Commentary

MARAD IS RIGHT ON FOOD SECURITY ACTA recent editorial ("Marad Skirts the Lakes," May 11), br

C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics, calls it a "three-ring circ

The American economy is headed for a hard landing in 1990. Superficially, business looks in good sha

DESPERATE MOVES by two troubled airlines confront the U.S. Department of Transportation with an unco

Around the world, wise persons spend their time speculating on the effects of European integration.

''THE PEOPLE HAVE JUST FOUND OUT what democracy is about," opined one Beijing man fleeing the massac

SANTA FE CONFIDENT IT WILL WIN APPEALI read with great interest your May 25 editorial, "Defe

IN THE MIDST OF AN IDEOLOGICAL MAELSTROM, those who toil on despite the rising waters are most like

The dollar's recent strength against other major currencies has left government officials and many f

Europe's railways are approaching the 21st century determined to recapture some of their 19th centur

ARMS FOR AFGHANISTAN and Pakistan's nuclear weapons program top the agenda this week as Pakistani Pr

A leadership vacuum may be developing at the Export-Import Bank. Former Celanese Corp. chair

A NATIONAL RECYCLING PROGRAM may well be the next step in reducing the massive volume of solid waste

The historian's conundrum has been whether the times make the man or the man makes the times.

BACK FROM HIS triumphal tour of Europe, President Bush faces an urgent problem at home. While the pr

Americans may have inherited venerable philosophical, legal and political concepts from Great Britai

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S indifference to antitrust concerns has been a major factor behind

LOST AMID THE ATTENTION given last week's declaration that Japan, India and Brazil are unfair tradin

PLYWOOD INDUSTRY GOALS CLARIFIEDI read with interest the article "US Plywood Producers Threa

If there is one word guaranteed to receive a hearty salute from the labor community, it is solidarit

Even before the dust settles, some significant things seem clear from the extraordinary events in Ch

FOR FOUR YEARS, Mikhail Gorbachev has occupied the center of the world stage. By presenting the Unit

Item: On Jan. 1, 1989, the European Community, citing health risks, announced a ban on all beef impo

GREAT LAKES OPINION WAS SOUNDLY BASEDThe letter from C.E. De Fries, president of the Marine

This week's NATO agreement promises to transform much of the political landscape here and abroad, bu

THE DAYS OF EASY MONEY in Japan have come to a long-delayed end. With a risingdollar threate

The U.S. dollar is in orbit. In the face of massive government intervention designed to hold it down

When T. Boone Pickens Jr., the famed American corporate raider, recently announced his status as th

PUNISHMENT ALONE is a poor method of motivation. Every manager, and every parent, knows that turning

Although it ranks high on any list of the worst disasters anywhere in the United States, activities

THE DECISION BY Interstate Commerce Commission Chairwoman Heather J. Gradison to abandon her quest f

''Two peoples could hardly be more different than the pragmatic, matter-of- fact, legally oriented,

Earlier this month, a West German court sentenced a terrorist to life in prison. That court deserves

THE STEEL INDUSTRY, that perennial foe of imports, has finally offered an idea with merit. The U.S.

It is difficult to pick up a major newspaper these days without seeing an article on Europe 1992 - t

The 1980s have witnessed a wholesale assault on restrictive banking regulations. Policy-makers have

The Voice of America has 60 million listeners in China. During the mass protests, when hundreds of t

Whatever order is eventually created out of the present chaos in China, it is already clear that the

SMOG IN THE CITIES has not diminished as quickly as the public or many in Congress would like. Since

TREASURY SECRETARY NICHOLAS BRADY'S debt relief plan has received a strong vote of support from the