Commentary

FORTY-SIX YEARS of white domination has left most South African blacks with the worst of everything.

The main theme of modern, politically correct America is fairness. The cheerleaders for schemes to s

TAXPAYERS, who support a vast army of federal employees, can consider this as they trudge to work to

I am astounded at the spin that Japanese officials have put on the failure of trade talks with the U

PRICE-FIXING IN THE SHIPPING INDUSTRYYour April 20 editorial, "Pricing Insurance" (Page 6A),

SHIPPING LINES traditionally viewed ocean trading lanes as a one-way affair. Hence, the conferences,

At one time, a duel at 30 paces was the preferred method of dispute resolution. The result was speed

European port authorities and shipping lines are in a head-to-head fight with highly sophisticated a

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG for the second government of Japan's eight-month-old ruling coalition to begin t

COMMON SENSE has taken a bath in Los Angeles, where a nightclub was ordered to shut down its main at

Palestinian and Israeli negotiators began another round of peace talks in Cairo last week, under the

THE YEARS-LONG QUEST by the United States and other major steel exporting nations for a multilateral

THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY often used legitimate companies to hide its clandestine Cold War ope

From Feb. 3 to April 18 this year, the Dow-Jones index fell by 358 points and the yield on 30-year T

Twenty years ago, it was anathema in the environmental movement to consider economics when debating

As the saying goes, "If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's a duck.

DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, exposed one of the government'

The phrase "labor protection" invokes visions of somehow protecting hard- working men and women from

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor fired the latest salvo in the war against bribery and kickba

CLINTON'S CLUMSY CHINA POLICYDon Becker's March 23rd "Publisher's Notebook" (Page 12A) is ri

FOREIGN INVESTMENT in the United States evokes a strong reaction from many Americans. Some, like sta

SMALL COMPANIES may not have the resources of larger firms, but they find ways to compete. Consider

It's been a little over 30 years since Milton Friedman published Capitalism and Freedom. In his book

Last September I traveled around the Tsugaru Plain in Aomori Prefecture, a major rice-producing area

FOR NEARLY half a century, insurance companies have enjoyed a broad exemptionfrom federal an

One year ago this month, President Clinton signed the bill creating the National Commission to Ensur

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan announced Monday morning that "the Federal Reserve will increase slightl

At the commencement of the Uruguay Round in 1986, the Reagan administration attempted to add worker

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG for the European Union to capitalize on a trade-related gaffe last year by the C

The European Union's five-year fixation with its northern and eastern neighbors could cost it dearly

For all his moxie, Harry Truman would never have made it in Mexican politics. In Mexico, the

A CONTAINERSHIP sailing from Northern Europe to the United States last month skipped a scheduled sto

AMERICA'S AMBER WAVES of grain usually move to market without a hitch. But during peak demand, when

The United Nations Earth Summit of 1992 is long forgotten, but ever so quietly its costs are mountin

Maritime subsidy reform finally will get formal Senate attention April 25 when the Commerce, Science

EASTERN EUROPE'S former communist states won't be strong, vibrant economies for some time, but there

The Cuban government is saying enough is enough to the black market and other illegal economic activ

Concerned that many Americans are leaving school hopelessly unprepared forfinding jobs, the

Trade officials from 117 nations will sign the new Uruguay Round world trade agreement in Marrakesh

Washington is pleased by this week's signing of the Uruguay Round trade agreement after seven arduou