Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FMC GUIDELINES RAISE QUESTIONSYour article, "FMC Sets Guidelines on 'Me-Too' Pacts" (Oct. 23

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,

TWO YEARS IS A LONG TIME for a honeymoon. After two wonderful years, the honeymoon of Carlos Salinas

The Japanese aren't dumb. This may strike admirers of the Japanese as supremely condescendin

Vietnam, a country newly emerging from nearly two decades of economic isolation and stagnation, is g

During the 1990s, the dominant theme in U.S. economic policy will be dealing with the consequences o

PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO, who has proclaimed herself a "transition president" throughout

U.S. BANKS ARE IN TROUBLE once again. And once again, instead of facing up to the causes of those tr

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Margaret Thatcher made quite a public show of belligerence in Rome on Sunday,

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 will have far-reaching effects on the availability of tankers, their s

Economic monetary union may present a major challenge to U.S. financial/ commerci al business if the

When the votes were tallied after the last presidential campaign, all that mattered was that George

QUICK: HOW MANY YEN does a dollar buy? The answer is 128, but if you guessed wrong, you've g

In the tightly knit maritime industry, people are more likely to stab one another in the back than t

In the current negotiations to modify the Anti-Dumping Code of the General Agreement on Tariffs and

U.S.-EUROPEAN COMMUNITY relations have hit bottom due to farm disputes. The EC flatly rejects the U.

Several key negotiating groups in the Uruguay Round of international trade talks under the General A

ISRAEL HAS BEEN a special friend of the United States. Its status as the only democratic state and r

SOME ELECTRIC POWER companies could gain from new regulations on coal-burning electric utilities put

In the wake of successful United Nations sanctions against Iraq, the U.N.'s International Atomic En

A subtle prejudice against those afflicted with alcoholism, depression and other behavior ailments

NO CHANGES NEEDED IN SHIPPING ACTIn your Oct. 9 article, "Carey Believes Tariff Filing Is He

WHEN THE ELDERLY CANNOT AFFORD the premiums and deductibles for Medicare, the federal health plan fo

THE AIR SERVICE agreement between Britain and the United States is a sore point for U.S. airlines. U

Last week, I found a woman in Somerville, Mass., who lives in a Dodge station wagon with her two dog

The Nobel Prizes have been announced and, once again, I have been passed over. In earlier ye

The 1991 Defense Department budget debate initially anticipated a "peace dividend." In early August

The Federal Budget Follies - Washington's longest running situation comedy - has exposed the bankrup

WHEN IT PUSHED for a new round of international trade talks four years ago, free trade in services

The current debate over monetary and fiscal policy has focused on the federal budget deficit. Those

Three recent reports, each from a different direction, raise a mutual question - What kind of job is