Commentary

Some of my best friends are, or have been, press agents. I thought I had better say that, ri

A GROUP OF FARMERS, with no apparent affiliation or even any designated leader, successfully shut do

SOMETIMES IT SEEMS THE GOVERNMENT and industries pepper us with more economic statistics than we kno

This was going to be a column about President Reagan's effort last week to prevent a congressional o

The frustration of trying to conduct a constructive engagement policy with the Reagan administration

The latest report from the race for riches through science is that Japan is on its way to dominating

TWICE NOW IN recent weeks, important officials from Japan and West Germany have dismissed the notio

To Understand Umbrella MayhemIn my long time observation of the annoyances of survival in Ne

JUST WHEN FREE TRADE negotiations with Canada finally seem to be moving merrily along, another obsta

The stunning victory by Christian Democrats and their coalition partners, the Free Democrats, in Hes

IF THERE'S ONE group that should be worried about a tit-for-tat trade war between the United States

The economy is off to a good start in 1987. Total employment posted a solid 3 percent gain d

In the last article we noted the change in emphasis placed on civil justice system reform by spokesm

A STORM IS BREWING over the Reagan administration's proposal to cover a greater percentage of the Fe

TRADITIONALLY, THE ROLE OF shippers associations has been limited to pooling cargo for the purposes

The express trains pulling into Euston Station in North London are carrying more Irish passengers th

Whenever goods are transported in interstate or foreign commerce, very likely the liability of the c

THE JAPANESE REGARD AMERICAN lectures on economic matters as counterproductive and hypocritical. But

THE WORLD'S FINANCE MINISTERS and central bankers gather here this week for the spring meetings of t

The story goes that there was this devout Catholic nun in the Philippines who talked with Jesus eve

Charles Townsend Copeland, a beloved Harvard professor of English beginning in 1925, called his favo

THE TERM "BURNOUT" has become more and more a part of our lexicon. We hear it applied to athletes, c

''The relationship between the United States and Japan is the most important bilateral relationship

There isn't a chance of a snowball in hell that the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit target of $108 bil

TODAY MARKS THE 100TH BIRTHDAY of the Interstate Commerce Commission, a good time to reflect on the

The thousands of severely retarded children confined to state institutions are among the most helple

THE INDIANS ARE PRECIOUS. For years, New Dehli has pestered the United States for clearance to buy a

THE UNITED STATES was founded on a system of sovereign states joined by a strong central government.

Back at the ranch, which sprawls over a half acre of Virginia countryside, we get a lot of unwanted

The mind is an unruly thing, which revels in playing practical jokes on its owner. For examp

From the very first day that President Reagan assumed office with his supposed mandate from the coun

Your editorial, "Repeal Antitrust Immunity" (JofC, Feb. 27), shows how well the proponents of bigger

Everyone has a terrible taxi story. When people find out that I have studied the New York taxi work

ALTHOUGH JAPANESE EFFICIENCY is the stuff of legend, Japan's infrastruture is legendary for another

ON ONLY TWO OCCASIONS - World War II and the 1973 Arab oil embargo - has the federal government take

In the current trade-competitiveness debate, there is a factor that has not been given adequate atte

Insurance Leaders' Attitude UnhealthyTwo articles, one quoting William O. Bailey, vice chair

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's pitch to voters in the fast-approaching general election will be

In Vaughn Beals, the blunt-speaking 59-year-old Harley-Davidson chairman, America has a new corporat

CORPORATE EXECUTIVES think airline deregulation is working well, but they are liking air travel less