Commentary

When President Bush lost his dinner on the lap of the Japanese prime minister early this year, it un

Since the turn of the century, the United States government has allowed the ocean shipping industry

AT A TIME when Russia is struggling to hold together economically, its two most prominent statesmen

AS CONGRESS ADJOURNS FOR THE YEAR, its transportation record for 1992 could hardly be more dismal. O

The time has come to take a serious look at consolidating our trade-related departments and programs

MARTIN CLARIFIES JOBS STATEMENTOn Friday, Sept. 11, your newspaper reported on testi

The numbers tell part of the logistical near-miracle that helped make the Persian Gulf War a militar

YOU COULD ALMOST SEE BILL CLINTON walking a tightrope as he gave his long- awaited speech on U.S.-Me

WHILE POLICY-MAKERS dither about nationwide technical standards for computer- to-computer communicat

Recent reports on "60 Minutes" and "Nightline" alleging that U.S. taxpayers subsidize the export of

Recently the Bush administration announced the final details of its missile anti-proliferation progr

Wild gyrations in the stock market reflect pervasive uncertainty about the economic outlook. Profess

RARELY HAS A NATIONAL REFERENDUM been more important - or more muddled - than Canada's unity vote sc

As the critiques continue to roll in on the sorry shape of nuclear power plants in EasternEurope and

ED EMMETT, who announced his decision to leave the Interstate CommerceCommission last week,h

QUARTEL RESPONDS TO PUBLISHER'S COLUMNHaving just spent the last five months running for pub

With his foreign and domestic policies in shreds, British Prime Minister John Major will be fighting

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT for the federal government to restrain health care spending? Here's an excerpt f

TUCKED INTO THE BIG NEW ENERGY BILL is an intriguing idea: Utilities that do environmental good deed

The Japanese economy is in recession. Manufacturing and mining production was down 4.2 percent in Fe

The Bush administration's maritime reform package is a travesty. The 16-point program is not a compr

Despite the North American free-trade agreement, Congress has just taken a slap at Mexico. L

TRANSMISSION ACCESS BILL HURTS CONSUMERSYou appropriately entitled your editorial on electri

Few bills are as counterproductive as the Cuban Democracy Act, which tightens the U.S. tradeembargo

IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN BILLED TWICE for the same service, you know how freight shippers feel about some

THE BEST ATTEMPT IN YEARS at modernizing U.S. shipping policy is fading fast. But there's still time

Experience teaches. Experience guides action. Generals fight the last war, workers don't change thei

HEALTH INSURANCE horror stories abound among small employers. Annual premium increases of 30percent

At last week's International Monetary Fund-World Bank meeting, where finance ministers and central b

To hear Republicans like Dan Quayle talk, you might think they are the only ones who care about refo

Selling free trade is always tough. In bad economic times it is even tougher. That it should be done

STRIP MINING FOR COAL in national parks is a deeply disturbing idea. It's also unlikely to ever happ

If politics can make for strange bedfellows, it can make for even stranger economic policy. In the c

PRIVATIZING STATE ENTERPRISES may be tougher than Russia's leaders planned - and they have only them

The debate about presidential debates has been going on for several weeks. Bill Clinton's camp says

Barring an eleventh hour political reprieve for President Bush, William Jefferson Clinton of Hope, A

During a private Washington luncheon this past August, Konstantin Natonovich Borovoi, a successful R

SHIPOWNER SUPPORT IS NOT A SUBSIDYYour Sept. 1 article on Japanese shipbuilding supp

GIVEAWAYS TO FARMERS are growing like weeds in the U.S. Agriculture Department. Less than a

The crisis in the European Community has delivered a killer blow to Eastern Europe's bid to integrat