Commentary

The United States earned dubious distinction as the world's largest debtor during the Reagan adminis

JUST AS MIKHAIL GORBACHEV struggles to keep the Soviet Union together, the Kremlin is facing a 58 bi

IT WAS NO SURPRISE that Japan took most of the heat last week when the Bush administration released

The role of the Japanese in the world order has been analyzed from the economic, political, strategi

Talk to Western businessmen and diplomats in the Soviet Union and they will tell you the same story:

Proponents of restrictive energy policies have learned little from their involvement in creating the

FORTY-TWO YEARS ago this Wednesday, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to counter the

CANADA IS THE United States' largest trading partner, but business ties between the two often are le

Although officially back on track, the Uruguay Round of world trade talks is really on hold as the w

Seeking refuge from the economic cares of the moment, I picked up a yellowing tome of American histo

Proponents of airport, highway and seaport expansion who are frustrated by the Bush administration's

RECYCLING USED CONSUMER goods - aluminum cans, glass jars and newspapers - always has been an appeal

AMERICANS OVER THE age of 40 are protected by U.S. law from age discrimination while employed by U.S

High labor costs at the Port of New York have transferred the once booming shipping industry to othe

I can make lists or leave them alone. I mean the checklists of "things to do" that you may c

ORGANIZED CRIME HAS been a fixture on the New York waterfront for decades. But the mob's influence,

NEW NVO BOND LAW FAVORS BIG OPERATORSI thoroughly enjoyed Rob Quartel's article, "Of Inhuman

HARDLY A DAY PASSES without news of more trouble in the U.S. airline industry. Midway Airlines, the

The performance of laser-guided smart bombs, stealth aircraft, cruise missiles, patriot interceptors

Prosperity, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, is just around the corner. "Since

MOST AMERICANS DON'T like to see the U.S. auto industry suffering. Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca lik

MANY CORPORATIONS ARE CUTTING BACK on benefits, increasing employee contributions to health insuranc

Polish President Lech Walesa, on a visit here last week, was a charmer. "If we (Poland) had

The European Community has returned to earth with a bump. After several months of speculativ

JORDAN DID ITS BEST to distance itself from the United States during the Persian Gulf conflict. If C

CONFUSION IS THE ONLY CONSTANT in the airline industry. During the last six months, travelers and sh

Prospects for modifying the operating subsidy system for ship lines are in a shambles. Proposed refo

Nobel laureates are the royalty of science. Postdoctoral researchers are the serfs - working on shor

''Hardware and software are like the front and rear wheels of a car," said Akio Tanii, president of

Official Washington seems tired of waiting for a maritime industry consensus on subsidy reform legis

SAFETY ON THE HIGH SEAS finally is getting the attention it deserves in Washington. Rep. Wal

PREDICTING WHEN THE recession will end has become a full-time job for economists. Most have been co

Free trade with the United States and successful economic reforms can help strengthen Mexico's democ

THE WORD "QUOTA" is anathema in the intense debate between Congress and the White House over civil

BANKING REFORM PROPOSALS have caused an unseemly outbreak of paranoia among insurers. The industry f

More than five years and 50,000 miles ago, the car looked outstanding, bright and peppy with that he

The Cold War finally ended March 15 when U.S. and Albanian diplomats agreed to re-establish diplomat

The upper house of the Japanese Diet approved a $9 billion Persian Gulf war contributionto the Unite

The banking safety net has allowed banks and thrifts to operate with little, and sometimes negative,

THE UNITED STATES has been notoriously unyielding on the question of debt forgiveness, particularly