Commentary

International phone calls are too expensive. Their prices often bear no relationship to costs and br

Only in San Francisco . . .. . . Would the Department of Parking and Traffic issue you a $23

The North American Free Trade Agreement is about to get another challenge.The American Coali

President Clinton's latest plan to reform welfare raises more questions than it answers.Mr.

Who will hold the world's grain stocks in 1997? After 60 years of grain markets dominated by huge go

China has played the Boeing card successfully in the past and is doing so again.Just days be

TREASURY RULES MAKINGMONEY LAUNDERING COSTLYAccording to the writers of the article ''Clean

It used to be clothes that went in and out of fashion. These days it seems to be continents.

The new Congress, which is sworn in this week, will be slightly different from the old one.T

Kiss 'em goodbye.The countdown to a single European currency has started, and that means an

Give House Transportation Committee Chairman Bud Shuster credit: He is not shy about going after wha

Those who wonder what kind of political system China will develop in the future can get some clues i

The United States is worried about renewed tensions in Cyprus. And for good reason.Last week

I am a New Yorker and I need bus crash insurance. I am on a nearly fruitless quest to find a health

Now that Congress is back in session, one of its top priorities should be the ratification of the tr

Temporary workers have the ladders to advancement kicked out from under them, a university sociologi

Latin America took nearly eight years to recover from the banking shock of 1982 and two years to rec

A massive oil spill off the coast of Japan is raising new questions about the safety - or lackthereo

Ron Carey's victory in his bruising battle for re-election as general president of the International

In his recent critique of Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Leo Abruzzese scorns

Getting a paragraph on ''core labor standards'' included in the final declaration of the WorldTrade

International piracy of intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secre

President Kim Young-Sam of South Korea blundered by ramming through a controversial labor reform law

A great debate on the future of the American Social Security system is about to begin, and the snake

By the grace of God, the 1996 election is over. Most American voters can look forward toroughly two

The first significant study of the North American Free Trade Agreement's effect on American jobs sho

The thought occurs to me that when everyone of my parents' generation is dead, fruitcake will go the

For a brief moment on Monday, before the Newt Gingrich drama took center stage, Washington focused o

Downsizing is the No. 1 factor inhibiting wage inflation.Once seen mainly as a component of

Diverting U.S. intelligence resources to commercial espionage, as the Clinton administration did in

When President Clinton rejected president of the AFL-CIO John Sweeney's choice for Secretary of Labo

On a rock stage deep inside a 700-year-old salt mine near Cracow, Polish cabaret performers ushered

An old Washington adage is that when presidents confront trouble at home, they turn their attention

The Clinton administration took a step in the right direction in allowing the barter trade of 500,00

HEDGING RISKS INGLOBAL FREIGHT MARKETSWe read your article of Jan. 2 on the changing nature

'Twas the season to be jolly, and for many, it was also the season to find out that the World Wide W

Two years after the peso's December 1994 collapse, Mexico's economy is back. That's not to say that

Running a modern-day ship is complicated. Sextants and compasses have given way to computer-driven e

It was only a matter of time until somebody figured out a way to make a quick buck off being a World

If the 105th Congress expects to make any headway in restoring the federal government to its proper