Commentary

THE CAPTAIN IS A BRITON, his crew Filipino. The Norwegian-owned cruise ship plies the Caribbean unde

This year marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most significant sets of labor agreements in U.S.

Every big city throughout the world fights traffic these days. But Tokyo, one of the most highly dev

As the United States and the Soviet Union sign arms limitation agreements, Japan continues its defen

THE SONG SOUNDS terribly familiar: achieving social peace in Central America requires economic progr

The leaders of the European Community will bask in the limelight today as they take another step tow

Deregulation has enhanced the efficiency of railroad operations and produced substantial benefits fo

AFTER MONTHS OF EQUIVOCATION, the Fish and Wildlife Service declared the spotted owl to be a threate

WHICH SHOULD COME FIRST, democracy or economic aid? For East European countries, foreign aid and inv

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed a major regulatory change to curtail sharply the l

A scandal soon may break on these pages. According to the Washington rumor mill, influential members

CONGRESS STILL CAN'T AGREE on a way to fix the Customs user fee. The current congressional standoff

Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Edward J. Philbin gave Independence Day revelers one less re

It's easy to see why America has lost its supremacy in high technology after reading Jean-Claude Der

WHEN IT COMES TO POLLUTING, farmers have had a free ride. Federal laws and regulations do almost no

When President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev concluded their recent summit meeting, th

Politics has ruined America's urban schools. This is no secret for anyone who has followed t

THE LESSONS OF THE savings and loan industry's costly collapse have been slow to sink in in Congress

THERE'S NO SHORTAGE of burning business on Congress's plate. Oil spill legislation is stuck in confe

REMEMBER WHEN, ALMOST TWO years ago, Japan begged the United States not to force it to accept rice i

If Secretary of State James Baker were wise and not merely smart, he would have delayed his departur

"In order to negotiate, you have to be free," says Felix G. Rohatyn. The Wall Street investm

The Finns have a word for the deteriorating economic situation in the Soviet Union: catastroika. For

Melvyn Copen is encouraged. He may even be vindicated. Mr. Copen is rector of Instituto Cent

In the age of supersonic aircraft, hovercraft, supertankers and high-speedtrains, there are

In a rear-guard action to prop up short-term interest rates, the Federal Reserve system drained a su

LEST THERE BE ANY DOUBT, Romania's 5-month-old government has clarified the nature of its rule. Dict

THE COFFEE CARTEL crashed. The tin agreement exploded. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Count

LIFE INSURANCE is a rather ironic euphemism. After all, only the survivors of the insured can colle

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has been so eager to praise the successes of airline deregulation that it has

Have you heard the one about Greek shipowners buying back the ships that they sold to Norwegian owne

In this ancient capital of the Soviet Republic of Georgia, with its low, slightly oriental architect

Years ago, when ships were owned by proud individuals with strong characters, owners would name thei

What's my hobby? Shoplifting. Wait. I don't indulge in larceny, or what the misguided refer to as th

Today, we certainly are not exaggerating if we predict that the 1990s will become the "decade of Eur

COMMERCE SECRETARY Robert Mosbacher's statement last week before the House Republican task force on

ONCE AGAIN THE UNITED STATES is giving the Caribbean nations the back of its hand. It's bad

FORWARDERS AREN'T INDISPENSABLEThe basic premise of Tony Seideman's article, "High-Tech Take

WITH THE DECISION THURSDAY to hold off on any trade sanctions against India, the Bush administration

The Cold War may indeed be over, as Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev warmly avowed, but some frigi