Commentary

AMTRAK DESERVES FEDERAL SUPPORTIn light of your previous editorials and Amtrak's efficient u

THE COST OF MAILING a first-class letter rose 4 cents last month, but February wasn't a complete los

With record financial losses and unprecedented industry concentration, U.S. air carriers appear to b

THE NAVY APPARENTLY knows how much it will spend in the next few years to beef up the nation's fast

SUCCESS IN BUSINESS often means taking risks. Burlington Northern Railroad, one of the nation's most

COMPETITIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY in markets usually go hand in hand. But sometimes business behavior

If a year can be a lifetime in politics, then Mikhail Gorbachev's six years as Soviet head of state

Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze stunned world political leaders with his unexpected r

Felix Rohatyn, America's most respected investment banker, rode into Chicago last week with a warnin

MARITIME REFORM PLAN HAS FLAWSIn their piece on the steps needed for maritime reform, ("Four

WHEN IRAQI TANKS rolled into Kuwait seven months ago, the United States faced a series of diplomati

THE FEDERAL BACKUP fund for insolvent pension plans itself could fall short unless the administratio

Marshal Josip Broz Tito's version of a united Yugoslavia appears headed for the history books. The q

Since 1978, the United States has tried to export an aviation policy commonly known as "open skies."

LYNN MARTIN, WHO was sworn in last Friday as the new secretary of labor, began her tenure by pledgin

THE COUP WAS THE easy part. Setting up a new provisional government in Thailand is proving to be a m

ILL. AGENCY CLARIFIES REQUEST TO FERCIt has come to our attention that your article "Ill. Ag

PRESIDENT BUSH THIS WEEK will send Congress a seemingly minor trade proposal that nonetheless could

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan assured Congress last week that the current recession would

Meet Bill Gill, consultant, author, lecturer and unabashed protectionist. Mr. Gill stopped b

The collapse of the private banking insurance system in Rhode Island surely signals the death knell

IF THE DEVIL IS IN the details, the Department of Energy may have hell to pay once Congress begins

PORT DREDGING NEEDS RATIONAL APPROACHYour editorial "Clearing the Water" (Feb. 4) correctly

The United States has shown that it no longer will "pay any price or bear any burden" to defend its

Aircraft financing in the United States today is extremely flexible and sophisticated, in part beca

''UNITED WE STAND, divided we fall" should be the slogan of Slavic republics seeking economic prospe

THE CLOUDS SHADOWING the suspended world trade talks began to lift last week when negotiators agreed

There's an understandable sense of national pride as we marvel at Patriot missiles in flight or watc

AFTER ONLY TWO MONTHS as Federal Maritime Commission chairman, Christopher L. Koch has begun to lea

FINANCIAL TURMOIL AMONG the world's airlines offers good examples of the right way - and the wrong w

The Mamas and Pappas once sang about California dreaming on a winter's day. These winter days, Calif

THE UNITED STATES HAS SPENT the last 20 years searching for an energy policy that makes us less dep

The idea for a new international development bank should set off alarms for U.S. companies bidding f

Perrier, the chic drink of the 1980s, can't get its old market back. It has tried every conceivable

Freight transportation's shrinking share of the national economic pie may be mostly good news.

WHEN GOVERNMENTS TRY to set the price or market share of imports and exports, productivity and growt

Japanese leaders don't like what they're hearing when they turn on their televisions and radios. It

Much of the war materiel used by allied forces in Saudi Arabia has been transported in commercial sh

Recent information on the nation's economic performance provides mixed signals about the length and

GOVERNMENT REGULATION HAS ITS PLACE, but the ocean freight brokering business is not one of them.