Commentary

AIRLINE PASSENGERS WERE THE BIG LOSERS when a federal appeals court struck down the Massachusetts Po

PRESIDENT BUSH MAY STILL be opposed to taxes, but he has found political gain in proposing a host of

IT IS THE SLOTH and shortsightedness of American business, according to a now- standard Japanese lec

Contrary to a statement in an editorial Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation has not yet

EVEN BEFORE THE VOTE IS CAST, the Bush administration is retreating from plans to strengthen the Car

WORLD IS DIFFERENT FROM JAPAN'S VIEWIt was a pleasure to read Marc Levinson's column on the

Now is not the time to pick at the Pete Rose affair. It should be allowed to heal, go away and be fo

For an informed reader of the international press, the cool reception given the recent Mexican debt

It was my own grousing and lack of a snappy comeback that placed me in this situation. Excep

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT STOOD idly by as a wave of consolidation swept the U.S. airline industry from 19

For decades, U.S.-Soviet relations have been dominated by the cold war and the arms race. But a sea

Trade with regions so diverse as China, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean; U.S. steel policy; and Thi

MARAD WITHIN LAW IN BANKRUPTCY CASEYour Aug. 18 editorial, "The Public's Business," depicted

"Ship of shame" carrying a "cargo of death," cried Britain's popular press as a Soviet vessel was tu

One can only view with bemusement how the Bush administration handled the recently filed complaint a

THE RINGS OF NEPTUNE and the stunning geology of its largest moon, Triton, have left an awe-struck p

LETTING COMPANIES JOIN FORCES to insure their own risks is a great idea. But the collapse of a New M

HAZARDOUS WASTE EXPORTS are a gray area in international trade. But the Aug. 9 drama in which a Sovi

''I CONSIDER MYSELF to be the bully pulpiter for the railroad industry," says the Bush administratio

Newspapers and television have characterized the first session of the 101st Congress as one that so

AFTER A SLUGGISH beginning, the 101st Congress will face a host of unfinished business when it retur

Genius is a rare commodity, but it's unmistakable. It doesn't take a genius to recognize that Albert

TRUCK GROUP BACKS LICENSING CRACKDOWNUnsafe truck drivers have played a shell game on an uns

THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE U.S. government to disentangle itself from a business relationship that is

Considering Japan's commitment to finance economic growth in Latin America it should come as no surp

Vacations are dangerous times. One always returns from weeks away wondering what palace coups, lever

Three years ago, I described on these pages an initiative I was pursuing in Congress - the establish

COMMENTS CLARIFIED ON PORT IMMUNITYThe headline of your recent article regarding my comments

A dockside historical marker says that just off this small island below Cape Hatteras, government fo

ONE OF THE MOST UNWANTED LEGACIES of Ronald Reagan's "New Federalism" has been a growing revolt by s

THE U.S. EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA has fluctuated in severity over the past 25 years but has done little

The thousands of Japanese passing through Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport every day attest to Japan's af

SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT ROH TAE-WOO has said that he is considering devaluing the won vis-a-vis the U.

Solidarity has been propelled into government by the unexpected Communist failure to form a coalitio

Whether or not one subscribes to the theory that Japan will surpass the United States as the world's

THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S 5-1 vote Monday to allow Japanese securities firms to continue as primary deal

The negotiation, award and operation of international route rights in so- called limited entry marke

On a warm evening not long ago, the man from America and his English colleagues were seeking a table

Imagine a once-prosperous country now experiencing draconian shortages of food, lighting, heating, t

AMERICA'S TECHNOLOGICAL STRENGTH depends in good part on having enough Americans educated in the sci