Commentary

The question, "Why not treat Cuba just the same as Vietnam and China?" has been gathering momentum f

Should the United States end foreign aid? That's one of the big questions being asked in Washington.

JAPAN HAS RIGHTS TO SUNKEN SUBYour Aug. 10 article, "Gold Aboard Sunken Japanese Sub

DRUNK DRIVING has been a major cause of highway deaths for years, prompting federal and state govern

A funny thing happened on the way out of the forum. The forum: the Foreign Correspondents Cl

The recent murder of two prominent Russian bankers, Ivan Kivelidi, chairman of Russia's leading busi

PRESIDENT CLINTON thought he could isolate Iran commercially when he banned U.S. trade with that cou

DON'T DISCOUNT ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAYIra Rosenfeld's comments on the "failure" of the S

BRAZIL, it has been said, has a great future - and always will. That fatalistic assessment o

At Villa Ivanka, the hotel near the Split airport favored by the U.S. Air Mobility Command's 621st s

This is silly season, so it is not surprising to find Washington inventing a new crisis. The New Yor

The congressional budget deficit may have unleashed the global power of U.S. agriculture - at long l

U.S. FARM POLICY is a jumble of costly subsidies and wasteful land set-asides, a point agricultural

WHISKEY IS FOR DRINKING, Mark Twain once said, and water is for fighting. He was referring to the th

U.S. MANUFACTURERS have long complained of an open-ended personal-injury liability system that saddl

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS promised a revolution in January, but most look battle-fatigued as they se

A SENSIBLE WAY TO SAVE AMTRAKYour Aug. 3 editorial, "Soft on Amtrak" (page 6A), mist

Big business has always occupied an ambiguous position in American capitalism - partly defending fre

There has been no summer respite for the vacationing leaders of the European Union as they confront

A battle between giant U.S. corporations continues to hold up a $1 billion deal to help provide jet

US SEAFARERS ARE WORTH THE COSTWhile not prone to reacting to newspaper articles, yo

MINERALS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR may be the "common heritage of mankind," as the United Nations has procl

SIXTY YEARS AGO TODAY, Congress passed the law that created the Social Security system. What began d

The White House is having a good time calling Congress "heartless" for proposing $270 billion in cut

What would you call a policy in which a U.S. government agency: promotes the formation of a vertical

MORE SIGNS keep popping up that Cuba's Marxist dictator, Fidel Castro, is gradually prying open the

"Microsoft's Ordeal By Antitrust," an opinion article published Aug. 9, should have said that the U.

In a turmoil-filled decade for the international trade sector, no single year will be more eventful

BEWARE OF UNIONS BEARING GIFTSIn view of the International Transport Workers Federat

LONGSHOREMEN SHUT DOWN West Coast ports this week in a reckless display of union power. Was this a d

As tens of thousands of British vacationers head across to the continent for their annual holidays,

ATLANTIC & PACIFIC RAILROAD: A HISTORYFrank Wilner's July 31 opinion article may be

THE NEWS IS ONLY GETTING WORSE for OPEC, the 12-nation cartel that tries to boost world oil prices b

"Who needs the Ex-Im Bank," asked William Lash in his June 9 opinion piece. According to Mr. Lash, t

Due to a transcription error, an Aug. 3 letter from Federal Maritime Commissioner Joe Scroggins Jr.

RAILROADS today are merging almost as fast as media companies. Union Pacific's Disney-like decision

Opponents of shipping deregulation who think the maritime reform bill was rammed through the House T

THE WORLD'S FISHERIES have been in decline for years as increasingly sophisticated trawlers harvest

HELPING COHO SALMON SURVIVEWild coho salmon have declined precipitously as a result

FLORIDA GOT A WAKE-UP CALL last week and the state had better heed it. Hurricane Erin barreled in pa