Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEW STUDIES INDICATE that the baby boom generation is depressed and may be perfectly justified in bl

NO CITY IN THIS COUNTRY knows more about traffic congestion than Los Angeles. Therefore, when author

Mexico is rapidly transforming its economy. Over the last two years, exports, particularly m

A PROPOSAL TO TAX single-premium life insurance may provide the hardest fight among the tax increase

Walter T. Atkinson Jr. has the eyes of a pilot. They are somewhat hooded from years of squinting int

Vietnam passed a new foreign investment law in December 1987, replacing related regulations promulga

THERE ARE MANY LEGITIMATE trade issues between the United States and Japan. But Federal Express Corp

The state of New York and the Long Island Lighting Co. have signed off on the details of an agreemen

Most economists now believe there won't be an economic recession in 1988, but many are afraid one mi