Commentary

LAWMAKERS NOT DOING THEIR JOB

ALEX KOZINSKI

Consciously or unconsciously, the other branches of government have come to rely on judges to avoid

WHY HONG KONG IS SUCCESSFUL

WILLIAM ARMBRUSTER

The trade official points out the window of his 31st-floor office and proclaims: There's no need to

LESSONS IN CHAPTER 11

EXPECTED THOUGH IT WAS, the grim fact of United States Lines filing for reorganization under the ban

OIL IMPORT GUILE

SEN. LLOYD BENTSEN WANTS an oil import fee. That's understandable because he's

from Texas and

INSIDER TRADING HITS LONDON, TOO

JANET PORTER

The scale may be far more modest, but the shock waves are being felt just the same. The case of Geo

SIMPLIFY VICTIM COMPENSATION

JACK B. RIFFLE

There is in this country a very serious debate raging with respect to the current system of civil ju

HAM-HANDED DIPLOMACY

AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT these days Germany bashing is all the rage.

Officials at Treasury

WHAT'S IN A NAME

BACK IN 1888 when George Eastman decided on a name for his fledgling camera and photographic equipme

TRADE DEFICIT APPROACH TOO PASSIVE

DON C. BECKER

Patrick Buchanan, the president's master speech writer and keen-witted conservative, had a slightly

WATERSHED YEARS IN INTERMODALISM

STANFORD ERICKSON

If the railroad industry can get through the present, Stephen Ailes, former president of the Associa

IRAN: A TIRED RERUN

THERE IS LITTLE COMFORT in the current crisis surrounding U.S. shipments of arms to Iran, but there

WOOING THE ELECTORATE

IN THE RECENT ELECTION, 69 percent of those casting ballots voted against creating a tax district fo

WASHINGTON REPORT

WASHINGTON BUREAU

The Federal Budget Ballet Begins

MANUEVERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN, both within and outside the R

KEMP KNOWS HOW TO INSPIRE