Commentary

Debt. It touches everyone. But, to paraphrase Mark Twain, while everybody talks about debt, nobody d

THE MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENT reached in Washington last week between the International Longshoremen

The Australian Design Centre's prime location, close to the harbor in the fashionable Rocks area of

THERE MAY BE A BRIGHT SIDE to the arrest and subsequent charging with espionage in the Soviet Union

Elizabeth Hanford Dole, transportation secretary, finally has acknowledged what has been obvious for

THE SUSPICIONS OF A CYNICAL TAXPAYER have been confirmed. The tax "reform" effort in Washington is a

At this writing, a fellow American reporter, Nicholas Daniloff, is sitting in a Moscow cell charged

ORGANIZED LABOR CALLS A PERSON who crosses a picket line a scab, an ugly expression to describe wha

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

This resort community is famous for its downhill skiing, its proximity to Yellowstone National Park

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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