Commentary

The U.S. airlines never had it so good.Record profits are everywhere. Last year was just und

For the fourth time in just over a year, the warning bell has rung for science education.The

President Ernesto Zedillo returned home from his two-day visit to Washington displaying an even grea

America's high-technology, information-age industries are fueling our economic expansion.The

A German economic think tank this week said the government could create more than 150,000 jobs by st

The official statistics on U.S. unemployment for October dropped to 4.7 percent, raising anew for co

Bill Schneider of the American Enterprise Institute observed a while back: In 1997 there will be one

Even though American workers are more productive than they've been in years, experts say a shortage

By refusing to give the president a blank check to negotiate international trade agreements, the Hou

The changing structure of the global oil industry underscores the need for a coherent U.S. oil impor

This year you expect to spend $816, on average, during the holiday season, according to a new survey

You've got to wonder why the chiefs of higher education are upset by companies that peddle term pape

Does the United States have to resign itself to the fact that this administration is going to be the

Teamsters President Ron Carey, until recently Mr. Clean of organized labor, was disqualified for run

Is a flat income tax possible with President Clinton in the White House? That's a question I hear re

Microsoft's latest difficulties with the U.S. Department of Justice reveal the absurdity of attempti

The considered argument on free trade lost last week when President Clinton failed to win congressio

Quietly and without fanfare, Asian markets are being slowly closed to U.S. products. This is no acci

Drums are about to roll, trumpets to blare, as President Clinton and other leaders convene in Vancou

Events in the Middle East in recent days underscore the need for the United States and other Western

From London to Tokyo and everywhere in between, the United States has been delivering a forceful mes

GENEVA DEBATEIS WELCOMEDStephen Lamar's article ''U.S. Misguided Trade Activism,'' which app

President Clinton has already proved that he is not afraid to order the use of military force. The t

Sixty years ago, France was fortifying its Maginot Line against likely German invaders. And, across

Six months ago, Hong Kong investors were lining up to buy into a bundled-up medley of businesses has

If you listened to lawmakers as they left Washington last week, Congress deserves credit for just ab

In his rush to praise the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization, Leo Abruzzese i

As a former federal mediator of rail disputes and a member of Rep. Bud Shuster's, R-Pa., Blue Ribbon

Besieged Czech Premier Vaclav Klaus doesn't want a national referendum on his country's entry into N

ORGANIZED LABOR'S successful campaign against fast-track trade authority may have permanently altere

KEEP FOREIGNVESSELS OUTIn Davis Helberg's column titled ''On the Waterfront'' (Oct. 21 Page

The volatility of the global stock markets has tested economies throughout the world. And, clearly,

During the past couple of months, we have worked closely with both CSX and Norfolk Southern to resol

The Clinton administration and the Republican leadership would have us believe that free trade and f

The failure of the House of Representatives to approve fast-track legislation is a blow to future tr

The Russians have a hot line with China; we have a hot line. They have a ''strategic partnership;''

The Brazil-led Mercosur trading bloc has dealt another blow to hemispheric free trade by proposing t

In its bid to salvage the Mideast peace process, the Clinton administration has identified trade as

For 15 years, I've been telling the world's export farmers that Asia should become the biggest impor

While fashionable to discuss overpopulation as an intractable predicament confronting the world, the