Commentary

Trade Bill Article Deserves a RerunUntil I read "Passing Trade Bill Makes Sense," the OPED a

THERE ARE VARIOUS DOUBLE AND TRIPLE witching hours in a year, occasions when large institutions with

For many years Finland was able to dodge the bullet by aiming our less than 1 percent of the world's

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION is 20 years old this month. Alan Boyd, the first secretary of trans

"Spend, spend, spend, urge the banks. "Spend, spend, spend urge the credit card companies. "Spend, s

Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usual

During the last few years, the idea that low rates of taxation encourage prosperity has come back in

AFTER THE WAVE OF TERRORIST BOMBING in the streets of Paris in early September, the French governmen

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE is proceeding relentlessly toward its goal of completely automating its ope

A few years back a newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Transportation was being briefed on the truckin

THE LONGSHOREMEN'S DOCK STRIKE earlier this month hit home for two staffers at The Journal of Commer

CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS may be only days away, but is this a sufficient excuse for the United States

THE AUTHORS OF A HIGH-LEVEL STUDY requested by President Reagan on energy- related national security

Advocates of protectionism in Washington better scurry for cover: a formidable tigress in Canada has

THE METS IS DEAD," proclaimed Leo Durocher early in 1969 when his Chicago Cubs were 'way out front i

THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY is showing signs of being its own worst enemy. How can an industry th

Since Japan's surrender in the summer of 1945, Japanese foreign policies have been closely tied in w

When my wife and I visited Siberia last fall, we were part of a group of about 50 American tourists.

The foreign visitor to the U.S.S.R., especially one who comes as a member of a tourist group, finds

THE DECISION BY GENERAL MOTORS and IBM to pull out of South Africa by selling off their operations t

Wharf. Sounds like something my dog would say. It's my shorthand for Wharf (Holdings) Co., t

THE TRUCKERS AND TEAMSTERS have come to a "working agreement" (nothing's signed yet) on a step-by-st

European travelers still love to buy liquor, cigarettes and perfume at airport duty-free shops. They

Talmadge E. Simpkins' Sept. 23 OpEd essay "Tax Change Aids U.S. Flag Shipping", which applauds the t

Arms control went into extra innings following a no-hit performance by both superpowers at the Icela

Selway's New Order CriticizedI have been in shipping for 42 years as a merchant seaman, ship

Back in December 1941 the Japanese diplomats posted in Washington were taken into custody and sent

It surprises a U.S. visitor to the Soviet Union to observe the obvious ineffectiveness of Soviet of

POLITICIANS HAVE TO BE WATCHED AT ALL TIMES, especially when their jobs are on the line at election

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission was established by President Kennedy in August, 1961 as an inde

It's happened to all of us, and we've all probably entertained thoughts similar to those that floode

The British government appears to have gone cold on the idea of championing greater competition and

CONGRESS DID A GOOD THING LAST WEEK when it resurrected and passed an immigration bill. The legislat

If you think that Mikhail Gorbachev is blowing fresh breezes across the U.S.S.R., some observations

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS are likely to increase pressure on the United States to loosen restrictions agai

The British are an enigma to me. Perhaps, like most Americans, I was raised too much on Shakespeare

ELAINE CHAO, deputy maritime administrator with the Maritime Administration, recently spoke before t

Years ago, in the era of silent films, serial movies flourished. The most successful and best known

MORE THAN 4,000 OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY'S top executives arrive in Washington this week to consider

DISINFORMATION. It's a very big term in Washington these days, where the White House press corps was