Commentary

There I was, one of the most ridiculous sights in Washington - a reporter without a quarter, trying

The World Economic Forum, where hundreds of the world's most powerful business leaders gather yearly

Germany, Europe's economic locomotive, is stalled and badly in need of an overhaul. Last month the c

Charles Murray, in his new book ''What It Means to Be a Libertarian,'' proposes replacing all federa

Many outmoded laws are still on the books but don't get in anyone's way. In Maine, for example, it's

Last year was a year of turning points for U.S. trade with Asia.America's trade deficit with

All hail the fierce scholars of Spell (the Society for the Preservation of English Language and Lite

Administration policy-makers are still a few weeks away from deciding the fate of the Overseas Priva

Powerful voices are urging the nation to increase economic growth. Equally powerful is the call for

Negotiations to open the world telecommunications market have entered their critical week. The benef

While Washington has been sitting on its hands, other nations have been seizing the initiative in

As President Clinton and the 105th Congress hunker down to the business of ending ''the era of Big G

Take a close look at your phone bill the next time you make an international call. Americans, on ave

They call him the ''businessman prime minister,'' not just because Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's next lea

Beginning in the early 1990s, price stability became an increasingly important goal of the monetary

The Farmington Canal sounded like a great investment idea in 1824, a Microsoft or Disney of its time

President Clinton's $1.7 trillion fiscal year 1998 budget offers a credible basis for a bipartisan c

Sometimes a tax provision looks too good to be true - and it is.Part of President Clinton's

US SHOULD CONTINUETOUGH STANCE ON CUBAI disagree with Don Becker's evaluation of U.S. policy

With the 105th Congress under way, a small but vocal minority is calling for repeal of the Jones Act

EX-IM BANK IS NOTCORPORATE WELFAREYour editorial ''Propping up exports'' (Page 6A, Feb. 3) m

In a small row house in Washington's Adams-Morgan neighborhood, Hillary Rodham Clinton recently part

''Child asthma rates up exponentially since 1982.'' ''At least 60,000 premature deaths associated wi

It was just a few weeks ago that a day-care teacher noticed a droopy 4-year-old had a ticklish cough

Political scandals and back-room intrigues are again swirling through Moscow's corridors of power, s

Biotechnology applied to pharmaceuticals has made signal contributions to our medical resources duri

President Clinton told the nation Tuesday that Washington should set standards for the readingabilit

There are few things in life that Jesse Helms and Jesse Jackson can agree on, but one of them is the

Take a look at the fringes of the rail business. Now think about what's going on in the shipping bus

Is it safe to send your credit card over the Internet to order shoes from Italy? Unfortunately for I

On the dubious assumption that a constitutional amendment will somehow produce fiscal rectitude, con

Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., is once again using his Foreign Relations Committee chairmanship to cause

Finance ministers around the world have had a tough time persuading voters that fiscal austerity is

This month the Clinton administration is expected to decide whether to keep the current ban on advan

The classic definition of a New York liberal is a person passionately committed to solving an urgent

CHINA, TAIWAN: PEACEIS A LONG WAY OFFTrudy Robin's op-ed piece, ''The 'one China' fantasy''

Why did the trading arm of the Japanese firm Sumitomo last year lose more than a billion dollars in

In the bitter strife between mainstream science and animal-rights advocates, the scientists have mad

It took strong pressure from the United States and Europe, but Japan finally may be moving toward re

Rep. Bud Shuster, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, is under investigation by a federa