Commentary

DURING ECONOMIC HARD times, it's always convenient to have someone to blame. At least one Soviet lea

US MUST MOUNT FREE TRADE STRATEGYIn "Breaking Out of GATT's Grip" (Opinion, Jan. 31), Rep. R

Oil and water don't usually mix - but anything could happen in the current Persian Gulf crisis.<

CONGRESS WELL REMEMBERS that lax federal oversight triggered the savings and loan fiasco, so it isn'

Bad news about the economy seemed to pour forth endlessly last week. But the outlook is not so bleak

As the Persian Gulf war enters its fourth week, American business must understand the impact on its

The official announcement that Mexico, Canada and the United States will begin formal negotiation of

SOUTH AFRICA SOON will be facing a decision similar to the one that confronted framers of the U.S.

After weeks of protest, many of the large demonstrations against the Persian Gulf war here have subs

How bad are things in the U.S. airline industry today? Three major airlines have sought bankruptcy p

The other day, shortly after President Bush's State of the Union speech, Iwent in search of

BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES may be cooperating famously in the Persian Gulf, but the two allies ar

SUPPORTERS OF LONGER AND HEAVIER trucks will have to state their case more persuasively to get a key

According to Cable News Network, viewer response is running three to one against reporter Peter Arne

CONGRESS TOOK STRONG STEPS in the 1980s to make truck drivers safer and more accountable, but parts

Trade frictions between the United States and Korea have seesawed wildly during the last decade. The

CORPORATE EXECUTIVES LIKE to boast of their commitment to product quality, but few proved it as conv

ADDITIONAL JAPANESE AID to the coalition war effort in the Persian Gulf is still hung up in debate.

ROOTS OF PROBLEMS IN US-FLAG SHIPPINGThe first step in addressing any problem is to understa

The Communist Party, despite its local nickname - "o partidao," or the ''big party" - never had a tr

Japan leads the world in computer hardware but trails badly in software. We lack qualified programme

The president's annual budget message, a major event on the local political and economic calendar in

RESCUING TROUBLED BANKS before they crash is the best way to protect taxpayersfrom bearing

EUROPE'S AIRLINES have not been immune to the rising fuel prices, reduced travel and suspect managem

''Depend on it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, itconcentrates his

Corporate profits crashed in the fourth quarter of 1990. According to preliminary, unpublished estim

THE BUDGET AX has struck again and Medicare, the government health insurance program for the elderly

For more than four decades, Washington has cherished a favorite myth that Japan's Fair Trade Commiss

Between despondency and euphoria lies reality, territory rarely occupied by Americans in general, an

"The Obstructionists of Europe." This was the label attached to Britain in the 1980s by the

LIKE A NEW NOVEL FROM a prize-winning author, the administration's annual budget is always a best-se

A recent ruling by the International Trade Commission has quietly redefined the terms of global comp

CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSTATE highway system has been the glue that has held national transportatio

SUPPORTERS OF A STOPGAP one- or two-year highway reauthorization bill won't have Rep. Robert Roe, D-

DEEPENING SHIP CHANNELS to allow larger vessels to call has become a life-or- death issue for many p

A little over a week ago, the government of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev announced a radical m

Missing in action is George Bush's interest in fixing America's health care system, a gold-plated ex

PRESIDENT BUSH, in his State of the Union address last week, gave reasons to be optimistic about the

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS are disintegrating by the day in the Soviet Union. Yet President Bush

CUBA ALREADY HAS NUCLEAR CONTROLSIn "Stopping Cuba's Nuclear Push," (Opinion, Jan. 24) Eric