Commentary

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings is hanging over the environmental presidency like the sword of Damocles. A Con

More than 10 years after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries successfully wielded its

VAPORWARE OR NOT: YES, THE UN CARESI refer to your article "Vaporware or Not - Does the U.N.

HEALTH CONCERNS ARE FOREMOST at the United Nations World Summit on Children. The goals proclaimed du

THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE budget package worked out in Washington over the weekend is the best testimo

We can weather an oil shortage. The more dangerous problem is that we're running low on brainpower.

FINALLY, THE UNITED STATES is putting its Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the test. After weeks of he

Bush administration officials, prompted by the Persian Gulf crisis, are fleshing out plans for a mer

First off, let me confess. I have a weakness for sushi. Just last week, at the big World Bank meetin

The made-for-television Persian Gulf saga precipitated by Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait contai

WHEN U.S. STEEL DECIDED it needed to reduce its work force in Pennsylvania recently, the management

On April 29, 1975, when American troops were lifted by helicopter out of Saigon, most of the world w

''The Japanese have a strange habit," writes a European journalist well-known for his criticism of T

AS THE DEADLINE FOR a budget deal nears, a surprising compromise is emerging. Instead of cutting the

WHILE THE DEBATE OVER national oil spill legislation raged on Capitol Hill this year, at least one s

US MUST STRENGTHEN MERCHANT MARINEI read the article entitled "House Votes Funds for Fast Se

The man from AEG Westinghouse Transportation Systems was jet-lagged but running on the adrenaline a

On Oct. 3 Germany will be united at last, Europe is on the road to its own greater unity and all may

TELLING GOVERNMENTS HOW TO initiate credible economic policies is part and parcel of the work of the

Marathon negotiations over the federal budget came down to the wire this week. Despite the best of i

Common sense dictates that we take a long and careful look at the use of our nation's railway system

It's hype time for the Uruguay Trade Round. The round's proponents are firing off all sorts

PRISON OVERCROWDING WILL NEVER END: The more prison beds that are built, the more reasons legislato

WHEN IT COMES TO stabilizing commodity prices, the world doesn't have much to show for a lot of effo

THE FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION has become a vice squad searching for illegal deals between shippers

As Mexico and the United States embark on a new trade venture, the first of its kind among these two

IT'S TIME TO REPLACE MARAD MANAGEMENTAs with every company or federal agency, you have your

This dateline will be good for just another week. On Oct. 3 the two Germanys unite, and the

In recent months, there has been much heated debate about whether it is time to re-regulate cable or

The congressional enthusiasm spawned by the Persian Gulf crisis for spending to build fast sealift s

The modest but growing debate over the military operations of the United States and its allies in th

630,000? 800,000? ANYONE WHO CLAIMS to know the best level of annual immigration to the United State

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development spent most of the 1980s stuck in the 1970s, c

The editorial, "Selling GATT," (Sept. 16) sets up a dangerous scenario for GATT and for future inter

THE SANDINISTA LEADERSHIP WON'T rest until it brings down the beleaguered government of Nicaraguan P

THE DEBT CRISIS IS GONE from the headlines, but its impact on the economies of Africa and Latin Amer

Then-Senate majority leader Howard Baker called the great Reagan tax cuts of the early 1980s "a rive

We are by now familiar with the general problem impacting research in the United States: Funding for

GENERAL MOTORS' LATEST TENTATIVE deal with the United Auto Workers is a generous package that sugges

Even as the roar of jet fighters practicing over deserts in the Persian Gulf drowns out news from el