Commentary

TEN YEARS AGO TODAY, President Jimmy Carter signed the law that set in motion economic reforms of wo

Journalists, or newsmen as even the old-time women reporters like to refer to themselves, are basic

For two decades, a quiet revolution has been unfolding in the way medical reform is accomplished by

THE REACTION TO SOUTH KOREAN President Roh Tae Woo's maiden speech to the United Nations General Ass

Criticizing the Multi-Fiber Arrangement, the set of quota restrictions that developed countries use

EFFICIENCY ON THE DOCKS has become a watchword for both employers and labor leaders in the shipping

The Department of Transportation cannot afford to wait for the major marine disaster with casualties

Congressman Guy V. Molinari, author of an article appearing on this page Oct. 18, is a Republican re

THE U.S. TREASURY'S SUDDEN OFFER to extend a massive loan to Mexico raises one perplexing question:

How will real peace between the East and West be achieved? It will be through economics. Mik

A second wave of deregulation is about to break through the dikes regulatory agencies have set up. T

A week from Sunday, we will go off daylight saving time and onto standard time. Early next year, the

A year ago, the American economy had a heart attack. Happily, the patient recovered, apparently none

With the passage of a year, the parallels between the Great Crash of 1929 and the Great Correction o

IN THE MONTHS AFTER the stock market meltdown of Oct. 19, 1987, it seemed that measured steps to cur

If past patterns hold, the Japanese government eventually will adapt to circumstances and come up wi

The government's pledge to privatize Britain's coal mines confirms that nothing is sacred as far as

For most of this year the aviation community has debated proposals to restructure the Federal Aviati

DECEMBER IS A CRITICAL DEADLINE for the world's trading system: Unless the members of the General Ag

GASOLINE TAX HIKE NO CURE-ALL FOR USYour Oct. 5 editorial, Fuel Tax Phobia, overstated the b

FOR SIX YEARS, THE UNITED STATES has tried to pretend that the developing world's debt crisis is mer

IF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION agrees, Donald Trump will soon be in the airline business.

Indications are that sometime in the last quarter of next year or the first quarter of 1990 the U.S.

On Sept. 12, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed piece by Doug Bandow suggesting that we shou

THE TOUGHER STAND that Democratic presidential candidate Michael S. Dukakis is taking on trade and f

IN THIS SEASON of electoral intrigue, Democrats are nervously awaiting some unexpected act by the Re

CONGRESS THIS WEEK gave the public a lesson that lawmakers themselves should learn: How not to make

SUFFOCATING SMOG and gridlocked highways finally have pushed Los Angeles to the breaking point.<

One of the lasting contributions of the Watergate investigation 14 years ago was that it revealed a

In a pivotal election of the 1980s, one candidate rejected the advice of almost every prominent econ

Since the 1920s, the Soviets have maintained a strong interest in U.S. trade. Political ideology has

Thanks in part to the hitting of Jose Canseco and the relief pitching of Dennis Eckersley of the Oak

An economic growth rate that is too high to be sustained in the long run has rekindled inflationary

CONGRESS HAS TOSSED the aviation issue of the 1990s into Transportation Secretary James Burnley's la

As the transportation industry grows more competitive and service sensitive, all players involved in

IN ITS OWN SERIOUS AND STUDIOUS WAY, the Financial Accounting Standards Board is on the verge of pro

The U.S. economy is changing from a manufacturing base to an information base. Over 50 percent of th

George Bush and Dan Quayle may yet manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on election day.

Ten minutes' walk and a world away from East Berlin's tourist attractions stands the neglected shell

THROUGHOUT HIS LONG PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, Michael Dukakis has done a remarkable job of swimming aga