Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

IT'S HARD TO KNOW what the Bush administration's trade policy is these days. Just before he left thi

A little stream meanders through woods and fields about 16 miles from where I live in Northern Virgi

BRITISH REVELERS welcomed the New Year Wednesday morning with more beer - and less froth - in their

Cinch up your belt. Turn down the thermostat. Pour more water in the soup. This recession will be ar

As you read these lines, the final act in the long decline of the U.S.-flag maritime industry is bei

AS HE LEFT on a two-week trip to Japan, Australia, Singapore and Korea Monday, President Bush said h

DEREGULATE TEXAS AIR TRANSPORTATIONAmerican Airlines Chairman Robert Crandall's opinion arti

AFTER YEARS OF FLUX, transportation in the United States began to take on a new shape and direction

The only thing lower than the man who waters the worker's beer is the man who drains his pension fun

There are no walls in most work areas in Japanese businesses and there is little private space. Work

The need for surgery was urgent, the threat to his survival without it considerable. The operation w

The Federal Reserve, along with the rest of the Beltway Gang, has panicked. Growth of total bank res

TIGHT BUDGETS IN MANY STATES and cities have led to a new trend in public finance: cutbacks in the f

IN CASE ANYONE GOT CARRIED AWAY with glad tidings last week, the Conference Board reminds us the eco

Administration officials are wondering what they will do with the Soviet trade agreement now that th

EVEN BEFORE HE RESIGNED as the Soviet Union's last president Wednesday, historians already had writt

THE RAPID CHANGE overtaking the former Soviet Union swept into Brussels last week, where leaders of