Commentary

Japan has been the focus of considerable negative attention during the Iraq- Kuwait crisis because o

That warm holiday spirit dies fast at American Trucking Associations. Barely a week into the new yea

1990 WAS A BAD YEAR for free trade, and the outlook isn't much brighter for 1991. The unpleasant alt

There are two principal forces behind the drive for limiting congressional terms that President Bush

The following is an open letter to Max Frankel, executive editor of The New York Times: The

IT IS A TESTAMENT to our concern for the environment that no one seriously doubts the need to reduce

Americans have a love affair with bigness. The big car and big home have long been symbols of the na

It was a dark and gloomy January day in the nation's capital. The man with the white beard and the f

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION is trying to tiptoe gracefully out of a tight corner. President Bush had off

AMERICANS WHO REACH OUT and touch someone with an international phone call also may be supporting th

This year has begun with more big uncertainties than the law should allow. For starters, the

The Middle East crisis, higher world oil prices, the collapse of Eastern Europe and the onset of a U

BANKRUPTCIES ARE NOTHING NEW in the trucking industry. But the demise of former industry giant P-I-

THERE'S NO SHORTAGE TO LIMIT SCRUBBERSMany articles have appeared recently in your paper, in

It took the loss of more than a million Americans' jobs, but the Federal Reserve System finally figu

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV IS NOT the only leader struggling to keep his country united in the face of obstin

AN ESTIMATED 30 MILLION AMERICANS took trips of 100 miles or more in their cars over the Christmas a

The November meeting between President Bush and President Carlos Salinas de Gortari of Mexico added

Last weekend, the Commerce Department released a 2.8-centimeter thick volume called U.S. Industrial

When sparks fly in Washington, Japan often takes the heat. But while temperatures rise over the late

AFTER A DECADE OF VIGOROUS price competition, the trucking industry is facing the unwelcome prospect

Books on management are popular these days for a number of reasons. Running a company successfully d

The confrontational tone of many analysts as to what happened - or didn't happen - in the recent ro

SEALIFT COMMAND HAS RIGHT TO SECRECYYour Dec. 18 editorial ("The First Casualty") harshly an

Fleeing summer in the city for vacation resorts, affluent Brazilians have all but forgotten Presiden

Facing the worst shortages of food and consumer goods since World War II, local authorities across t

IT'S HARD TO TELL if Japan is really serious about reducing its huge trade surplus with the United S

Pieter Van Leeuwen's defense of the anti-dumping law (The Journal of Commerce, Dec. 5) is an exampl

Take your pick: economic renaissance or Dark Age of protectionism. According to many observers, the

Just outside the subway stations of Japan's capital, young men from Pakistan and India hawk cheap ea

ARE WESTERN NATIONS sending massive aid to bolster the Soviet government ofMikhail Gorbachev

The dispute over trade-distorting farm subsidies that has deadlocked the Uruguay Round of the Genera

IT SOUNDS LIKE a pretty fair deal. Japan's largest domestic airline, All Nippon Airways, will order

Soviet and Central European economists have predicted that their countries' intra-regional trade wil

IMAGINE A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA where each state had its own currency, tax schemes and foreign p

ALL MARINE BLAMES SHIP'S NEW ENGINEERIn his letter to the editor (Dec. 18), J.P. Walters, ex

Attention all those who have ever wanted to push a bureaucrat in front of a train: The Association o

NOTHING SYMBOLIZES AN ECONOMIC slump more dramatically than failing banks. This week, Federal Deposi

The latest insult to the intelligence of the American people has their approval. Apparently

COMPETITION KEEPS companies honest. That's a lesson Consolidated Rail Corp. will be learning now tha