Commentary

WHEN IT COMES TO stabilizing commodity prices, the world doesn't have much to show for a lot of effo

PRISON OVERCROWDING WILL NEVER END: The more prison beds that are built, the more reasons legislato

Common sense dictates that we take a long and careful look at the use of our nation's railway system

It's hype time for the Uruguay Trade Round. The round's proponents are firing off all sorts

Marathon negotiations over the federal budget came down to the wire this week. Despite the best of i

TELLING GOVERNMENTS HOW TO initiate credible economic policies is part and parcel of the work of the

IT'S TIME TO REPLACE MARAD MANAGEMENTAs with every company or federal agency, you have your

As Mexico and the United States embark on a new trade venture, the first of its kind among these two

This dateline will be good for just another week. On Oct. 3 the two Germanys unite, and the

THE FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION has become a vice squad searching for illegal deals between shippers

The congressional enthusiasm spawned by the Persian Gulf crisis for spending to build fast sealift s

The modest but growing debate over the military operations of the United States and its allies in th

In recent months, there has been much heated debate about whether it is time to re-regulate cable or

630,000? 800,000? ANYONE WHO CLAIMS to know the best level of annual immigration to the United State

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development spent most of the 1980s stuck in the 1970s, c

THE SANDINISTA LEADERSHIP WON'T rest until it brings down the beleaguered government of Nicaraguan P

The editorial, "Selling GATT," (Sept. 16) sets up a dangerous scenario for GATT and for future inter

THE DEBT CRISIS IS GONE from the headlines, but its impact on the economies of Africa and Latin Amer

Then-Senate majority leader Howard Baker called the great Reagan tax cuts of the early 1980s "a rive

We are by now familiar with the general problem impacting research in the United States: Funding for

CAPITOL HILL IS A WONDERFUL place to show off, and imports are a wonderful subject to rail against.

SALINAS COMMENTARY RIPE WITH FLAWSIn regard to the commentary by Marc Levinson ("Carlos Sali

Even as the roar of jet fighters practicing over deserts in the Persian Gulf drowns out news from el

You remember when I was here about a year ago, Doc, and I was wondering whether it was too early in

GENERAL MOTORS' LATEST TENTATIVE deal with the United Auto Workers is a generous package that sugges

DEFENSE SECRETARY RICHARD CHENEY had plenty of reason to be upset after Gen. Michael Dugan, the Air

(On, Sunday Sept. 30, the Shadow Open Market Committee will meet in Washington. The committee is a g

INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE STRUGGLED for years to keep the federal government at a distance. State re

Increasing calls from all sectors of Korean society to pull out of the agricultural trade negotiatio

Energy research, nearly throttled by the free-market Reagan administration, is coming back in favor.

DURING THE THREE YEARS of wrangling that produced the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement, few issues s

NORTHERN ISLANDS ARE CLEARLY JAPANESEYour Sept. 7 editorial, "Northern Territories," is a ti

THE ROAD TO 1992 has been smoother than anyone expected two years ago, when the European Community b

The Netherlands is immersed in introverted soul-searching about its future. The country's co

New companies are a major source of new jobs in our economy. Consequently, it is matter of some impo

''Every problem," a professor of mine used to say, "has a solution that is quick, simple and wrong."

It's no secret that the European Community's external affairs commissioner, Frans Andriessen, and it

A chorus of Latin American leaders is calling for U.S. aid to quell an inflationary firestorm they n

THE COSTLY COLLAPSE of the savings and loan system has turned bank deposit insurance from a big bore

PRESIDENT BUSH WILL ASK Congress this week for the authority to negotiate a free trade agreement wit