Commentary

Harsh U.S. criticism of Japan over trade and defense issues has provoked a potentially dangerous rea

In passing the Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act of 1992 earlier this month, the House approved one of t

FIRST THERE was LUST - Leaking Underground Storage Tanks. Now there is LULU - Locally Undesirable La

AUSTRALIA'S REAL FARM PROBLEMSIn your May 11 article, "Australian Farmers Are Caught in Cros

THE NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organization, which has been seeking a new role for itself after the demis

Election-year politics are getting confusing. First, the word on the street was that the White House

They've just begun a recycling program in my area, a fact for which the entire neighborhood is grate

EMPLOYEE QUALITY TEAMS have been an important and constructive addition to thousands of U.S. corpora

The Bush administration and the leaders of the other Western democracies have decided that the Inter

A SENSIBLE NOTE OF CAUTION came this week from a leading international research group: Economic refo

"The last temptation is the ultimate treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason." It

AS IF CONGRESS were not in enough trouble with voters already, a new report has proclaimedit the wor

TWO DECADES of Washington's fiscal mismanagement have left us with this: a national debt of $4 trill

SHIPYARDS PROVIDE ENTRY-LEVEL JOBSArticles that appeared in consecutive issues of your newsp

One year ago today, Rajiv Gandhi was brutally assassinated by a bomb while campaigning in southern I

WHEN GEORGE BUSH AND BRIAN MULRONEY meet in Washington today, the Canadian prime minister no doubt w

Amid the predictable coverage of the predictable riots in Los Angeles, one statement surprised me.

A widening gap between the incomes and wealth of Americans at the top and the bottom of the economic

The long-delayed project to dredge the Port of Oakland's Inner Harbor to a depth of 38 feet is of mu

THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC is returning to the tried and true to hold back a wave of crime among young peo

AIR POLLUTION, an old problem in many parts of America, met the "new economics" last week. A

CZECHOSLOVAKIA HAS BEGUN the massive job of privatizing thousands of state- owned enterprises.

GAS PRODUCERS NEED PRORATIONINGIn your recent editorial on natural gas prorationing, you fai

After a decade and half of unrelenting upheaval and confrontation which have diverted popular attent

The British media have had a field day in recent weeks, thoroughly reveling in the plight of strike-

So you have just become finance minister in a brand new country. You must now decide if you will iss

The Department of Transportation is likely to miss the statutory Oct. 28 deadline for issuing final

THE WORLD'S POOREST CONTINENT - Africa - is having a tough time competing for economic development f

High-definition television, a new method of transmitting and displaying video images with greater vi

IN THE FACE OF sluggish economic growth and low rates of national saving and investment, House Minor

Many myths and misconceptions surround state marine pilots and the state-based methods for regulatin

I have a friend who often talks to the press about economic affairs, sometimes too candidly for his

In what is arguably the warmest period of the U.S.-Latin American relations in this century, one maj

FOREIGN SHIPBUILDING SUBSIDIES distort the world market for commercial ship sales and hurt U.S. buil

SENSIBLE NATIONWIDE STANDARDS on product liability have been a long time coming in the United States

Big Steel has declared war on imports, and according to at least one veteran analyst, it may be Big

The former Soviets have an important lesson to teach world leaders who will meet in Brazil at the Ea

EVERY ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE, a thin ray of light emerges from the murky Middle East "peace process."

Japanese are supposed to be workaholics. Critics claim that our legendary willingness to put in long

ENVIRONMENTALISM IS A FACT, not a fad. Corporations, slowly, are beginning to understand that. If th