Commentary

The Berlin Wall is coming down and the Cold War is over, but Japan's foreign policy remains a hostag

At first glance, the reviving rhetorical battle over longer tractor-trailers on the nation's highway

DEMOCRACY IS RARELY COMFORTABLE. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who gets much of the credit fo

Tied aid credits, whereby loans to assist economic development are tied to the exports of the aid d

LET CHEMISTS DEVISE GASOLINE FORMULAYour article of April 30, "Clean 'Gas' Won't Hit Pocketb

OVER 100 INSURANCE COMPANIES have failed since 1987, leaving behind billions of dollars in unpaid cl

In accordance with Super 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade Act, U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills an

LATE TO WORK? Chicago's commuter rail service, Metra, now is helping out its customers by providing

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS THE WORLD'S largest borrower. The Treasury's new campaign to push interest ra

Visitors to Japan's large cities tend to become obsessed with the efficiency and politeness of the h

Early 1990 was Wall Street's winter of discontent. Contrary to conventional wisdom, interest rates s

A signing ceremony in Paris today should help to reassure Britain's business community that the coun

Taiwan's economic miracle may be in jeopardy. As part of recent efforts to reform the country's outd

Argentina is getting ready to negotiate a debt reduction agreement with its commercial bank creditor

THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS TRYING to buck the recent rate rollback and reduction laws designed to kee

BY NOW EVERYONE REALIZES that Cold War politics are passe - everyone, that is, except those governme

As if we needed the lesson, the savings and loan disaster teaches us the awesome destructive capacit

PRESIDENT BUSH CLEARLY ACTED in the country's best interest when he announced Thursday morning that

A WORD IN DEFENSE OF TRANSPORT POLICYThe cliche "Don't argue with someone who buys ink by th

How to manage the relationship between a superpower and a developing country with enormous problems

IF EVER A PIECE OF LEGISLATION contradicted its own intent, the Senate Commerce Committee's bill all

CALLER ID SAFEGUARDS ALREADY AVAILABLEAcross the nation today, people get millions of unwant

In early June, the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (Cocom) will hold high-le

A BILL TO PROTECT AMERICA'S 43 million disabled from discrimination in employment and to guarantee a

You may have the impression that those "secret" meetings between the president, his top aides and co

BROADCASTING WAS A MAJOR WEAPON in the Cold War. From its headquarters in Munich, West Germany, Radi

Mikhail Gorbachev will come to next week's summit with President Bush in a position that is weaker t

Federal Reserve policy tightened significantly in recent weeks. During the first half of May, the Fe

LET'S SEE IF WE'VE GOT THIS RIGHT. China, whose government bloodily suppressed the movement for demo

A Chinese student, Zhao Haiching, read a letter to members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee la

AS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE argue over the details of oil spill legislation, they risk losing sight

Japanese companies accounted for more than half of worldwide semiconductor sales in 1989. But a clo

Forecasting is dicey work. Weathermen, economists and columnists labor with full knowledge t

MARGARET THATCHER IS NOTHING if not a politician. And with Britain's political winds blowing strongl

OIL SPILL PROTOCOL REQUIRES US BACKINGYour editorial of May 14 ("Strike a Deal") misses the

Carla Hills, the U.S. Trade Representative, may be headed for the Supreme Court. Rumor has it that J

NO ONE DISPUTES THE NEED FOR LAWS that force truckers to carry injury and accident insurance. Whethe

CIGARETTES ARE AN IMPORTANT EXPORT. They also are a major health problem. The Bush administration is

Sen. Phil Gramm has never been known for his interest in pork bellies. But in the nasty battle over

The Four Seasons Hotel in Maputo is impressive. Located a block from an Indian Ocean beach, the 35-s