Commentary

Is the "tort crisis" real or fake? Is it mostly driven by a genuine rise in lawsuits and pay-outs, o

The pre-World War II legacy of a Japanese-dominated East Asian co-prosperity sphere is re-emerging i

MUST CHARITY HAVE AN IDEOLOGY? William E. Simon, former Treasury secretary and head of the John M. O

MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR FINES may have gotten attention, but they didn't tell airlines and ocean carrier

From the public laments of scientists and their friends, it's easy to get the impression that the Un

It takes seeing the Channel Tunnel in the building to appreciate the massive scale of the project.

HE BLAMED TREES FOR POLLUTION, called ketchup a vegetable, thanked Brazilians for welcoming him to B

One of the root words for journalists is the French word "jour," meaning day. What is both frustrati

USING RETIREMENT SAVINGS to pay today's bills is risky, but that's what the federal government does

Over the next few months, under a mandate from Congress, the Bush administration will be forced to

THE PACE OF BUSH NOMINATIONS to the many senior government posts occupied by Reagan administration h

IT'S HARD TO FIND A SEAT on Amtrak's trains, which carried 23 million passengers in 1988. The federa

Most reasonable people believe the federal budget deficit must be addressed quickly, even if that me

The final props were knocked this month from under a major institutional contributor to Brazil's int

ROMANIA REMAINS OPPRESSED SOCIETYIt seems "unprincipled and non-objective" to writer Bob Rob

WALKING A TIGHTROPE is normal business at the Federal Reserve, where manipulation of interest rates

Industries can do a great deal to regulate their own affairs. Standardization, certification and oth

SHIPBUILDERS AGREE ON LOAN CHALLENGEI am writing to express the Shipbuilders Council of Amer

The college entrance requirements for candidates for athletic scholarships have stirred up a debate

AFTER MONTHS OF EYEBALL-TO-EYEBALL confrontation with the European Community over agricultural trade

THE GOOD OLD DAYS ARE GONE, but many in the U.S. maritime industry have yet to figure that out. Unfo

This week Japan's jittery capital is zipped up tight. Streets are awash in 32,000 police. Heavily ma

People looking for a quick fix to lower auto insurance prices are happy that California's Propositio

LAST MONTH, for the first time in nine years, the United States imported more oil than it produced.

which it controls - to move up a notch. Funds are now trading above 9.25 percent, up from the 9.1 pe

THE NATION'S AIRLINES, along with aircraft manufacturers, are running a high- profile campaign to ca

Who needs to erect trade barriers when a few unguarded remarks can be just as effective? The

Ecologists are in an uproar over Brazil's continued plans to exploit the rain forests of the Amazon.

RAYTHEON CORP.'S COMPLAINT about the 1968 expropriation of an Italian plant is hardly a pressing mat

The economic unification of Europe after 1992 will change the nature of America's aviation relations

TRADITIONALLY, ALL NEW ADMINISTRATIONS enjoy a honeymoon period. But when a new transportation secre

For the past two years, trade officials from around the world have been engaged in negotiations aime

Arab nations call it "The Scandal of the Generation." The Israelis see it as the marketing feat of t

THE RITA M, a Panamanian freighter, has had only two crewmen jump ship during the 27 years it has ha

THERE IS NO GOOD TIME for someone to die. But Richard D. Sanborn Jr.'s death last Sunday after suffe

FERC'S NO. 1 JOB SHOULD BE RELIABILITYYour Jan. 13 editorial ("Access to Power") concludes a

CARLA HILLS' FIRST DEADLINE is at hand: Within the next few days, the new U.S. trade representative

This is the time of year when my thoughts begin turning, quite slowly, to the need to sit down and d

Reliable sources of reasonably priced energy fuels are the foundation for a strong economy and for o

The Cuban economy is in deep trouble. Cuba's economic problems could be substantially ameliorated, h