Commentary

Recession is not a climate to which the Germans are accustomed and the chillfrom this recent

IT PAYS for an airline to buck conventional wisdom, as Southwest Airlines has proven. Southw

I'd like to talk a little bit about the board I found in December of 1989 and compare it with the bo

MAKING THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR A REALITYOur goal, and that of the Port of Los Angeles, has alwa

Latin American and Caribbean diplomats are clamoring to get in on the North American Free Trade Agre

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION was wise to compromise with developing countries last week on the touchy

The Department of Commerce recently released U.S. trade statistics for January showing an overall de

If and when the Clinton administration decides to delink trade and human rights in its China policy,

The United States just put out its annual gripe sheet on other countries' trade transgressions. As e

THINK ABOUT THIS as you fill out your tax return. The Department of Transportation announcedWednesda

Any college sophomore who has taken a psychology course knows about conflict resolution. One of the

The Potomac was up last weekend. Heavy rains during the week had swollen the river synonymou

TWO MILLION AMERICANS lose their jobs each year because of production cutbacks, reorganizations and

FRANK LORENZO is a lightning rod in the airline industry, but he has attracted nothing but flak from

ETHANOL MANDATE: A BAD IDEA The audacity and intellectual dishonesty of the ethanol lobby re

A recent article in the science section of The New York Times suggested that boom and bustcycles wer

At last, the blueprint for the New World Order has arrived. Pity it was issued from the state of Was

Who says the workaholic Japanese won't loosen up and have a bit of fun? It's Saturday night

Presidential candidate Bill Clinton captured the nation's priorities and savaged George Bush's admin

CALL IT THE BIG SQUEEZE. Union Pacific Corp., one of three railroads serving the ports of Lo

The panicky drop in bond prices in the last week was silly. I have predicted that interest rates wer

DESIGNERS of highways and cars are increasingly safety conscious, and so are America's drivers, acco

MOST AMERICANS receive their health insurance at work and consider it a great bargain. Thecompany, a

U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown is the latest Western official to sing the praises of Russian Prim

DEFEATING 'SOCIAL CORRECTNESS'After proving its commitment to freer trade with the N

Europe presented a confused picture to the world last week as parts of the continent gelled and othe

FOR SILVIO BERLUSCONI, the hard part is just beginning. The Italian media tycoon, who led a

The Commerce Department's changes in the way it reports the monthly U.S. foreign trade balance have

Contrary to rumor, the Interstate Commerce Commission is alive and well. And it should remain that w

For more than two decades, scientific evidence has been steadily mounting that smoking leads in a st

ANOTHER COLD WAR relic fades into history this week. The 17-nation Coordinating Committee on Multila

COMPETITIVENESS MATTERS TO THE USYour March 9 editorial "Do Economies Compete?" argues that

IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT BRAZIL that South America's largest country is rarely mentioned as a candidate f

Eight miles an hour was the rate of transportation by horse and buggy in 1894. It is also the rate o

Consider India. Its import duties (basic and auxiliary) on textile yarns and fibers run as high as 1

During the first quarter investors finally recognized the potential for inflation in the Federal Res

Defeatism in the boardroom has caused the current recession in Japan. Call it a failure of will or c

THERE'S NO LOVE LOST between U.S. and European aviation negotiators these days, but that hasn't stop

Throughout the Cold War, American Sovietologists repeatedly admonished the Soviet Union and Eastern

INTERNATIONAL TALKS to end shipyard subsidies came to an abrupt halt in Paris last week. Billed as a