Commentary

President Mikhail S. Gorbachev recently offered the Lithuanians the Soviet equivalent of a leveraged

CEASING HOSTILITIES isn't easy: Whether it's the Cold War or the War on Poverty, there are always lo

ANYONE WHO'S DODGED THE POTHOLES on Interstate 80 understands the sorry state of the interstate high

I was a bit down in the dumps last week when one of my sources mentioned a star-studded internation

MUTUAL LIFE INSURERS SHOULD PAY MORE TAXIn his April 9 article, "Mutual Life Taxes Are Unfai

It would be an exaggeration to say that Africa has been completely upstaged in recent months by what

Monetary unification represents the backbone of the German unification process. On April 23, the Wes

THE QUESTION OF WHETHER CENTRAL BANKERS are able to control exchange rates has long been controversi

WHEN THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT was created in 1982, it seemed the perfect marriage of partis

Interest rates in the United States, Japan, West Germany and the United Kingdom have moved up togeth

Recently, Congress held hearings on a bill that would pre-empt state economic regulation of motor ca

LET ANOTHER COUNTRY RAISE a barrier to U.S. business and the howls are immediate. But let foreigner

Another session of the Texas Legislature is upon us and magic sounds are rising from the halls of th

FOR THE CITIZENS of Leipzig and Dresden, it was a fairy tale come true. After a long sleep on mattre

The House Banking Committee is considering a bill introduced by Stephen Neal, D-N.C., directing the

The horrible fire that swept through the Danish-owned ferry Scandinavian Star two weeks ago has put

ON ANY LIST OF THE WORST-RUN countries in the hemisphere, the Republic of Peru would rank very high

BILL WOULD BROADEN DRAWBACK PROCEDURESBernard Lyons, in his letter to the editor (April 6),

THANKS TO UNCLE SAM, farmers received nearly $16 billion last year for growing crops the world doesn

Speculation is rife in Washington over which countries, if any, the United States will brand as unfa

THE SECURITY THREAT has changed, but the Pentagon's response to the startling developments in the So

ONCE MORE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION must decide whether to declare other nations to be unfair traders.

It takes 62 to buy $100 on Oxford Street. But try to turn that $100 back into sterling and you'll g

Where do we stand on modernizing and expanding the U.S. merchant marine? We have had studies and rev

American high-tech exporters are about to take on anti-Soviet hard-liners once again in the struggle

The press has been saturated with stories about the fear of African leaders that the West is poised

A PENSION SHOULD BE A PROMISE. But for many workers, that promise provesillusory when their

In an incisive letter sent last year to the summit of the leaders of the seven major industrialized

IF ANYONE IN WASHINGTON still thinks the Federal Reserve Board should push interest rates lower to

CONFUSING THE LAW AND THE ISSUESYour April 4 editorial, "Confusion at the ICC," might better

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S ZEAL to eliminate purported barriers to U.S. exports is getting a bit out

WHO OWNS YOUR SPLEEN? You do, of course, while it's still in your body. Who owns it, however

The enormous economic potential of Central and Eastern Europe intrigues Western businessmen and fina

Every spring we hear of a crisis in U.S.-Japan relations, caused by Americanpressure on Japa

With Earth Day 1990 approaching, the good news is that the environmental movement is spreading. When

HOW ARE WE GOING to put a man on Mars now that the Cold War is over? John F. Kennedy launched the ef

Political leaders could learn in South America that austerity and fairness, if they go together, can

AN ANXIOUS POWERLESSNESS growing across the environment like kudzu: That's Boston Globe columnist El

One of the articles of faith since the late 1950s has been that anything the Japanese produce can be

THERE IS MUCH TO APPLAUD in the agreement struck between the United States and Japan earlier this mo