Commentary

The widely reported antitrust lawsuit filed by several state attorneys general alleges that insurers

THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL has undergone significant improvements in six months of conference committee

Tensions between the United States and Japan have increased steadily during the past two decades. Mu

ENCOURAGING LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS to take over and restore the failing branch lines of major railroad

WITH AN APPARENT NEW TIGHTENING of monetary policy likely to lead to higher interest rates, the Fede

In spite of their best efforts to run mindless, superficial campaigns, the presidential candidates a

In a recent editorial, The Journal of Commerce suggested that the Massachusetts Port Authority's pla

THE MASSIVE ANTITRUST SUIT that shook the insurance industry two weeks ago once again demonstrates t

DETROIT'S AUTOMAKERS, it seems, can never get enough protection. After seven straight years of quota

There is an uneasy chill in the air this spring in Sweden. Economists are forecasting stormy

Preshipment inspection programs have added a new and dangerous element to the international trading

Truck Group Resents Price Fixer LabelIn his vituperative letter to the editor (March 22), Ro

(At the beginning of the rainy season each year, this is published to encourage those who never use

LAST WEEK WAS A BAD ONE for Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo. Not only did he end his bid for the

AGAINST VERY LARGE ODDS, the huge House-Senate trade bill conference wrapped up virtually all of it

In an editorial that appeared on this page on March 17, The Journal of Commerce was critical of cust

THE RESIGNATIONS of two top officials of the U.S. Department of Justice Tuesday should send Edwin Me

Energy Woes Deserve More Political HeatWhile it is axiomatic that politicians make plans tha

MORE BY ACCIDENT than by design, the United States government chose to make the lack of foreign acce

There is something troubling about Michael Dukakis's poor showing in the Michigan presidential caucu

At the beginning of March the British secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Tom King, announced t

ALMOST INADVERTENTLY, the U.S. Department of Transportation has thrown into confusion the status of

Wall Street is not a happy place. Prices of common stocks, bonds and thedollar have crumbled

The broad outline of a bipartisan post-Reagan federal housing policy has begun to emerge in recent m

Recent trade friction between the United States and the Republic of Korea needs to be placed in a la

THE SUPREME COURT LAST WEEK fired another warning shot over the heads of state officials who stray o

Though anecdotal evidence abounds concerning Japan's trade barriers, quantitative support for the ar

Drug Testing Warrants ConcernThis refers to your Feb. 29 article, Words From the Wise ('d Up

Many people think that the French presidential campaign began in earnest last week, when President F

WHEN PRIVATE INTERESTS start waving the flag in the name of national defense, it's time to put your

Due to a typographical error, the views of Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Heather Gradison

IT MAY BE GOOD POLITICS, but the parochial campaign to block the takeover of Koppers Co. by Pennsylv

DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF trade bill conference co-chairmen Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, and Dan Rosten

When a new federal budget process was unveiled in 1974, most budget analysts were overjoyed. Finally

THE TRADE LAWS designed to protect U.S. companies from injury due to imports have become a major wea

Jude Wanniski's MediaGuide is to print media criticism what Tolstoy's War and Peace is to the novel.

WHEN TEXAS AIR CORP. took over Eastern Air Lines in 1986, the leaders of the unions that represent m

ICC's Gradison Explains VoteHaving read your editorial of March 11 (Challenging the ICC), I'

Suriname, the Western Hemisphere's newest democracy, also has some of its barest food shelves. Loave

WITH ONLY A SHORT TERM in office, Transportation Secretary James Burnley has to hurry to make his ma