Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FRUSTRATED TRUCKERS HAULED the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission into court last week t

An editorial in The Journal of Commerce Monday, March 7, erroneously stated that presidential candid

I went to Super Tuesday and hardly anyone was there. I went because it was my first chance to vote i

MORE THAN ANY OTHER candidate for the presidency, Rep. Richard Gephardt has identified himself as a

Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, and Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., predict they will produce a trade bi

Breaking out of a mold is never easy. The Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, representi

THE UNITED STATES and Japan have broken off talks over Japanese barriers to U.S. construction firms.

The U.S. dollar's value relative to the major foreign currencies has been declining for nearly three

THE SURGE IN CORPORATE TAKEOVERS financed with borrowed funds raises serious questions for a nation

Since elections are all the buzz these days, what is the state of democracy in East and Southeast As

The 1980s have brought radical changes to the United States. An enormous federal deficit has spawned

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION sent a strong message last week to shippers who do not pay their

Is the U.S. flag merchant marine in its death throes? It appears so. Presently, U.S. shipyards have

THE WORLD'S GOVERNMENTS, it seems, want a stable dollar. But stability doesn't come cheap. L

WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATING trade deals, aviation is a field unto itself. But in an unusual challen

Exports Help Raise Farm Income of PoorLucy Komisar (Export Focus Harms Peasants, opinion, Fe

Europe's cleanest, neatest and most caring society is fraying at the edges. The streets of Amsterda

You should try it yourself if you don't believe me. The next time you are face to face with an inter

WHILE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY JAMES BURNLEY'S PROPOSAL for drug testing of airline workers in safet

The signing of the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty has improved the atmosphere between the

TRADE SEEMS TO BE THE BURNING ISSUE as presidential candidates crisscross the South before Super Tue

THE McBRIDE PRINCIPLES, a statement of the employment policies to which foreign firms operating in N

A few years ago, we asked the late German physicist and rocketry engineer Krafft Ehricke to outline

Don't Judge a Ship By Year It Was BuiltI must correct the false impression of the U.S.-flag

There are some mightily frustrated politicians in France these days as French President Francois Mit

For years, Canada has imposed protectionist policies against U.S. authors,artists and other

THE RESULTS ON SUPER TUESDAY, next week's series of primary elections in 20 states, may have much to

Despite the recent improvement in the monthly trade numbers, the United States will have to attract

FEW DIPLOMATIC ISSUES place the United States on trickier sands than the current unrest in the Repub

Just as we look with horror at galley slavery or inhuman steerage accommodations of the past, our 2

The hijinks in the Senate last week on the bill to control congressional campaign spending almost be