Commentary

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION today is expected to vote on a series of trucking industry propos

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

THE UNITED STATES' TRADE DEFICIT may be falling, but word is slow to reach Washington. The political

Potential military sea-lift capacity in emergencies is part of the need for a substantial U.S.-flag

No Specific Quotas Exist on Tie ImportsI have been reading recent articles in The Journal of

Ronald Reagan may be the spryest lame-duck president we have had in some time. Whatever the decline

THE WEST GERMAN GOVERNMENT, which has stubbornly resisted all entreaties to stimulate its economy, h

It looks like a promising breakthrough in a very mysterious situation is near, but no one is complet

Fashions in monetary policy often change as much as in women's apparel. The latest is that designed

The winner of the 1988 presidential race faces the biggest challenge ever in dealing with the United

FEDERAL ENERGY OFFICIALS SENT a charge through the electric power industry last week by unveiling a

AN EXCESSIVE EAGERNESS to tell others how to do their business is one of the most enduring U.S. pers

THE NATION'S FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES for January reveal an impressive turnaround in the pattern of imp

Why is there speculation that Italians may gesture less when they speak after 1992 and the British m

Opinion Is Off Base On Merchant MarineIt never fails to amaze me that otherwise intelligent

The growing shortage of drivers in the trucking industry is a subject of paramount interest to motor

When Indonesian General Suharto was named to his fifth term as president on March 11 by a rubber-sta

KNOCKING HEADS TOGETHER in a closed room sometimes produces positive results. Senate Banking Committ

SIGNS OF RENEWED TENSION between railroads and truckers, perennial competitors for the nation's frei

HOW FAR WILL DOCTORS go to relieve the malady of medical malpractice? A recent edition of The Journa

What you first notice about him is his nose. It is a very distinguished nose. The bridge is what fir

FEW ECONOMIC MESSAGES have been awaited as eagerly in recent years as the budget announced Tuesday b

IN THE MOST IMPORTANT bilateral economic talks since Mikhail Gorbachev unveiled his plans to reform

Act's Unfairness Is ReinforcedProfessor Robert Waters' commentary (Death Throes for US Flags

The next few days may finally see voting on some of the key issues of a new Brazilian constitution,

Let our position be absolutely clear: Any attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persia

In the exciting early days of the Kennedy administration, I was among the first batch of Americans i

Declaring that the United States is suffering from a missile gap with the Soviet Union is always ris

IN OFFICIAL WASHINGTON, policy paralysis is rapidly setting in. Nothing makes that paralysis more ev

The way Rep. Richard Gephardt, Mo., tells it, his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination

WILLIAM VON RAAB, the commissioner of the United States Customs Service, is nothing if not controver

The Third World debt crisis has been with us for more than five years. A growing number of financial

U.S. MILITARY MIGHT is only as reliable as the supply of gears, engines and electronics that compris

An ugly rumor is floating around, probably fostered by a disaffected Democratic presidential candida

The 1980s has been a period of virtually unrestricted free enterprise and entrepreneurship in the Un

My editor called the other day and said, Erich, how would you like me to give you a raise and cut yo

So much blistering rhetoric has been uttered about whether sanctions against South Africa work, prop

THE DEPARTMENT of Energy recently announced plans to conduct a World Coal Trade Study to identify ex

Ex-Im Bank's Future Is Not BleakRichard Lawrence's essay, Ex-Im Bank's Bleak Future (Opinion

MOST OF THE TIME, our friends over at the Wall Street Journal are sticklers for Original Intent, the