Commentary

PRESIDENT REAGAN'S COMMISSION on Merchant Marine and Defense, appointed lastDecember to asse

There is one indisputable reason why a new, comprehensive national trade policy must be put into pla

The four middle-of-the road parties that form the Swiss government emergedfrom the national

THE AFL-CIO HAS TAKEN one more step to unite the House of Labor. Thirty years after expelling the In

Once upon a time there were two clans, the Hatfields and the McKawas. The Hatfields, though

THE NORWEGIAN POLICE REPORT of widespread export control violations by West European machine tool ma

SEVERAL THOUSAND unsettled trucking executives arrive in New York this week to take stock of their i

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT of Transportation, an avid promoter of bigger airlines, has finally found a merg

The U.S. Senate has begun its debate on the restructuring of Medicare to provide catastrophic health

Robert Brusca, chief economist at Nikko Securities Co. International in the Wall Street financial di

When George Bush surprised absolutely no one by announcing a week or two ago that he would be a cand

Energy Independence Must Be US PriorityAs recent articles show, our nation's foreign policie

THE CROWDED NORTHEAST has little liking for nuclear power. Two completed nuclear generating stations

It is well known that the union movement in the United States has suffered a serious decline in memb

EVERY SO OFTEN, Washington's hucksters offer painless new remedies for budgetary ailments. The lates

As we begin a new round of trade negotiations in Geneva, the political debate over U.S. agricultural

AS EXTREME FREE-MARKET economic ideas have prospered in recent years, a new understanding of financi

Just before the tension began rising in the Persian Gulf late last week, the House Merchant Marine a

Are Alan Greenspan's first two months in office a sign of things to come? I hope not. Bond prices ha

OVER THE CENTURIES, seafarers in cramped shipboard quarters have followed a simple rule: When you're

Visitors from the United States or Western Europe, observing the lives of their Japanese counterpart

The global economy is teetering on the edge of financial panic this week. The murderous slump in sto

As President Reagan publicly takes credit for the record-breaking length of this economic expansion,

WHAT TO MAKE of Wall Street? No one can enjoy a nearly 30 percent drop in the market value o

THE UNITED STATES Department of Justice is well on its way to building a labor conglomerate in Great

Truckload Carriers Too Often ForgottenYour editorial of Sept. 25 fails to make a key point o

THE EUROPEAN COURT of Justice last week opened the way for the European Community to ban the use of

Essex House is a hotel in New York City now owned by the Japanese. It is located at the opening of C

Lately, we have had a rash of news columns blasting airline deregulation. I can't say for certain, b

BRAZIL MAY SOON be hit with a one-two punch from Washington. Next week, federal bank regulat

LIKE A RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE, the movement to re-regulate the railroads is gathering momentum on Capito

JIM WRIGHT, the speaker of the House of Representatives, considers himself one of Washington's shrew

They are marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of Queens College, my alma mater. As s

U.S. Representative Robert W. Davis, R-Mich., a member of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and

Truck Deregulation Editorial ApplaudedI very much enjoyed your editorial, "Finish Truck Dere

THERE'S SUPERFICIAL APPEAL to the measure approved by the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Commit

In the span of half a century something remarkable has occurred in the progress of Mexico. R

Who's minding the store at the White House these days? The question is a natural one, less b

ONCE BITTEN, twice shy. Florida Gov. Bob Martinez, bitten badly by his original support for the stat

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