Commentary

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Business executives and Defense Department employees all over Washington have recently confronted th

An article published on this page June 24, Investment Lagging in Vietnam, was written by Sesto E. Ve

To many a seasoned transportation veteran, intermodalism is much ado about very little. To be sure,

SUGAR POLL'S RESULTS RAISE SOME DOUBTSThe poll results quoted in the June 17 article, 75 per

THE HIGH DOLLAR makes the markets happy. Or, judged less charitably, the markets are on a dollar hig

THE BUDGET CONSTRAINT that now dominates Washington is about to claim a most deserving victim. The U

THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES in the Soviet Union, and no one seemed more excited than the delegates at t

. . . Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, including more and more of the license plates seen around t

THE PROBLEM OF THE FREE RIDER, the person who enjoys a benefit without having to share its cost, is

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Increased foreign investment, tax-free manufacturing and a growi

For the past six months, the House of Representatives has been debating the system of strengthening

H.L. Mencken liked to say that every complex problem has a solution that is straightforward, reasona

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY has lessons to learn, if the efforts of Senate Republicans to forestall that ch

D. Bruce Merrifield told of a bad dream last week. A decade from now, said the Commerce Depa

George Bush and Michael Dukakis are girding for their climactic political battle in the fall. Each,

New buzzwords are creeping into all levels of British corporate life. Board room talk about added va

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY should be congratulated for its successful summit last week. The European Com

TRUCK FIRMS SHOULD TAP WOMEN DRIVERSLana Batts' comments regarding the truck driver shortage

The German Democratic Republic is entering a period of significant change. This, in any event, is th

THE CAMPAIGN of '88 has been remarkable for the reluctance of the major candidates to make imprudent

WHEN THINGS LOOK TOO GOOD to be true, they usually are. That old maxim sums up pretty well the delib

QUESTIONS RAISED ON TRANSIT AID CUTSYour June 16 editorial, The Flight for Drug Funds, impli

Independence Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the advantages we enjoy in a free and democra

Government and industry talk tirelessly of the urgent need to slash the trade deficit, sharpen our a

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION took a regulatory step backwards this week when it ordered United

THE WHEELS SEEM TO BE FALLING OFF at Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. The holding company tha

The overriding economic policy issue facing the United States is clearly evident: How to rapidly red

Government leaders worldwide are having increasing difficulty coping with an unprecedented degree of

Imagine the nature of the debate if the current plant closing notification bill also forced employer

The common wisdom in Japan is that Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, 64, in office for only seven mon

It's summertime, and while the livin' may not exactly be easy, what with drought in the dust bowl an

COOL HEADS MUST PREVAIL during the current drought. Parched conditions in the Midwest have produced

Most economists agree there are major problems with all U.S. farm programs. Theoretically, they are

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION IS ONLY AS GOOD as the documents that describe it. That's especially true for

Every spring and summer, the demands placed on European air traffic control systems increase as more

GOVERNMENT BLAMED FOR OIL IMPORT RISEYour editorial of June 8 concerning this country's risi

In Honolulu, the mayor says foreign ownership of houses and apartments is not fair to Americans. In

The 42,800-mile interstate highway system is nearly complete and the question is, what's next? The a

Fierce infighting between those who would like to speed reforms in the Soviet Union and those who wi