Commentary

FOR A DECADE, the U.S. government has been pouring billions of dollars - and hundreds of millions of

Outwardly at least, Japan appears to be a thoroughly homogenous country, give or take a few hundred

THERE'S AN UNUSUAL SILENCE in Washington this week, and Congress' August recess is not thecause. Few

American imports of Soviet logs may have the unintended effect of helping Japan depend less on the U

The 1990 oil shock, like its predecessors in 1973 and 1979, will intensify the coming recession in t

CENTRAL BANKERS ARE PAID to shatter politicians' dreams. The dream that the United States can weathe

With the invasion of Kuwait, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has provided a most powerful incentive fo

THE IRAQI OCCUPATION of Kuwait is having an immediate impact at the gasoline pump. Perhapsthe most p

RAILROADS GAIN MUCH FROM DEREGULATIONIt was with some astonishment that I read Don Shoemaker

One of the remarkable things about Britain is the predominance of infrastructure built during the 19

Time was when Latin America meant leather. Not shoes, of course; it's been decades since any

The spring publication of the Department of Transportation's "Statement of National Transportation P

AUTOMOBILE AND HEALTH INSURANCE may go the way of pork bellies and soybeans - to the floor of the Ch

Lawmakers who oversee the freight transportation industries will face a jammed legislative agenda wh

TARIFF AUTOMATION ISN'T THE ISSUEI take exception to the front page article entitled "Ship T

THE CARIBBEAN NATION of Trinidad and Tobago is perhaps the most unexpected place for a coup attempt

President Bush's announcement of a new hemispheric policy on June 27 is an extraordinarily significa

"You don't realize it until you get out and walk the streets," said Rep. Toby Roth, R-Wis. "People a

The Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations is entering its last phase: it must conclude at

Doomsday reports about U.S. trade deficits have increased bilateral tension. Public opinion polls sh

Since the early 1970s, American productivity growth has fallen by half to between 1 percent and 2 pe

MORE THAN 4 BILLION TONS of chemicals, fuel oils and other hazardous goods are hauled down highways,

The U.S. economy is sick. That was the only possible interpretation of the Commerce Department's dis

July was billed as a critical month for the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under t

CONGRESS IS DETERMINED to have a say in whether China should be granted preferential trade status, d

Now that George Bush has uttered the "T" word, won't some courageous political leader utter the drea

Congress passed the Exon-Florio amendment in 1988, giving the president restricted authority to bloc

AT LONG LAST, Congress has finished work on an oil spill bill establishing prevention measures, prep

WITH U.S. HEALTH CARE COSTS RISING at twice the rate of inflation over the past decade, socialized m

The collapse of one of the largest French stockbrokerages two weeks ago sent shock waves through th

TEXTILE FIRMS' NEEDS SHOULD BE ASSESSEDYour editorial "Wrong Message" (July 20) was the righ

With little notice, Secretary of State James Baker last week took his second small step toward a pol

If the 140,000 Teamsters who work for United Parcel Service Inc. strike later this month, as the uni

CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO is at it again. Beset with the thousands of disaffected citizen

Many years ago, Thales of Miletus, a Greek philosopher, was confronted with the following query: "I

VIGOROUS PRICE NEGOTIATION between buyers and sellers reflects the free market at its best. That's a

WORLD SUGAR MARKET ISN'T WHAT IT SEEMSYour July 18 editorial "The Sugar Tax" betrays a basic

THERE WON'T BE ANY HANGING for Capt. Joseph Hazelwood, the man who was supposed to be at the helm of

As the song says, looks like "A bad moon rising." It appears the economic night, long predic

WASHINGTON CAN SMELL BLOOD in the thrift scandals. The membership of the president's son on the boar