Commentary

The heart of this city is closer to its leafy suburbs than most; it is possible to be in suburban Ar

A critical factor in future battles will be the number of vessels we have and our ability to withsta

Much of official Washington is still suffering under the delusion that the trade deficit is a "probl

U.S. trade policy has fundamentally changed under the Reagan administration. In response to

MONETARISM IS DEAD. All but the hardest of the hard-core monetarists have recanted their belief that

THE ANGRY MOB accused of storming a ticket counter at Miami International Airport Sundaynight probab

Senator Joe Biden's bid for the White House crashed in flames last week, shot down, not byhis oppone

Attack on Regulation Full of DistortionsThe Sept. 11 issue of The Journal of Commerce carrie

WE MET A BUDDING young stenographer on the subway who has hopes of earning over $100,000 ayear as a

THE MOST EMOTIONAL DISCUSSIONS over product liability law reform involve not whether consumers would

What hard-pressed U.S. frontier guards found out the hard way, Italians now embroiled in a bitter an

In January 1985, the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness recommended enactment of l

Perhaps it's because Bill Armbruster, our trade editor, and I had to run three blocks to catch the L

Agriculture will be on the agenda as a joint conference committee begins its work of reconciling the

AS THE WORLD'S economic leaders come together in Washington this week for the annual meeting of the

SEN. BOB PACKWOOD, R-Ore., a leading supporter of trucking deregulation, last week introduced a Reag

The most-favored-nation principle has been at the center of U.S. trade policy and the General Agreem

Accuracy Questioned On Embassy StoryI recently was shown a copy of your article of Aug. 21,

In the western Catskills, as in the rest of the nation, the big news of the week went virtually unno

THE GRASS ROOTS backlash that is hammering the nation's airlines no doubt emboldens critics of econo

THE UNITED NATIONS has long served as a handy whipping boy for U.S. politicians. Legislators of both

Since the trade deficit scare began, many false notions have crept into our national economic debate

There is something uncomfortably fitting in the match-up of Judge Robert Bork as a Supreme Court nom

AS MALPRACTICE INSURANCE premiums around the country have multiplied, so have the efforts of state

IN WHAT MAY BE its last attempt to implement its domestic economic agenda, the Reagan administration

Uncle Sam is heading out to the farm with a "Protect the Environment" cap on his head and a stack of

What's to be done with the dragons of Asia, whose dynamic economies are perceived to be sapping the

Twenty years ago, President John F. Kennedy called world trade a rising tide lifting all boats. Unfo

LAST YEAR, all the talk on Wall Street was of the triple witching hours, which occur once every thre

Due to an typographical error on this page yesterday, the meaning of the concluding paragraph in the

World financial markets will focus on Washington this weekend, as the annual meetings of the World B

East German leader Erich Honecker's historic journey across the border to West Germany produced a pr

Energy Plan Editorial Held Right on TargetYour editorial calling for a national energy plan

IMPORT QUOTAS have become major obstacles to trade. Roughly 18 percent of U.S. imports came in under

Throughout our history, governmental support to U.S. shipbuilders and owners has had a more or less

THE INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL limiting production of chlorofluorocarbons, signed last week by 24 countr

The war between Iran and Iraq has been going on for more than seven years. When it ends, and I would

THE UNENDING FANTASY of military dictators is that they can put the world to rights. Troubled by the

THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE UNIONS and the American Civil Liberties Union are up in arms against a decis

THE DELAY IN NAMING a new transportation secretary to replace Elizabeth Hanford Dole is being linked