Commentary

PHONE CALLS, 182 of them over a six-month period, were made to sexually explicit recordings from the

Congress Back; D eficit Still There THE EARLY RHETORIC when Congress returns today from its

EAST GERMAN FARMERS HAVE A PROBLEM. When the farmers stoop to tend their crops, their pants slide d

The United States is promoting a set of practical proposals for the prevention of drug smuggling by

THE 99th CONGRESS RETURNS to Washington today with four work weeks left before its scheduled adjourn

Jennifer Dawn Levin died in Central Park in Manhattan at about 5 a.m. on Aug. 25. She was 18. Rober

Nuclear energy has nearly ceased to be a plausible source of energy for our nation's future. This st

U.S. companies complain bitterly at supposed barriers erected by the Japanese government against U.S

The spectacular recent exploration of the interior of the Titanic by a self- propelled robot camera

CSX CORP.'S PROPOSED ACQUISITION of Sea-Land Corp., now before the Interstate Commerce Commission, w

It's irony time again. The issue today is South Africa and how the U.S. Congress proposes to help er

WHAT CONSTITUTES A RAILROAD? Is it the track, the so-called right of way that railroads own? Is a co

Imagine rock stars throwing a benefit performance to back a ballot initiative on land use. O

President Reagan's three-year-old program to spur U.S. investments in Caribbean nations and their ex

In its effort to rein in the federal government's huge budget deficits, Congress finds itself runnin

THE DECISION TO BUILD another space shuttle, and thereby have a shuttle based on the West Coast, is

Discussions in the European Community these past few months have once again, and indeed for the umpt

It is easy to misjudge the economy's prospects when things are close to the brink of major change, a

WE GOT A NOTE the other day, a mimeographed one albeit, from Warren Burger, who stepped down as chie

The big issue about Amtrak is not whether Congress will keep defying President Reagan by forking ove

Britain's experimental free ports are floundering in a "sea of red tape" that has prevented them fro

IN THE 159-YEAR HISTORY of The Journal of Commerce, its roster has included some distinguished econo

In the relentless search for "excellence," the U.S. business community is questioning its ability to

I buttonholed Dr. Andranik Petrosyants, head of the U.S.S.R. State Committee on Atomic Energy, afte

JUST WHEN EVERYONE IS JUMPING on the anti-drug bandwagon, there is a surprise disclosure concerning

SANTA FE SOUTHERN PACIFIC CORP.'S announced attempt to solve competitive problems that forced the In

For practical purposes, Congress has finished work on its most comprehensive overhaul of the nation'

Free Market Best Bet For Fair Oil PriceI am finally taking JofC ombudsman Harold Gold up on

Bull: Superlatives, only superlatives, can describe this stock market. It's a Michelangelo market, a

In an era of trade deficits and a falling dollar, is it too late for U.S. companies to secure a foot

President Reagan recently may have imposed a heavy tariff on imports of Canadian cedar shakes and sh

THE U.S. NAVY and the Maritime Administration have locked horns in a fight over the Ready Reserve F

Asians are accustomed to political ironies, but the idea of a warmer Tokyo- Moscow relationship unde

MOSCOW, AFTER ATTACKING the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade for years as an instrument of Wes

Kudos for Mention Of DOT Unsung HeroI want to commend David Cawthorne for the mention of Gar

A LOT OF US READING THE PAPER TODAY have an excellent chance of being around 30, 40 and maybe even 5

U.S. and Japanese trade officials have hammered out an overall settlement of the "semiconductor war"

Historians using sketchy evidence estimate humans began farming the land about 10,000 years ago. Mod

After 20 months of discussions, most U.S. liner companies - among them the three largest containersh

The rows of giant offshore drilling rigs scattered around the Scottish coast provide spectacular evi