Commentary

REP. GIBBONS' BILL CAN'T SAVE SHIPYARDSYour editorial "Shipbuilding Subsidies" (May 13) is o

The Big Three auto manufacturers Chrysler, Ford and General Motors must wonder whether they're ste

Late last week, after Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev apparently had asked for $100 billion in We

THE FUTURE OF HIGH-TECH RAIL in America is off to a bad start. Two European groups are battling each

Every day crowds of Japanese walk the streets of tree-lined Omotosando avenue in Tokyo's Harajuku di

WHEN A DANISH SHIPPING LINE cut its rates last week to attract new business, competitors cried foul.

This is a tough time to be a central banker. The marriage between money and politics is always storm

Earlier this month, the Bush administration told Congress the nation's bridges are in shambles. Engi

US SHOULD STOP CRITICIZING THE EBRDCurtis Hoxter's editorial article "Mr. Attali's Grand Vis

Beware of the elation following last week's vote by the Soviet parliament granting its citizens the

Congress has a chance to recast America's outmoded trade policies toward the People's Republic of Ch

AFTER SOME CONFUSION, U.S. and Japanese officials are nearing an agreement on trade in semiconductor

INITIAL HOPES that the Persian Gulf war would stimulate a serious review of U.S. maritime policy are

DON'T BUILD NEW 'TOWER OF BABEL'The May 14 opinion article recommending re-regulation of the

CONGRESS SEEMS EVEN MORE ANGRY this year than last as the second anniversary of Beijing's senseless

Brazil's investors, creditors and trade partners will be watching closely during the next few months

It is spring, and tax bills are sprouting new buds of hope for the middle class. You know the middle

INDIA'S INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS have defied solution since the country won its independence from Britai

Unlike other industries only now beginning to feel the pinch of wetlands protection, coal companies

At the U.S. Capitol this morning, a congressional official will walk to an 1840s telegraph key and r

The decision of a congressional subcommittee to deny construction money for the space station is a b

TRUCKERS ARE ASKING CONGRESS for the right to drive triple-trailer rigs over major highways nationw

WE'VE SEEN PLANS for Soviet economic reform come and go. The most promising proposal, the "500-Day

Official Washington suddenly has awakened to the fact that the Treasury deficit this year will be f

Early in the Persian Gulf unpleasantness, a Middle East expert named Fouad Ajami kept making sense i

WHEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN discuss their trade imbalance, U.S. officials complain of chummy Ja

The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center has issued "a backgrounder." Across the paper

Jacques Delors is arguably the most intriguing man in Europe. To be sure, Europe is a very large pl

On April 15th a new international organization made its debut. The European Bank for Reconstruction

MEXICAN PRESIDENT Carlos Salinas isn't usually considered one of the world's top environmentalists.

LEAHY BILL WEAKENS FOOD SAFETYYour article "Pesticide Export Issue Heats Up in Congress" (Ap

DELIVERING MAIL ON TIME is a constant challenge for the Postal Service. To help meet that goal, the

THE GREAT DEBATE over President Bush's request for an extension of his fast- track trade negotiating

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION is expected to recommend this week that Congress scrap the law r

THE FINGER OF BLAME for soaring health care costs always points to doctors' high malpractice insuran

The American Medical Association fired its big guns, set off its bells and whistles, turned out its

The Department of Defense has been widely praised for its role in mobilizing men and materiel for Op

PROVIDING THE SOVIET UNION WITH CREDITS to buy food, Sen. Bill Bradley said Wednesday, would make th

IT'S NOT ALL THAT OFTEN that industries clamor for federal regulation. But food processors want the

An information gap exists between the United States and Japan. It is something more profound than ju