Commentary

Brazil's devaluation of the cruzeiro on Sept. 30 represents a change of priorities for the governmen

PRESSURE ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION to yield on extending unemployment benefits won't abate. Mr. Bus

ENVIRONMENTAL CASE FOR JONES ACT SHALLOWIn reading Joe Farrell's op-ed defense of the cabota

The saga of the Superconducting Super Collider goes on, providing yet another case of how ravenous f

TO HEAR THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY TELL IT, your local telephone company has something in common with No

GATT PANEL ERRED ON US TUNA BANDavid Palmeter's rosy defense of the recent GATT panel decisi

When President Jimmy Carter signed the 1980 Motor Carrier Act, he abruptly reversed the direction of

When the ferry Herald of Free Enterprise embarked on its disastrous voyage in 1987 that left 188 dea

FOR YEARS, U.S. COURTS have taken an inconsistent stand on price fixing, vigorously enforcing antitr

HOW IMPORTANT IS RAILROAD PASSENGER SERVICE in the United States? That, in effect, is one of the que

Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher announced last Friday that the United States would begin imposin

Like it or not, regional trading blocs are a thing of the future. Consider our proposed Nort

There are only 77 shopping days until Christmas and 393 campaign days until the next national electi

The European Community is tantalizingly close to a breakthrough in its bid to create a single curren

Geez, Joe, gimme a break. Your tongue must be half way through your cheek by now. I can't believe yo

ITC REPORT IGNORES FOREIGN 'JONES ACTS'The recent report of the International Trade Commissi

BREAKING INTO THE JAPANESE MARKET isn't easy, but it can be done. Toys "R" Us, the giant U.S. retail

ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. caused quite a stir when it announced plans last month to stop writing car in

THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION showed a renewed commitment to public safety last week by recommen

Immigration to Israel, "Aliyah," (to descend) in Hebrew, has been part and parcel of Judaism since Z

It must have felt like this when the Middle Ages began to fade, or when the American Revolution forc

EUROPE, WHERE SOCIALISM AND SUBSIDIES are ever-present, is a difficult place to promote business com

The U.S. Customs Service is expected to stage another massive search operation soon in its expanding

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION isn't talking. U.S. and Mexican officials cut a deal last week that could en

'CITIZEN ACTION' GOT GAS FACTS WRONGIn alleging that the major oil companies have engaged in

The International Trade Commission issued a report on Sept. 19 claiming the American consumer would

The hope that glowed in Haitian hearts the day "President-for-Life" Jean- Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier

Now and then, small events can illuminate something larger, much as Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over a

CUBAN-AMERICANS MALIGNED UNFAIRLYYou ran an article by William Steif entitled "Antidote to C

It's 9:30 a.m. on a bright Tuesday morning. Your employees are having coffee and sorting out their t

NATIVE ALASKANS SEEKING DAMAGES from Exxon Corp. for the 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound are

IT'S NO SECRET THAT JOHNNY CAN'T READ. It shouldn't be a surprise, then, that adult Johnny can't fol

Food aid is at the top of the U.S. list of alternatives for helping the Soviet economy or those of i

MOST NATIONS HAVE LAWS to protect their companies from foreigners who sell goods at unfairlylow pric

As Tom Harkin, the Iowa senator with presidential ambitions, worked the crowd at the far end of the

Wall Street's favorite indoor sport these days is bad-mouthing the American economy. The recession w

GIVING WORKERS TIME OFF from their jobs to attend to a newborn or a family medical problem is good p

Less than two months into his tenure as president of Europe's most powerful central bank, Helmut Sch

Environmentalists are fuming. A dispute settlement panel of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Tra

SHIPPING CONTRACTS SHOULD BE SECRETI read with interest your Sept. 18 article on The Allianc