Commentary

In 1974, Congress enacted a trade law that included an unprecedented provision. Called the J

INSURANCE DISCOUNTS DON'T HELP DRIVERSThe Proposition 103 "good driver discount" was cited t

PATIENCE CAN BE a virtue. In few areas is it likely to be better rewarded than in U.S. relations wit

WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, plays with the best of them. You can bet you

Relations between Nepal and India are at an impasse following the expiration of trade and transit tr

Undaunted, unrepentant and undiminished. That is Margaret Thatcher 10 years into her role as Britain

FOR SHEER BIZARRENESS, few things in government can top the Interstate Commerce Commission.

A recent Tokyo court ruling is expected to open the door to increased U.S.-style hostile mergers and

As the European Community moves toward the completion of its internal market, there are important im

JAPAN'S MANAGEMENT METHODS get all the attention, but the decisive techniques of Iraqi President Sad

Imre Pozsgay joked to foreign journalists the other day that the battle at the four-day Communist Pa

Prospects for a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy could well depend on a trade adjustment strategy

Mexico's president finds amusing the catchwords and slogans coined to compare his reshaping of the M

THE WINDS OF HURRICANE HUGO have long since dissipated. As usual, the federal government is paying t

ALMOST EVERYONE who does business abroad recognizes Americans' culturalinsularity as a major

FACTS OBSCURED ON SEALIFT ISSUEDon Becker's "Publisher's Notebook" column makes for enjoyabl

It was fun and games in world financial markets last week. Major central banks lobbed mortar shell a

A mixture of profound sadness and great relief will be in the mental baggage as I leave China after

Both the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense and the United Shipowners of America have asserte

IT'S THE RARE POLITICIAN who ever encountered a tax cut he didn't like. And once again this fall, co

MISPERCEPTIONS CITED ON FUEL WASTE ISSUEThe issue raised in your editorial on Aug. 28 ("Haza

Over the past 10 years, the United States has achieved massive deregulation in the railroad, truckin

Even the most intrepid of British holiday-makers would never have traveled abroad without water puri

FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES that domestic airlines remain firmly under the control of U.S. citizens. Transp

House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., wants to take back a tax incentive that enco

THE MIRACLE OF BUMPER CROPS every year could well occur by the end of this century thanks to rapid

ARGENTINE PRESIDENT Carlos Menem wowed the crowds on his whirlwind tour of the United States last we

FEDERAL HIGHWAY Administrator Thomas Larson said the Department of Transportation might endorse "use

When Emperor Hirohito died in January, his son Akihito became emperor. His official coronation, how

RALPH B. EVERETT HAS ENTERED the revolving door. We happen to know that, thanks to a press r

America is suffering from an addiction that could just as easily destroy the future of our youth as

SHORT OF FUNDS, HEAVILY INDEBTED to foreigners and responsible for an ever smaller share of the worl

James F. Rill assumed principal responsibility for enforcing the nation's antitrust laws in July, wh

WE TAKE NO JOY IN THE DOLLAR-BASHING antics of the world's major central banks this week. Foreign ex

Following on the heels of the Soviet troop reductions in Eastern Europe and the almost unbelievable

Congress is considering legislation to prevent discrimination against the disabled and, as Yogi Berr

US SHOULD ENCOURAGE PHONE LINKS TO CUBAYour Aug. 23 editorial ("Rethink Cuban Embargo") urge

DESPITE OCCASIONAL WORDS OF ANGER, relations between railroads and the unions representing their wor

THE COMPLETION OF VIETNAM'S troop withdrawal from Cambodia Tuesday, ending almost 11 years of occupa

THE CONSUMER REVOLT IN INSURANCE was compared last week to the foul tactics that followed Adolf Hitl