Commentary

Japan is a bureaucrat's daydream - a country where corporations actually cooperate when officials as

Four months ago, British Prime Minister John Major was basking in the glow of opinion polls that rat

After approving a $1 billion loan to Moscow for agricultural purchases, President Bush plans to put

FREE TRADE DOES NOT COME CHEAPLY. The new semiconductor trade agreement between the United States an

IN THE WAKE OF THE GULF WAR, Japan seems determined not to limit its role to financier in other worl

THE INTER-AMERICAN Development Bank is about to approve its first loan in line with the Bush adminis

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he wasn't trying to link people in different loca

FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor has been the watchdog for crime on

In nominating Robert Strauss as his ambassador to Moscow earlier this month, President Bush said the

The vision of Scandinavia as a group of like-minded countries sharing similar sentiments has been so

In less than 60 days President Bush must announce whether he will appoint Alan Greenspan to a second

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT INFLATION had been stamped down for a while, it's rearing up just a little. Sho

One, two, three strikes you're out, Washington, D.C. Another time at the bat, another sad walk to th

SEIZING PRIVATE PROPERTY for the public good is a right government should use sparingly. TheIntersta

SHIPBUILDERS SUPPORT THE SUBSIDIES TALKSTom Wyman's letter to the editor (May 30) is one of

It's time to give China a serious demonstration of the "good cop, bad cop" routine. Both rol

IF YOU POLLUTE, YOU PAY. That simple tenet has been part of every environmental law approved by Cong

WHEN WILL THE TAXPAYERS' BILL for savings and loan failures stop growing? Don't hold your breath. Fo

Guessing which sector of the financial services industry will require massive taxpayer bailout next

For many centuries, traditional Japanese culture stressed the Confucian ethic of respect for the eld

Query: The number of people at work in non-farm jobs (a) rose modestly in May or (b) posted a record

President Bush appears poised to grant Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's request for $1.5 billion

AIRLINES ARE QUICK TO REMIND nervous fliers that air travel is a safe form of transportation. Noneth

THE DEBATE OVER CIVIL RIGHTS in the workplace has become a political circus. The only way Congress c

REGIONAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES should have the chance to produce equipment for the $120 billion global

POST OFFICE NEEDS BETTER AIRLINE SERVICEIn its recent editorial, "A Postal Service Airline?"

WITH ALL THIS TALK of the need for massive assistance to the Soviet Union, it's refreshing to hear o

A look at recent history should answer any questions as to the wisdom of renewing most-favored-natio

Congress is considering whether to disapprove President Bush's decision to extend China's most-favo

PRESIDENT CARLOS SALINAS DE GORTARI understands that it will take more than privatization to reform

On May 20, the U.S. State Department announced that the United States had suspended financial aid to

SOVIET UNION NEEDS HELP FROM THE WESTYour editorial ("Food for Moscow," May 20) assessed cor

TRUCKING DEREGULATION IS WORKING. That's the inescapable conclusion of a new report from the Interst

HOPES ARE FADING for action this year on bills that would make basic changes in U.S. customslaw.

MILITARY COUPS for years have been a constant threat to security and human rights in Latin America.

The prolonged and often heated debate on the Bush administration's request for ''fast-track" authori

FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROGRAMS ARE BIG BUSINESS. With more than $100 billion to be spent over the next fiv

You give an experienced thief a few tools, and he can quickly gain access to your home. I know that'

It is richly ironic that South Korea, a country whose sovereignty was preserved by multinational Uni

DETROIT'S AUTOMAKERS are at it again. After years of trying to limit Japanese vehicle imports, the B