Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE CABINET-LEVEL Economic Policy Council will meet Wednesday to review an interagency recommendatio

We're all familiar with the marketing flub by Coca-Cola. For more than six generations, Coca-Cola ha

On Oct. 16, 1987, after a loss of more than 9 percent in the preceding eight trading days, the Stand

THE ECONOMIC NEWS has been good of late. The widely-feared winter recession has not materialized, th

OVERTHROWING A GOVERNMENT is relatively easy. Replacing it is a different matter altogether.

A $9.4 million damage award against Soldier of Fortune magazine has First Amendment defenders upset.

On March 19, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Alan Holmer will meet with Soviet officials in Washing

Time to Give Canada And the CN a BreakIn regards to your editorial Get Guilford Running (Feb

THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM needs villains. When U.S. political leaders find themselves unable to