Commentary

The decision of some two dozen South Pacific nations and territories to extend their economic and fi

I knew I'd get angry questions about U.S. trade pressure when I came to Kwangju, but I didn't expect

DOMINO'S PIZZA made a name for itself by promising a free pie when delivery is late, and Frank Loren

A CARING CONSERVATIVE: That's probably how George Bush would like to think ofhimself - conse

When Richard Huang joined Evergreen Marine Corp. in Taipei 17 years ago, Chairman Y.F. Chang told hi

THE MANAGEMENT TEAMS at the nation's transportation agencies are beginning to take shape, but some i

There have been moments the past few days when it seemed like this city was about to relive one of t

The basic goals of monetary policy center around the concept of sustained economic growth, which is

BIGGER ISSUES AT STAKE IN THAI TRADE CASEYour article (JofC, Feb. 2) reviewing the likely im

SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, motorists renewing auto insurance policies in New Jersey have discovere

HAULING A TRUCKLOAD OF FREIGHT just became easier in some of the nation's most tightly regulated sta

More than a year ago, the insurance industry got the best advice it ever ignored. It has been paying

THINGS GET ROUGH at times in the Chicago commodity pits, but until we read about Kevin Roche and Joe

WHISTLE BLOWERS HAVEN'T ALWAYS been appreciated. Sen. William Cohen, R-Maine, says rank-and-file fed

Two months ago, President Reagan left Washington on a wave of good feeling. Hardly anyone had the he

After almost 11 years of struggling operations, the world's leading airlines remain highly critical

WALK DOWN ANY BLOCK in the United States 50 years ago and one house in three or four was likely to h

A PROGRESSIVE TAX, we all know, is one that weighs most heavily on the rich. A regressive tax is on

Financing health care and the other needs of tomorrow's retirees is too big a task for government al

While accounting techniques can turn deficits into surpluses and theories canobscure casualt

The Sicilian government and officials from the island's wine industry recently invited foreign journ

Americans and Europeans are anxiously awaiting the arrival of 1992. That date will mark the 500th an

I had to fly here last week to take the stand in a courtroom and testify about something that happen

THE CHAIRMAN of the Senate Commerce Committee's Merchant Marine Subcommittee promises a fight on tha

IRS TELEPHONE "ASSISTERS" got the answer to taxpayer questions wrong 30.8 percent of the time, the a

WHEN THE TIME CAME that grandma could no longer function in the community, Eskimos, it is said, woul

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION has discovered a new way to bring down the trade deficit: banning foreign-ma

PANEL'S PROBLEMS EXISTED FROM STARTShannon J. Wall's letter (March 9) bemoans the failure of

CERTAIN THINGS JUST AREN'T SAID in polite company. But in a change that may point to a major shift i

When Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady proposed on March 10 a shift in the Third World debt policy o

The Israeli government ushered in its Emergency Stabilization Plan in July 1985, which has brought i

CANADA HAS LONG COMPLAINED that the acid rain plaguing its rivers, lakes and forests originates in t

A world economic depression is knocking at our door. A sure sign of a speculative bubble wai

NO ONE, NOT EVEN FEDERAL PROSECUTORS, have a broom big enough to sweep clean decades of Teamsters un

WHAT IS IMMORTALITY? In years to come, it well may be a computerized program capturing your expertis

No country seems to have fallen as low as Peru. When 36-year old Alan Garcia was inaugurated

It's a metaphorical boundary, a convenient way of dividing the scheme of things into "we" and "they,

Quietly, the Bush administration is moving to carry out its mandate under the 1988 trade act to clar

The Shadow Open Market Committee, a group of economists who regularly comment on policy issues confr

WHAT'S THE LATEST THING in health insurance? Protection for household pets, dogs and cats, specifica