Commentary

NAUTICAL 'ANTIQUES' ARE VITAL TO DEFENSEI am writing in response to Rep. William S. Broomfie

As one of my students observed in late 1989, "history seems to have sped up." At such times, the yea

Robert Bork remarked ruefully the other day that "it took Saddam Hussein to get Judge David Souter

Although we have plenty of agricultural surpluses around and do not lack the confidence to tell the

THE NOT-IN-MY-BACKYARD syndrome has made it all but impossible to build power plants in the Northeas

Considering that several years ago enthusiastic hackers began breaking into computer systems worldwi

IN A YEAR OF DIPLOMATIC SURPRISES, none is more astonishing than this week's visit to South Korea by

THERE IS NO END, IT SEEMS, to the stream of anti-competitive legislation put forth in Congress under

THE FACTS SUPPORT TEXTILE BILL PASSAGEThe Journal of Commerce attacks the Associated Press f

In recent months all East European countries have experimented with market elements. State enterpris

THE DEATH OF 23 WORKERS in a Texas chemical plant explosion last October was a tragedy. But the Occu

For the first time in almost a month, the Middle East crisis was swept off the front pages of Britai

CRYING "UNFAIRNESS" IS ONE of the easiest ways for U.S. businesses to stifle competition from import

On June 27, President Bush announced the Enterprise for the Americas plan for Latin American economi

Dramatic change is under way in a most unlikely place. Mongolia, a landlocked nation of only 2 milli

THE CENSUS COUNT IS OUT, at least in preliminary form, and almost everyone's unhappy. In almost ever

US YARDS REDUCING COST OF DOUBLE HULLSYour Aug. 15 article, "Will Double Hull Mandate Cut Oi

CONGRESS SHOULD EASE RAIL LINE TRANSFERSYour July 9 edition carried an "analysis" article re

With almost one-third of his term in office behind him, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexic

The confrontation in the Persian Gulf has led to some odd image problems for its two principal figur

IT'S BEING HAILED as a major historical breakthrough, but the United Nations agreement reached Monda

PRESIDENT BUSH'S ASTUTE diplomatic moves and firm military response have turned the tide in the Midd

August 1990, like October 1987, was a time of truth for Wall Street. Both stocks and bonds fell as i

BUCHAREST WILL BE THE SCENE of protracted unrest for years to come, judging by last week's riots in

Is the International Trade Commission - the federal agency that probes foreign countries' trade prac

In the effort to find a politically painless way of reducing the deficit, the folks in Washington ar

VACATION IS ALMOST OVER, and with it George Bush's reprieve from the harsh winds of Washington. Sinc

GEORGE BUSH wants to be remembered as the environmental president. Somebody ought to tell the Secre

THE POLITICS OF RICE have changed in Japan. The politics of the Japanese bureaucracy apparently have

"Now's the time to invest in East Germany! 8,000 firms offer you a stake in their activities." Or so

Amid the flurry of reports about higher profile subjects in the Geneva trade talks, such as agricult

CEMENT COMPANIES JUST WANT FAIR PRICESAs attorney for petitioners in the recent anti-dumping

Helmut Kohl, West Germany's chancellor, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher, his foreign minister, are jousti

With more than 40 military cargo ships already called up from the Maritime Administration's Ready Re

New initiatives to relieve lesser developed countries' debt have multiplied recently. The internati

THE WALL IS DOWN, THE BARBED WIRE rolled up, the guard towers dismantled. But a year after Eastern E

PHILIPPINE FINANCE SECRETARY Jesus Estanislao was right on target when he said that his country has

SADDAM HUSSEIN ISN'T THE ONLY ONE threatening to take hostages these days. But fewer Americans are p

JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, FEDERAL JUDGES agreed to consolidate asbestos liability claims to speed the sett

Exactly 10 years have passed since a U.S. president last tried to impose a food embargo. The