Commentary

TECHNOLOGY IS the handmaiden of free trade. No matter how governments try to regulate the flow of go

Family Companies Merit ConsiderationOn Jan. 16, 1988, I watched the debate of the front-runn

AS CONGRESS GETS BACK TO BUSINESS this week, it is likely to become embroiled in one of the most voc

The worst scandal in the history of the West German nuclear industry has shaken the nation like an a

TALKS IN PARIS this week may lead to important steps in reducing the often petty controls that now s

Although president for only the last 10 years of his life, Chiang Ching-kuo was the undisputed leade

SIX WEEKS BEFORE the 1984 election, President Reagan pulled off a carefully orchestrated political c

CONTRARY TO A widespread impression, the U.S. trade balance in real or volume terms, which discount

THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT has finally hoisted the white flag of surrender, extending veterans' status t

Ah, to be young again and be unburdened with the memories of history! This thought is inspired by a

''You must realize that America is unique," Eric Hoffer told me. "In all the 50 centuries of history

''The ultimate goal of the Federal Reserve must be to stabilize the general price level." This openi

Looking at the zealous pro-glasnost Soviet press in the early, hopeful days of 1988 (We are now just

Du Pont Is a 'Dog,' Not 'Pig,' in ChinaI really enjoyed your article about the Chinese Drago

WATCH OUT, PILOTS! The Wild West is coming to the airways. That's the likely result if an id

OFFICIALLY, EUROPE IS moving closer together by the day. Within five years, the remaining barriers

A surprising number of presidential aspirants to this office have indicated that they might endorse

SHIPPING COMPANIES and truckers have a real problem in the handling of overweight intermodal contain

I was one of nearly 56,000 people out at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium here last Sunday to watch a major

The economic relationship between the United States and Japan is important to the Association of Sou

EVERYBODY'S ROOTING for exports. With a favorable exchange rate against Japanese and European curren

Nicholas F. Brady, erstwhile conservative Republican Senator from New Jersey, tossed President Reaga

TRYING TO REGULATE the world financial market is akin to pinching a balloon: The air simply goes som

THE JURY IS STILL OUT on whether the current efforts of Central America's presidents will bring peac

Paraphrasing the U.S. cliche of a French maxim, the more visitors change, the more they stay the sam

U.S. commercial banks, stumbling under the weight of Third World loans gone sour, may have found a w

The warmth with which Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev greeted Margaret Thatcher when he stopped in L

The Rocky Road Of Rail MergersYour editorial "No Rock Island II" (Dec. 30) brings back a flo

THE RAPID GROWTH of air travel has put a strain on the capacity of the entire air transportation sys

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas established a committee late last month to help the district ba

If the year gone by proved anything to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, it was that taking bo

The major steel producers are seeking an extension of the voluntary quotas on steel imports, which a

Foreign Sales Corp. Idea Needs SellingI am writing to comment on an article related to share

THE POLITICAL DEBATE over defense policy has long been among the most sterile in Washington. What de

OUT IN THE FARM BELT, despair is turning to optimism. Rumor has it that the farm crisis may be over.

The last week or so may have been the Democratic candidates' best in the 1988 presidential campaign

IF RIP VAN WINKLE were to awaken in 1988, he'd hardly recognize the railroad industry. Rail's once-s

Your Dec. 23 editorial addresses an issue of grave concern to the Shipbuilders Council of America, t

Twenty years ago an enterprising French magazine editor wrote a best selling book about internationa

TAIWANESE PRESIDENT Chiang Ching-kuo, who died Wednesday at the age of 77, proved to be an unexpecte