Commentary

The U.S. Treasury's operating surplus soared to a record $117 billion in the year ended April 30, mo

Parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic later this week are unlikely to unseat the conservativ

A railroad strike by track-maintenance and clerical workers who are bargaining nationally with most

Brent McRae is a 30-something rancher in Jordan, Mont. He and many of his neighbors say they have ha

British Prime Minister John Major, whose government has blundered its way through the mad cow affair

Near Bohemia's hilly border with Germany, thick trees now rise from the crumbling ruins of a ghost t

As a foreigner living in the United States, I receive many visitors who are experiencing the country

INSURERS CONCERNEDABOUT CAR PHONESA recent Journal of Commerce article (''Driving and mobile

My fellow graduates in economics. Today, we face the terrifying prospect of no longer being students

The Federal Aviation Administration has taken a beating in the weeks since the ValuJet crash, but th

U.S. trade with fickle Russia is entering a stage of relative calm, with Moscow promising to roll ba

In the way that life sometimes imitates art, Washington's maritime scene has come to resemble Shakes

For years, the Western United States has been at war with itself. On one side are those who believe

For most of the postwar period, the old distinction between free traders and protectionists was obso

Creating a single currency has been one of the European Union's most ambitious projects. It would, r

CANADIAN CUSTOMS:A GOOD MODELIn your March 4 article, ''Canada Offers US Customs Automation

The fact that it's known as the House International Relations Committee might lead one to assume its

Mickey Kantor has been running the Commerce Department barely a month, yet already he is sowing prot

Quick, what year?''Trade disputes between the United States and China flared. . .The adminis

The abundance of information available on the Internet is often cited as one of the glories of the m

The new Cuba sanctions law signed by President Clinton March 12 has produced one point of universal

DON'T CHANGERAIL LABOR LAWWhen Moses came down from the mountain with the 10 commandments, t

Try this on for size: Winemakers want U.S. consumers to know that drinking wine can be good for you,

Bashing the United Nations is smart policy in Washington. So is withholding the U.S. contribution to

U.S. allies around the world are tiring of America's endless Cuba sanctions.At its meeting t

When President Clinton met with 100 business executives last week to honor corporate responsibility,

BUILDING FANCIFULPORT IN BROOKLYNThe emperor has no clothes, and it is time someone told him

There are some 76 million of us in the United States - baby boomers raised on the milk of unlimited

The Clinton administration should be proud of its China policy. As articulated during the past three

President Clinton pledged to renew China's trading rights this week - as expected. U.S. companies si

India has just concluded its 11th national election, an exciting event for the world's largest democ

American business, which creates most U.S. jobs and most of its wealth, is favored to win the scapeg

Is it possible that America has finally come up with a good farm policy after 60 years of surpluses

The Department of Transportation cleared the way Tuesday for another big quasi-merger in the airline

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is preparing to force public spending cuts and a sweeping deregulation

Peace is the key to economic development in the Middle East. Peace is also the product of economic p

NO FREE LUNCHIN SHIPPINGBravo!I'm glad you expressed your balanced, well-thought-out

It is one of today's greatest and most dangerous ironies: Just as the level of economic insecurity g

The first Republican Congress in 42 years promised a budget revolution and the first balanced budget

Here's a question for anyone careless enough to be born without a trust fund. How are things going b