Commentary

On March 18, the 52nd anniversary of the nationalization of Mexican oil, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico

As a general rule, efficiency is a wonderful thing. But when it comes to specific examples, well, so

Senate Democrats and the Bush administration are clashing over legislation to help Eastern Europe's

Liner conferences often are maligned today, but when they were first formed in the early part of thi

MANY INSURERS NOW MAY REGRET having ventured into "high-yield" bonds during the heady days of junk f

PRESIDENT BUSH IS HANDLING the dangerous events in Lithuania with kid gloves. The same cannot be sai

Everybody knows it's easier to start an inflationary process than to beat it. Most people know what

SIMPLE FACTS HAVE A WAY of getting ignored in the tangle of special-interest politics in Washington.

FMC HAS SMALL ROLE IN RATE AGREEMENTSThe editorial "Looks Like a Conference" (March 20) is c

In the changes of the past half year, note the disappearance of two old features: communism as the "

JAPAN'S MINISTRY of International Trade and Industry is a model for many Americans who'd like to see

Last fall, top Soviet economists designed what they labeled the "radical- moder ate" plan for econom

THE INSOLVENT Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. may soon be put out of its misery. Next week, a federal

FACT IS, SHIPPING ACT ALLOWS AGREEMENTSIf it looks like a fact, talks like a fact, and acts

Most Americans would be outraged by the thought of the United States giving a $355 billion annual su

SHOCK THERAPY IS THE LATEST experiment in treating economic ills. Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Uni

THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN, not usually known for its sensitivity to student political concerns, appea

Ask the U.S. Trade Representative how to press our advantage in services exports and the answer will

The Bush administration wants over $400 million for a new U.S. embassy in Moscow - more than it is p

Large-scale intervention and speculation in foreign currencies by the Federal Reserve has clouded th

The West German Greens. Remember them? They're the ones who originally emphasized cleaning up the en

RAIL COMPETITION MUST BE PRESERVEDWe are disturbed by Conrail Senior Vice President Charles

The recent rise in labor costs in Taiwan plus changes in the value of thedollar have given U

CLEAN AIR LEGISLATION was supposed to be this year's top priority on Capitol Hill. But special inter

JUSTICE WAS SERVED by Joseph Hazelwood's acquittal Thursday on felony charges stemming from the wrec

It's hard to argue in favor of unfairness. Business lobbyists understand that, which is why the law

U.S. participation in the bank proposed to aid the reconstruction and development of Eastern Europe

Gun import bans are not necessarily illegal, but those imposed since 1969 are illegal, including the

WHAT A DEAL! The new U.S.-Soviet long-term grain agreement, signed Thursday in Vienna, provides for

FACTS MAY CHANGE, BUT ISSUES LINGER. How else to explain yet another spring offensive in the endless

When it comes to policy-making, almost anyone can hold a candle to the U.S. Congress. That's why Sec

The winds of democratic change have become hurricanes in Eastern Europe and are extending themselves

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: IT'S NOT A CONFERENCEI read with interest your March 20 editorial, "Look

THE END SEEMS NEAR for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The agency's demise deserves no tea

WHAT DOES HIRING A FRENCH executive have to do with teaching new skills to laid-off workers in Detro

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MEXICOI have read with the greatest concern the March 14 arti

Farmers wonder if Japan's largest agricultural group is friend or foe. With U.S. trade negotiators d

THE RESTRUCTURING OF Venezuela's $20 billion debt to foreign commercial banks is being heralded as a

The first name of Jeffrey Sterling, chairman of the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (the

Since its creation, the death of the European Free Trade Association has been announced with regular