Commentary

ROBERT DOLE, THE SENATE REPUBLICAN leader, probably wouldn't appreciate beingput in thesame

SHOULD FELONS BE ABLE TO BUY GUNS? Of course not, Congress said in 1988 when it passeda law requirin

With the beginning of a new decade, it is difficult not to wax philosophical. This is especially tru

If we believe in the American commitment to college education for the masses, we have to know that m

The Export-Import Bank is about to unveil a new way to help finance U.S. exports. It's calle

THE PERUVIAN AMBASSADOR to the United States, Cesar Atala Nazal, has come up with a "supply-side" so

SHOULD AN INNER CITY RESIDENT, forced to ride subways and buses, be less protected from a drug-affli

It might surprise some people to learn that the collapse of communism has not turned East Europeans

An unsettling international flap over long tractor trailers that is pitting U.S. trailer manufacture

INSURERS REJECT "PRIVATE" LABELWe are deeply troubled and angered by the sensationalism and

AIR TRAVEL DELAYS cost the economy nearly $5 billion last year, the Federal Aviation Administration

The national transportation policy that Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner previewed in a re

STEP RIGHT UP AND TAKE YOUR PICK! Buy insurance, have a disaster and Uncle Sam will pay. Or, don't b

ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES WOULD CUT POLLUTIONI believe your Dec. 26 editorial, "Fuel Alternatives

If you think things get quiet at the end of December and early January, you ought to be in Asia in t

IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY that taxpayers were asked to dig deep into their pockets to bail outthe federa

EVERYBODY AGREES on the need to reduce toxic pollutants in the air. But as Congress resumesdebate on

President Bush is facing a major challenge over federal taxes, practically on the eve of his first f

Even to some of its most dedicated adherents, Japan's vaunted education system always has seemed des

As a deep freeze gripped most of the nation recently, the price of heating oil rose dramatically. Be

CLEANING UP THE AIR can't be mandated in isolation: The costs of reducing emissions should be weighe

''COMMISSION HAS MEETING" is not the sort of headline newspaper editors dream about. But the Inters

Politicians, trade policy officials and business people are overly preoccupied with Japan. Their myo

If Greece this year manages to turn around a faltering economy, it will be largely due to two 86-yea

DOUBLE BOTTOM STAND GETS HIGH MARKSAs a critic of your Oct. 17 editorial which endorsed limi

The Soviet Union is sliding into a deepening crisis that could shift Mikhail Gorbachev from man of t

Many lessons have been drawn from the continuing crisis of the savings and loan industry. Unfortuna

IT'S FED-BASHING TIME AGAIN on Pennsylvania Avenue. President Bush, White House spokesman Marlin Fi

WASHINGTON, AFTER YEARS OF DITHERING, finally agrees that acid rain is an environmental problem. But

It's another "make or break" week for a decision on a big money increase for the International Monet

In October, 17 experts from the United States, Great Britain, West Germany and the Soviet Union conv

DOUBLE BOTTOMS ARE SAFETY ANSWERYour Jan. 9 editorial, "Double Bottom Doubts," presents seve

THE PAINS OF CONGESTION have become a routine part of air travel. Airline delays cost the economy $2

Last week's meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria, of high-level representatives of the Soviet-led Council for

As tempers flare on both sides of the Pacific, the U.S.-Japan trade dispute threatens to get ugly. O

REGULATORY PROBLEMS OF RISK RETENTIONYour editorial "Insurance Warning" (Jan. 5) raises some

THAT MOST UNPREDICTABLE of senators, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, tossed a hand grenade into the Bush ad

IT'S BEEN A ROUGH WEEK here at The Journal of Commerce. On Monday, as the near-collapse ofAmerican T

Last year's ethics scandals in the House were watched with a certain disdain in the Senate, a clubby

On a Washington street corner recently, a polished Marine stood beside a tattered waif whoclutched a