Commentary

OIL SPILL STAND SHOWS LACK OF INFORMATIONWe have read with surprise and even with sadness th

The unswerving conviction and strength of belief that contributed so much toward the Thatcher phenom

INTERNATIONAL TALKS ON CURBING FARM subsidies have gone nowhere since 1987, when the United States c

THE PERPETUAL WAR OF WORDS between the fiercely competitive trucking and railroad industries has tak

Later this year, Congress will consider legislation to raise the debt limit for the federal governme

Most Americans, and perhaps many others in the world as well, are having difficulty adjusting to the

PRESIDENT BUSH HAS FRITTERED away much of his first year in office picking fights with Congress over

AS WESTERN EUROPE moves toward unity, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's opposition to a Eur

The Socialist Unity Party, the ruling communist party of the German Democratic Republic, is locked i

STATE REGULATION of interstate commerce holds the potential for economic chaos, as business is subje

The speech wasn't thrilling. An officer from the Army Corps of Engineers was droning on about how hi

SPILL LIABILITY STAND GETS LOW MARKSWe have read with concern and dismay your Oct. 17 editor

ONLY THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM and the scourge of drugs, Latin Americans rightly complain, manage to p

1992 is the year in which the Single European Act is to make 12 national markets into one Europe-wid

LIABILITY FOR SPILLS MUST BE LIMITEDYour Oct. 17 editorial, "Forgiving Oil Spills," suggests

THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT between Canada and the United States has faced its first serious test. To t

There is a land that uses large wall maps to impress upon its children, from the start of their form

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Samuel Skinner could use a compass to navigate the heavy weather buffeting

Almost every year since the passage of The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, known as

World financial markets regained their composure almost as quickly as they lost it in the market cra

Now that the bruising fight to correct last year's catastrophic care blunder is going into its final

PRODUCTIVE GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT? Many would label it an oxymoron. But last week, Michael Boskin, ch

ON THE NEAR SIDE of the field, charging in to help bolster the Soviet defense, there's . . . it can'

EARTHQUAKE AID IS ACKNOWLEDGEDAs the stories of community spirit and heroism begin to trickl

The ritual slanging match that characterizes every meeting of the world's largest club has once agai

THE REORGANIZATION of Hungary's parliament has led Matyas Szuros, the country's interim leader, to d

MARTHA HESSE, CHAIRMAN of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and FERC member Charles Stalon b

Since 1986, analysts have warned that congressional and presidential lip service about the federal d

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Samuel K. Skinner says he and newly appointed Maritime Administrator Warren

Commercial policy always has been a form of strategic weapon. Thomas Jefferson, discussing relations

Donald Phillips is a Maryland University academic now heading up the industry section in Carla Hills

RAILROAD WORKERS ARE COVERED by an archaic federal injury compensation law under which they are requ

AT LONG LAST, maritime policy has caught the attention of the White House. The National Security Sea

Developing new collective bargaining agreements in the railroad industry is, at best, a long and com

AFTER A YEAR OF SCANDAL on the futures exchanges in Chicago and New York, one might think that the

Try to get a free lunch in America. Most free meals are confined to breakfast and lunch programs for

When the federal Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, an awesome responsibility was thrust up

It is time for transportation policy to recognize that information transmission is the single most i

There's an old Peanuts cartoon that begins with Charlie Brown on a pitcher's mound. The other member

SEALIFT CHIEF WANTS PROCUREMENT CHANGESAs a follow-up to your Publisher's Notebook (Oct. 5),