Commentary

IN "THE GUNS OF AUGUST," Barbara Tuchman tells how in 1914 a minor political incident in an small Ba

THERE'S GOOD NEWS on the trade front, right? Well, perhaps. The figures forDecember put the

The last two years have been the worst ever for the international shipping fraternity , and there ar

In Dick Lawrence's excellent article (JofC, Jan. 12) highlighting the crucial role of the United St

If you call Van Doorn Ooms in Washington, a recorded voice comes on the line and repeats a couple of

Gary Wills' book, "Reagan's America: Innocents at Home," was in print and on the way to bookstores

''The federal deficit is outrageous," President Reagan declared in his State of the Union address th

Moonlighting appears to be more widespread in Denmark than ever before, despite efforts by the tax a

In a seedy office in a rundown, second-floor walk-up here, the computer software business appears to

The corporate critics trying to follow the story line in the Great Tax Reform Act of 1986 are pannin

Karl Otto Poehl, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, has laid it on the line. Under relentless pre

THE PAPERWORK MOUNTAIN, like a newly formed volcano, is rising another few thousand feet. Within th

AS A TELEVISION EVENT, which is how it must be evaluated, President Reagan's State of the Union add

WE HAVE GENERALLY HIGH REGARD for Secretary of the Treasury James A. Baker III. But when he begs us,

The link between food supply and political stability is as old as history. Egyptian pharaohs stored

THE STRIKE ON THE Long Island Rail Road, the nation's biggest commuter rail line, hardly looms large

Foreign investors have become a powerful influence in the U.S. money and capital markets. Du

JAPAN'S DECISION TO ABANDON, if only by a tiny fraction, its policy of limiting its defense budget t

It was a quiet week here in Washington. Some of the relative stillness was due to the two sn

THE WIDOW OF PIONEER ASTRONAUT Virgil I. Gus" Grissom is urging the survivors of the seven dead Chal

The big winner of the Sunday West German election was the Greens, the left radical party that oppose

The mounting U.S. trade deficit with Japan has sparked increasing criticism in Congress and the medi

Rail Merger Expected To Benefit ShipperYour editorial "Needed: A Larger Look" (JofC, Dec. 4)

ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO, most experiments in loading cargo directly from ships totrains ended i

HAVING GOBBLED UP all the easy takeovers, the wolves are now circling Pan American World Airways. A

THE NEW YORK CHAPTER of the Alumni Association of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy did something unu

The one big investor-backed institution in the city of London, which has escaped the control of the

The president and Congress missed three big opportunities for reform in the Tax Reform Act of 1986.<

As the fallout from the Guinness affair continues, the British government is doing everything it can

The plane sat on the runway. It already was 30 minutes delayed. "Miss, do you think we could have so

THE CONGRESSIONAL PUSH for trade legislation is moving into higher gear. Senate Finance Comm

The United States achieved a major political victory recently when 74 trade ministers from the devel

THE PORT OF NEW YORK has another empty marine terminal on its hands. With United States Lines protec

FIVE YEARS AGO, long before the Iran-contra affair, a group of prominent political figures from both

CONGRESS GRANTED AMNESTY last year to illegal immigrants living and working in this country five yea

Competitiveness is a bonafide Washington catch-cry now, one that President Reagan is sure to embrace

Trees like to grow where it is warm, wet, and low. That is why the best timberland in the United Sta

THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE of all the rumors and counter-rumors about who might be the next chairman of t

Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s decision last fall to close the domestic operations of its Sears World Trade

The dollar fell sharply enough in the first three weeks of January to make the headlines. Al