Commentary

It's time to do that little exercise where we look at our home planet from outer space and see what

THE UNMISTAKABLE STAMP of government showed itself again this week when the Coast Guard issued volun

JAPANESE ELECTRONICS manufacturers feel they are damned if they do and damned if they don't - or rat

BUILDING CARS THAT are more fuel-efficient usually means making them smaller, but smaller cars don't

PRICES FOR MANY consumer goods in the Soviet Union doubled and tripled Tuesday, part of an economic

Despite much official U.S. rhetoric, American policy by and large has blinked at Chinese human right

Less than six months ago, East Germans were looking forward to a quick ''economic miracle." Today th

GET ALL THE FACTS ON US-MEXICO PACTWesley Smith's article, "Debunking Free Trade's Critics"

The Persian Gulf war is over and U.S.-Japan relations have returned to normal - that is, if you con

The United States earned dubious distinction as the world's largest debtor during the Reagan adminis

Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic's designs on the rest of Yugoslavia may not be so apparent to the

IT WAS NO SURPRISE that Japan took most of the heat last week when the Bush administration released

JUST AS MIKHAIL GORBACHEV struggles to keep the Soviet Union together, the Kremlin is facing a 58 bi

Talk to Western businessmen and diplomats in the Soviet Union and they will tell you the same story:

CANADA IS THE United States' largest trading partner, but business ties between the two often are le

FORTY-TWO YEARS ago this Wednesday, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to counter the

Proponents of restrictive energy policies have learned little from their involvement in creating the

The role of the Japanese in the world order has been analyzed from the economic, political, strategi

AMERICANS OVER THE age of 40 are protected by U.S. law from age discrimination while employed by U.S

Proponents of airport, highway and seaport expansion who are frustrated by the Bush administration's

RECYCLING USED CONSUMER goods - aluminum cans, glass jars and newspapers - always has been an appeal

Seeking refuge from the economic cares of the moment, I picked up a yellowing tome of American histo

Although officially back on track, the Uruguay Round of world trade talks is really on hold as the w

I can make lists or leave them alone. I mean the checklists of "things to do" that you may c

NEW NVO BOND LAW FAVORS BIG OPERATORSI thoroughly enjoyed Rob Quartel's article, "Of Inhuman

High labor costs at the Port of New York have transferred the once booming shipping industry to othe

HARDLY A DAY PASSES without news of more trouble in the U.S. airline industry. Midway Airlines, the

ORGANIZED CRIME HAS been a fixture on the New York waterfront for decades. But the mob's influence,

Prosperity, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, is just around the corner. "Since

The performance of laser-guided smart bombs, stealth aircraft, cruise missiles, patriot interceptors

MANY CORPORATIONS ARE CUTTING BACK on benefits, increasing employee contributions to health insuranc

Polish President Lech Walesa, on a visit here last week, was a charmer. "If we (Poland) had

MOST AMERICANS DON'T like to see the U.S. auto industry suffering. Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca lik

JORDAN DID ITS BEST to distance itself from the United States during the Persian Gulf conflict. If C

The European Community has returned to earth with a bump. After several months of speculativ

CONFUSION IS THE ONLY CONSTANT in the airline industry. During the last six months, travelers and sh

Prospects for modifying the operating subsidy system for ship lines are in a shambles. Proposed refo

Nobel laureates are the royalty of science. Postdoctoral researchers are the serfs - working on shor

''Hardware and software are like the front and rear wheels of a car," said Akio Tanii, president of

Free trade with the United States and successful economic reforms can help strengthen Mexico's democ