Commentary

COMMERCE SECRETARY RON BROWN, a fund-raising whiz while chairman of the Democratic National Committe

In the headlong pursuit of a great goal, there is the danger that mistakes will be made and become e

SUPPORTING U.S.-FLAG CRUISES TO NOWHEREI was disappointed by your March 22 editorial, "Marit

FINALLY, an encouraging sign from France on the world trade talks. After years of obstructionism, es

While the experts working on Hillary Rodham Clinton's task force on health care have now been identi

FIGURING TAXES is rarely easy; for investors with foreign holdings, it can be mind boggling. Governm

One Washington theory holds that your policy is a success if the editorial boards are unable to pige

Julia P. Porras twists a handkerchief in her hands as she recalls a day in 1944 when Japanese soldie

On Feb. 18, President Clinton called on the nation to "focus, unite and act" to "make our economy th

ONE MEASURE of the muddle in the health care industry is the utter befuddlement of its customers.

BARRING AN ALMOST MIRACULOUS breakthrough in the next few weeks, the bilateral aviation treaty betwe

GERMANY'S NATIONAL AIRLINE, it seems, can protest just as loudly as the most vocal American carriers

FOR A PRESIDENT NEW to foreign affairs, Bill Clinton hit most of the right notes in his weekend summ

It would be stretching it to say European Community trade officials awaited the arrival of Mickey Ka

Emergency aid to Russia and U.S.-Japan trade doubtless will top the agenda for the April bilateral s

NO EASY SOLUTIONS ON TANKER SAFETYI would like to make a couple of comments on "How

WESTERN GOVERNMENTS made a gesture Friday to help Russian President Boris Yeltsin, agreeing to let R

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT released its hit list of unfair traders last week - countries that allegedly

The Maritime Administration and the Pentagon are involved in a tussle over the release of about $50

DELINQUENT SHIPPERS SHOULD PAY UPSometimes contradicting the views of advertisers is a diffi

President Clinton's billion-dollar aid package for Russia is going to be a hard sell. To many people

FIRST BMW, now Mercedes. Reuters reported this week that Mercedes-Benz is planning to build an auto

NEEDED: AN ACTIVIST MARITIME POLICYYou continue to serve the maritime industry well by publi

As a candidate, Bill Clinton campaigned on a platform of what are now recognized as mutually inconsi

The nation's system of gathering statistics, used to monitor such vital signs as poverty, unemployme

AS PRESIDENT CLINTON is learning, small can be beautiful when the subject is aid to Russia.

UNLIMITED LIABILITY AND THE P&I CLUBSI compliment the U.S. Coast Guard commandant, Admiral J

By early June, President Clinton must determine whether to extend China's trade status foranother ye

Something touching doesn't happen often in this Washington international trade game. But it did a fe

CALL IT THE PENA PRINCIPLE. Last week, Transportation Secretary Federico Pena jawboned North

The good news is that pretax operating profits soared at an annual rate of 77 percent in the fourth

Optimistic assessments of the Japanese economy by the country's political leaders and government off

DOCTORS, HOSPITALS AND DRUGMAKERS have a good thing going in the United States: Most of their custom

IT'S NO SECRET that illegal drugs are a big part of the economies of some South American countries,

On Monday, the world witnessed the first open market in environmental quality. The Chicago Board of

RIGHTING THE BALANCE ON GAMBLING CRUISESI read with great interest your March 22 editorial o

THERE MAY BE Americans who like being interrupted at home by aggressive telephone salespeople; we ju

The political crisis in Russia affords the European Community another opportunity to find a foreign

The chronic inability of the federal government to balance its books has resulted in a debt that top

IT WAS INEVITABLE, of course, that the Clinton administration eventually would be forced to defend t