Commentary

THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT been shy in demanding that Japan reshape its society in ways that supposed

After two years in office, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari still has some difficult time

IT TOOK SEVEN TRIES for the European Community to agree on an agriculture proposal for the Uruguay R

Within the next 12 months the United Nations must select a new secretary general. The task is far mo

DEBT-FOR-DRUGS IDEA HAS MAJOR FLAWSThe idea put forth in "Fair Exchange: Debt for Drugs" (Ho

Imagine trying to sell off 8,000 companies, most of them with technology dating back to World War II

THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE confirms what New Yorkers long have suspected: the mails just don't work ver

Communist Cuba now boasts a tourist attraction that expresses perfectly the country's near-obsession

WHAT DO BILL BRADLEY and Newt Gingrich have in common? Two things only: They both sit in Congress an

COMMENTS IMPROPER FOR FMC MEMBERI have read with some dismay Marc Levinson's article in the

Some in Europe are seeking to tarnish America's reputation abroad by promoting the view that the nat

NVOS ARE SUBJECT TO FMC JURISDICTIONThe Nov. 6 editorial, "Veto the NVO Bill," is erroneous

''PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT," "flexible job design," "team orientation." These concepts in human reso

STATE INSURANCE REGULATORS have had much to answer for in 1990. A damning congressional study blamed

It has been harder, and more worrisome, to read President Bush's lips. Not on taxes. It's cl

Washington's grueling budget strife has allowed little time for ceremonial observations, especially

THE BANKING INDUSTRY'S problems give the Federal Reserve Board plenty to worry about. The likelihood

FREIGHT ISN'T SEXY, and it doesn't vote. That makes it of little use to Congress. The irony is that

The following story circulated in Uganda in the 1970s: Once upon a time, Gen. Mustafa Adrisi, vice p

In every recession, a time comes when the economy goes into a free fall. This is happening now.<

1991 promises to be a lively, perhaps even landmark, year on Capitol Hill. The congressional calenda

Washington has tried extreme measures to reduce the $50 billion trade deficit with Tokyo, from rejig

You probably wouldn't be smart in taking me as the final word on this, but I do have a hunch that an

Europe is contemplating its navel. The Persian Gulf crisis may be heading for a shooting war

TRANSPORTATION WAS DEREGULATED with a few far-reaching laws. It is being re- regulated in bits and p

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK STOCK Exchange, John J. Phelan Jr., is being a bit on the optimistic si

AN INFLUENTIAL JAPANESE Liberal Democratic Party member predicted several weeks ago that failure to

THE DUST HAS SETTLED from the congressional debate over the Medicare budget. Now concerned parties i

While America's attention has been fixated on what to do about the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union ha

Now that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has adopted a general direction for economic decentraliz

One down, two to go. That's the scorecard at the Department of Transportation, where officials are c

NOW THAT GERMANY IS UNITED, all German citizens should be equal. But some are more equal than other

October 1990 did not produce a stock market crash, but did produce a political crash heard around th

EVERYBODY WANTS A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT. On Tuesday, Californians even get to vote on the idea. Unfortun

While President Bush looks for fresh initiatives in the Middle East and wonders just how much the Un

This month, the National Academy of Engineering will publish a study titled ''National Interests in

The current multilateral trade negotiations offer an excellent opportunity to address the serious g

Jerome Zeifman ought to be happier. It's not every day that a lawyer wins a suit that will g

INCENTIVES CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Airports and airlines have been fighting for years over the

IT'S NO WEIGHTY matter of principle that poses the first test for Ontario's newly installed premier,