Commentary

Congress is not only waiting for President Clinton to finish naming top officials in his administrat

CONGRESS IS A PLACE OF EXTREMES, and two maritime bills now under review - one much-needed, the othe

Instead of sending Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown and U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor to Me

NOT ALL THE NEWS from Russia and Eastern Europe is of political struggles and setbacks. Last week, R

DON'T REMOVE GSP FROM EL SALVADORI am writing to clarify some important issues in Douglas W.

CHINA'S OLD MEN are worried. Despite the explosive growth of private companies in China in t

SOME CREATIVE THINKING seems to be at work in fashioning a Clinton administration aid package for be

In normal times, a first budget is the checkered flag of a new administration. It starts the engines

Last October, 50-year-old Richard France went to the emergency room of a Boston area community hospi

Change always begins with individuals. But business leaders need strategic allies, especially those

Whatever happened to the Clinton administration? Weren't we led to expect a new, hard-headed

A BAD DEAL FOR US WHEAT GROWERSThe recent outcome of the durum wheat dispute settlement pane

NOW THAT SHE'S FINALLY ON THE JOB, new Attorney General Janet Reno should deep-six a loopy antitrust

THE U.S.-JAPANESE computer chip agreement is coming down to the wire. Under the pact, Japan was supp

For roughly 20 years, following the sudden jump in world oil prices in 1973, the central policy thru

Americans are being asked to share equitably and responsibly in reducing the soaring federal deficit

WESTERN GOVERNMENTS are desperately searching for a way to help Russian President Boris Yeltsin stay

The uptick in prices last month, while modest, was fair warning to investors that the genie of infla

On Feb. 1, the Japanese subsidiary of Rochester, N.Y.-based Eastman Kodak Co. let out the bad news.

IN CASE ANYONE MISSED IT, the Clinton administration made more than just a transportation decision w

BY APPROVING the first phase of British Airways' investment in struggling USAir, the Clinton adminis

The glaring disparity in environmental quality between the United States and Mexico could be the Ach

Will Eastern Europe be forgotten as the West moves to prop up besieged Russian President Boris Yelts

Sometimes seemingly minor incidents can illuminate larger truths. Such is likely to be the c

A GOOD CASE CAN BE MADE for the Clinton administration's go-slow approach to the world trade talks i

President Clinton pledged in his campaign to increase federal infrastructure spending by $20 billion

REMEMBER THE PEACE DIVIDEND? In the uproar over military base closures, the basic idea - saving bill

House maritime leaders are working on a comprehensive legislative framework to help the U.S.shipbuil

Due to a typographical error, Chrysler Corp.'s unfunded pension liability was stated incorrectly in

JACK BROOKS still doesn't get it. For some time now, the Texas Democrat who chairs the HouseJudiciar

Business people worried about the Clinton administration should be especially alarmed by theappointm

Carla Hills proclaimed the North American free-trade agreement a job gainer for American workers, ba

Sens. John Danforth and Ernest Hollings are recommending a value-added consumption tax as analternat

CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS have greased the skids for a budget plan that follows Bill Clinton's script:

The Clinton economic program, it seems, is evolving. Just when you think you have it pinned down, it

President Clinton recently outlined a trade policy that seems strikingly similar to that pursued by

THE IDEA OF FREE MARKETS is elegantly simple. Millions of independent decision-makers prompt sellers

Let's go micro. The economic plan President Clinton presented in his State of the Union addr

KEEP THE LIGHT-WATER REACTOR PROGRAMAlthough the budget deficit will surely require scaling

What a difference a year makes. Last winter, the media was filled with stories of the dizzying decli