Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

On the complex and contentious issue of how to reduce the staggering U.S. trade deficit, everyone se

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

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

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

YESTERDAY, THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE published on this page an article by Takako Doi, chairwoman of th

Energy Plan Gets Partial ApprovalThe Journal of Commerce's Aug. 24 editorial "Time for an En

THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT SYSTEM is a mess, a mess that is bound to get worse before it gets better.

Over the last century, and particularly since World War II, the United States was the unequaled cham

The Russians are having trouble with their minorities. The Latvians are protesting publicly

Mexico is poised at a historic juncture. It must choose between a globally competitive economy of th

Two familiar objects - the taxicab and the telephone - may offer important keys to the nature of the

IDEAS ABOUT HOW to increase the government's revenues are flying thick and fast in Washington. One t

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER BRIAN MULRONEY says there are many important stumbling blocks." U.S. Treasur

Some two years had passed since the end of that inferno, the Pacific War. I was then a girl in my mi

As a way of reducing the persistently large federal budget deficit, Congress is considering sizable

The Commerce Department reported last week that the U.S. trade deficit rose to a record $16.5 billio

ELIZABETH DOLE, who announced her resignation as secretary of transportation Monday, served in that

C. William Verity Jr., the presumed next secretary of commerce, said last week that Congress this ye

Last summer, before Congress left town, the Financial Times of London ran a front page headline that

Elsewhere on this page, John H. Makin cogently argues the case for reducing expenditures on governme

Americans have often been accused, perhaps justly, of having a short attention span and an even shor

Mikhail Gorbachev's economic reforms have run into a bit of a problem. Increasing labor productivity

When the leaders of East and West Germany shook hands in Bonn last week, the inevitable topic of reu

THE HOUSE AND SENATE trade bills have received considerable negative publicity in recent months, muc

THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE is going modern. A postal version of automated teller machines, dispensing s

More Questions On US Auto IndustryThe article by Rep. John J. LaFalce (Sept. 3) indicates a

THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION has more than one offer in hand for the purchase or charter of the super

The Aztecs were the great warriors of Mexico. For more than 50 years, until they were conquered by t

And now the news. . . What kind of day was it 160 years ago when The Journal of Commerce got its sta

HOW BAD HAS THE OIL-PRICE BUST been for business in the energy-dependent states? By now, most people

Congress is taking control of U.S. trade policy, moving it in the direction of greater activism. The

WELFARE REFORM might seem an idea whose time has come. House Democrats have introduced a bill costin

Foreign Inspections Are a Trade BarrierYour Aug. 19 editorial on the pre-shipment inspection

Strengthening our national defense globally and our competitive standing internationally should be t