Commentary

"Keiretsu" is today a fighting word in trade negotiations between the United States and Japan. To th

PAN AM CORP.'s decision Tuesday to file for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 of the ba

A generation ago there were two coffee shops in Constitution Square, Zavourites and Zaharatous, to w

A friend recently called me from the newest country in the world - Namibia. Formerly a South African

BASE AUTO INSURANCE ON MILES DRIVENYour report, "Higher Gasoline Prices Won't Cut Crash Clai

EACH DAY BRINGS MORE BAD NEWS for the nation's ailing banking system. The latest shock waves hit Sun

1990 WAS A BAD YEAR for free trade, and the outlook isn't much brighter for 1991. The unpleasant alt

There are two principal forces behind the drive for limiting congressional terms that President Bush

Japan has been the focus of considerable negative attention during the Iraq- Kuwait crisis because o

That warm holiday spirit dies fast at American Trucking Associations. Barely a week into the new yea

It was a dark and gloomy January day in the nation's capital. The man with the white beard and the f

The following is an open letter to Max Frankel, executive editor of The New York Times: The

Americans have a love affair with bigness. The big car and big home have long been symbols of the na

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION is trying to tiptoe gracefully out of a tight corner. President Bush had off

IT IS A TESTAMENT to our concern for the environment that no one seriously doubts the need to reduce

THERE'S NO SHORTAGE TO LIMIT SCRUBBERSMany articles have appeared recently in your paper, in

This year has begun with more big uncertainties than the law should allow. For starters, the

AMERICANS WHO REACH OUT and touch someone with an international phone call also may be supporting th

The Middle East crisis, higher world oil prices, the collapse of Eastern Europe and the onset of a U

BANKRUPTCIES ARE NOTHING NEW in the trucking industry. But the demise of former industry giant P-I-

It took the loss of more than a million Americans' jobs, but the Federal Reserve System finally figu

Last weekend, the Commerce Department released a 2.8-centimeter thick volume called U.S. Industrial

AN ESTIMATED 30 MILLION AMERICANS took trips of 100 miles or more in their cars over the Christmas a

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV IS NOT the only leader struggling to keep his country united in the face of obstin

The November meeting between President Bush and President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico added

The confrontational tone of many analysts as to what happened - or didn't happen - in the recent ro

AFTER A DECADE OF VIGOROUS price competition, the trucking industry is facing the unwelcome prospect

When sparks fly in Washington, Japan often takes the heat. But while temperatures rise over the late

Books on management are popular these days for a number of reasons. Running a company successfully d

SEALIFT COMMAND HAS RIGHT TO SECRECYYour Dec. 18 editorial ("The First Casualty") harshly an

Fleeing summer in the city for vacation resorts, affluent Brazilians have all but forgotten Presiden

Facing the worst shortages of food and consumer goods since World War II, local authorities across t

IT'S HARD TO TELL if Japan is really serious about reducing its huge trade surplus with the United S

ARE WESTERN NATIONS sending massive aid to bolster the Soviet government ofMikhail Gorbachev

Pieter Van Leeuwen's defense of the anti-dumping law (The Journal of Commerce, Dec. 5) is an exampl

Just outside the subway stations of Japan's capital, young men from Pakistan and India hawk cheap ea

Take your pick: economic renaissance or Dark Age of protectionism. According to many observers, the

ALL MARINE BLAMES SHIP'S NEW ENGINEERIn his letter to the editor (Dec. 18), J.P. Walters, ex

IMAGINE A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA where each state had its own currency, tax schemes and foreign p

IT SOUNDS LIKE a pretty fair deal. Japan's largest domestic airline, All Nippon Airways, will order