Commentary

Harvey Headliner, this newspaper's free-lance outer space correspondent, hovering this week over the

THE TARIFF-CUTTING DEAL reached at the Tokyo economic summit Wednesday is heartening news for sluggi

When Bill Clinton started his new job as leader of the free world, he also assumed anotherrole: He b

The productivity of Japanese manufacturing industries is the envy of the world, but Japan cannot tak

The murder of Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo and six other innocent victims at the Guadalajara a

NOT EVERY COMPANY has a private police force to crack down on competitors. The U.S. Postal Service d

At midyear, the American economy is a study in black and white. Newspapers and magazines are full of

PRESIDENT CLINTON may think he's off to a good start in bilateral trade talks with Japan, but he has

Hopes for freer trade in this hemisphere - and in the wider world - were dealt a vicious blow by las

TEXTILE JOBS SHOULD BE SAVEDYour June 28 editorial, "Enough Is Enough" (Page 6A), makes most

IF POLITICAL TRENDS move from West to East, there's reason for hope in an anti-tax effort gathering

The mighty deutsche mark, long the anchor of the European Community's Exchange Rate Mechanism, has l

THIS WEEK'S MEETING of the world's industrial powers has all the makings of another failed summit.

FEW LABOR UNIONS in recent memory have been as troubled as the Marine Engineers Beneficial Associati

One of the defining characteristics of great leadership is a talent for turning visions of the futur

A HANDFUL OF ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS has succeeded - temporarily, at least - in blocking the path to a

Whenever politicians talk about increasing government involvement in trade, their free-trade rhetori

The U.S.-Japan bilateral trade talks are muddled over the ambiguous use of the term "managed trade,"

ENERGY TAX WON'T HELP CONSERVATIONYour coverage of the Clinton administration's proposed ene

The International Trade Commission began hearings this week to determine whether American steel manu

There's a race of sorts under way. One of the contestants is the drive for limits on the num

LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES has a reputation for good service, both in its passenger and cargo operati

WHAT'S THE FASTEST-GROWING COST in a hospital's budget? If you think it's doctors' fees or fancy new

WHAT DO STATE GOVERNORS know that members of Congress don't? A new report from the Heritage

FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION SPENDING has always been an unseemly business. The goal, of course, is to fun

President Clinton's budget plan squeaked through the Senate with Vice President Gore casting the dec

The racket started Saturday at 10 a.m. and continued throughout the day. Competing political campaig

For the third time in just over a decade, a federal government that feels chronically short of funds

Rumor has it the Ferruzzis are cutting back on bodyguards. If it's true, unemployment here is going

IF THIS SUMMER'S AIR CONDITIONING bill is busting your budget, take heart: Changes in the electricit

Shipping is becoming safer. Latest casualty returns from Lloyd's Register of Shipping show the numbe

GIVEN HALF A CHANCE, globally minded American retailers will put down roots almost anywhere.

Although it hasn't been receiving much attention lately, the federal government is moving ahead with

SHIP INDUSTRY'S CHANGING ECONOMICSI am dismayed at the quality of the debate concerning the

Environmentalists want the federal government to buy more land. They have persuaded Sen. Bennett Joh

FEW U.S. INDUSTRIES have enjoyed more protection from imports than textiles. While textile b

In Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park," the camera momentarily focuses in on a rack of T-shirts and o

BRITAIN HAS ITS SHARE of high-tech industries, but that doesn't mean its older crafts are destined t

If U.S. shipping companies act on threats to register their vessels under foreign flags because Cong

IT'S CALLED THE "INVISIBLE RESOURCE." The electromagnetic spectrum is the "highway" over whi