Commentary

The trashing of the U.S. economy by national news organizations is a scandal and a disgrace to Ameri

UNION LEADERS TAKE DEMOCRATIC MEASURESIn your lead editorial, "Maritime Disunion" (Jan. 6, 1

The next few years could be very difficult ones for both the U.S. economy and the U.S. stock market.

WASHINGTON WILL SPEND $151 billion during the next six years to improve highways and public transit,

The debate over whether to impose a speed limit on German highways is heating up once more here, as

IN CASE WE NEEDED a reminder of the gargantuan national tab for health care, we now have one from th

As the former Soviet republics struggle with price reform and ethnic unrest, Western companies with

The question keeps coming at me. Why is everyone so gloomy? It is most often asked by people who liv

JOB-RELATED INJURY CLAIMS are rising by the day, forcing a growing number of insurance companies to

Maritime industry officials are nervous as 108 nations meet today on the global trade liberalization

GERMAN UNIFICATION is continuing to strain the national economy. The latest problem is the inflation

Near the end of every cyclical boom, as well as every recession, there emerge widely held views that

Presidential hopeful Sen. Tom Harkin has just told a group of Winnacunnet High School students about

In the small Dutch tourist town of Maastricht, the 12 member states of the European Community recent

GEORGE BUSH'S TRIP TO JAPAN was not a complete trade policy flop, but it came close. In the space of

The president's economic package, expected to be introduced later this month, reportedly will includ

The United States has an important role to play in the economic future of Hong Kong, where Americans

EVER SO SLOWLY, the U.S. government is removing the shackles that bind the American maritime industr

GOLD-PLATED PURCHASING is not just a U.S. Pentagon problem; the practice has cropped up in Britain a

IN DEFENSE OF THE SEALIFT COMMANDThe following is in response to your opinion piece titled "

The U.S. economy will emerge from its current pause refreshed and invigorated, ready for bigger and

President Bush grudgingly concedes that the U.S. economy is mired in recession, with stagnating pers

SLUGGISH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS were hardly confined to the United States in 1991, although most U.S. h

Less than 28 years ago, it was generally assumed in Japanese shipping and shipbuilding circles that

AS PRESIDENT BUSH takes his "fair trade" message to Tokyo this week, Congress is preparing for an el

With the general election just months away, the U.K. government is engaged in a desperate race again

ASK ANY MONOPOLIST facing deregulation why it should be allowed to dominate an industry and you hear

President Bush arrives in Japan today, not on the goodwill visit planned earlier but to open its mar

RAILROAD EDITORIAL WAS ONE-SIDEDYour editorial, "Lowering Rail Costs," (Dec. 18, Page 8A), w

IT'S NO SECRET the recession has been going on longer - and is considerably deeper - in some parts o

IT'S A START. One day after Boris Yeltsin lifted price controls in Russia, some goods long a

TRANSPORTATION WORKERS raised their voices like never before in 1991. A half dozen major unions elec

AN ADVISORY PANEL reviewing ocean shipping laws was jolted when its members opened the pages of a re

No pain, no gain, the old saying goes. This was a recession that we were destined to have, and if we

My husband and I have been dairy farmers in New York state all our lives. We work long hours, usuall

Tokyo must break its eerie silence on emerging plans for an East Asia Common Market. It should say "

U.S. foreign policy toward the former Yugoslavia has been nothing short of disastrous. By taking a "

When George Bush sallied forth over the New Year's holiday to battle with the great Japanesetrade dr

IF PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE, then at least one thing can be said for the financial industry's legislativ

THINGS MAY HAVE BEEN TOUGH in the oil patch in 1990, but you wouldn't know itfrom the salari