Commentary

RARELY HAS THE not-in-my-backyard movement suffered a more stunning defeat. After a decade of conten

FMC NOT IN NEED OF ECONOMISTSJesse Calhoon's letter of Nov. 9 criticizing my short tenure an

Throughout its history, the Federal Railroad Administration has devoted a great deal of time to duck

The United States is trying to maintain international trade practices that defy commercial realities

I went to vote last week wondering whether I'd run into any of the anti- incumbent sentiment suppose

US NEEDS PROGRAM FOR RAIL, INTERMODALRe "What's Next for Mr. Skinner" (Washington Report, Op

A CHEMICAL MANUFACTURER HAS charged three foreign companies with dumping, or selling products below

EUROPE HAS CHANGED SO FAST the diplomats can hardly keep up. Next Monday, 32 European leaders, joine

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

There probably is no more popular male-dominated, macho activity in Japan than horse racing. Yet gro

In the manic-depressive world of Wall Street, the risk of a credit crisis is the latest obsession. U

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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