if you lai

This city is being treated to two contrasting examples of teamwork. One involves the Washing

WRONGHEADED VIEW ON TARIFF CUTSI must confess to some confusion after reading Charles Bremer

The 102nd Congress has just adjourned for the year; its braver members are back home with the electo

ITALIANS TAKE THEIR PASTA VERY SERIOUSLY. Reuters reports that Italian authorities this week unleash

Bankruptcy, unemployment, homelessness and recession are the new buzzwords for the nineties. With th

As the Uruguay Round of world trade talks moves toward a final, critical juncture, the United States

IT'S A WONDER FOREIGN-MADE GOODS ever reach U.S. store shelves. Every product arriving at a U.S. por

THE TORTUOUS TALE of New Jersey's strained relations with auto insurers has taken another twist. A s

EVEN GEORGE BUSH, the old China hand, is running out of patience with Beijing's unfair trade policie

EXPAND MARITIME SUBSIDIESNational security and a balanced economy rely on a modern, diverse

There is no escaping it. Everywhere you turn in Britain these days, the issue is the same: Europe.

There is a strain of schizophrenia running through the current national debate on when to restrict f

FOR 10 MONTHS the administration labored mightily to modernize banking laws that bar interstate bran

The Export-Import Bank is dickering with the Russian Republic's Bank for Foreign Trade before it sig

THERE'S A LOT TO LIKE in the new $151 billion national transportation bill that cleared the Congress

India's government is making many changes every day to increase the role of private enterprise in th

After a year in power in the most industrialized province of Canada, Ontario's socialists are discov

THE DECADES-OLD WAR between anti-smoking advocates and tobacco companies has become a battle for the

THE PUSH-ME, PULL-YOU NATURE of the five-year Uruguay Round of trade talks is beginning to try the p