Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Many Americans expected a lower U.S. dollar to solve the large trade deficit problem. But the sharp

In West Germany, the word umweltfreundlich is in the air. It is also in the landscape, the water and

TWO TEXAS CONGRESSMEN championing special interests have sullied an otherwise worthy truck safety bi

RAILCARS AND BOGIES ARE NOT THE SAMEThe article Eurotunnel Backers Order Japan Railcars that

LAST WEEK'S RESOUNDING VOTE against continuing rule by a military dictator opens a new era in Chile.

New postage rates result from 10-month regulatory proceedings during which the independent Postal Ra

A WORD TO SUPPORT CUSTOMS AUTOMATIONI feel impelled to write to you after reading the editor

In 1983, the United States and the Caribbean Basin nations embarked upon a unique trade program desi

THERE MAY BE ONLY A HANDFUL of Americans who truly understand what a value- added network is, and Co

CAPITOL HILL'S ANTI-DRUG MORALITY PLAY, which faced poor reviews in the House in mid-September, prev

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has pushed another big stack of political chips behind his bet that

The year 1992 is a milestone in the creation of the European Community's single market. It is clearl

It is startling that so little is known in the United States of Mexico's recent trade liberalization

MUCH TO THE AMAZEMENT of almost everyone, Washington's Union Station is back in business. For a mast

An eerie calm has settled over world financial markets. With help from massive government interventi

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS IMPORTANT. But 15 years of experience with efforts to curb energy consumption i

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE'S DRIVE to automate has, by and large, had salutary effects. The service's

They said it couldn't be done. Who would have thought, even a year ago, that most major private and

Could the next president enjoy a reduction in the budget deficit without tears - no major spending c

So much for progress. The average speed of traffic in central London is now down to just 12 miles an

On the day Emperor Hirohito dies, a rich and increasingly self-confident Japan will break free of it

AFTER DUE DELIBERATION, the finance ministers of the seven leading industrial nations announced last

Few sections of the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement are more arcane than the one establishing a new

NO ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN SURPRISED had the government's Overseas Private Investment Corp. stopped insu

Each night, Federal Express Corp. moves close to 1 million packages throughout the integrated nation

With the war between Iran and Iraq apparently at an end after eight years of blood-letting, the worl

NICHOLAS BRADY, only two weeks in office, passed up a prime opportunity last week to break new groun

THE SOUTH AFRICAN sanctions bill seems to have gone from barely breathing to dead. The bill

International markets for securities have grown tremendously in recent years. The world's securities

World leaders meeting in West Berlin this week for the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting

SNARLED TRAFFIC AND CONGESTED HIGHWAYS are rapidly becoming one of the nation's major transportation