Commentary

WHEN IT'S BUSINESS AGAINST BUSINESS, contributor against contributor, official Washington knows the

With one of the lowest standards of living in the Americas, land-locked Bolivia has long pinned hope

Wall Street worked itself into a Thanksgiving Day lather over Federal Reserve policy. The day before

We've just had the George and Misha show, somewhere off Malta. A few weeks ago, there was the Bob an

SCORE ONE MORE POINT for Manuel Antonia Noriega. Once again, the Panamanian dictator has goaded the

THE RESIGNATION MONDAY of M. Danny Wall, the top regulator of the nation's savings and loan institut

LAST SATURDAY'S ELECTION offered the government of Taiwan an opportunity to show the billion citizen

Although the Bush administration's rhetoric has been tougher sounding than that of its predecessor,

An East German driving across the border into West Germany to seek a new life and a better paying jo

DEBT-FOR-NATURE SWAPS are among the more sensible, if not more widespread, methods for reducing the

MARITIME POSITION ON GATT DEFENDEDThe Journal of Commerce in one disdainful stroke ("A Plan

THE OPENING of the Soviet Union's economy has done no favors for the coach of the Soviet national ba

Dear Trade Minister: Now that your government has agreed to assume all of the obligations of

U.S. education is being bashed by the Japanese government. And we Americans - self-flagellating maso

The especially close ties developed in the Reagan administration between Britain and the United Sta

TO A PUBLIC THAT LOVES MIRACLES, degradable plastic bags are being touted as a painless way to reduc

This weekend's meeting between Presidents Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev seems to grow in significance w

ARTICLE ON PIPELINES NEEDED CLARIFICATIONI read with interest the Associated Press article i

INDIA'S ONGOING ELECTORAL TURMOIL signals a profound change in the country's leadership. At the same

AFTER RUNNING INTO A STONE WALL in the attempt to get federal funding for high-definition television

June 29 was the longest day of my life. Texas takeover artist T. Boone Pickens had just acquired 20

Yuri Maltsev makes the relationship between the Soviet ruble, the British pound and the U.S. dollar

UTILITY PROBLEM GREATER THAN STATEDPublic Citizen concurs with The Journal of Commerce's ana

IT'S ALWAYS FUN to hear foreign executives and politicians lecturing America about the virtues of fr

IT'S AN UNWRITTEN RULE of great power diplomacy that leaders don't meet unless the final communique

Ever since 1945, the Soviet Union has resisted Japanese demands for return of four tiny northern isl

URUGUAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION has brought new political forces into power at a time when the count

Rep. Stephen L. Neal, D-N.C., has introduced a bill that calls on the Federal Reserve "to adopt and

The downfall of East Germany's communist regime threatens political collapse, a new shock for an Eas

ROCKEFELLER CENTER, that landmark of American business, is joining the ever- lengthening list of U.S

SEALIFT POLICY EDITORIAL IGNORED SOME FACTSYour editorial, "Sealift Policy" (Oct. 20), is th

A STORM BROKE OVER JAPAN last month when word got out that Fujitsu Ltd. had won a municipal computer

AFTER MONTHS OF EQUIVOCATION, the Bush administration has endorsed a 35 percent increase in the reso

Western Europe's euphoria over the political drama in the eastern half of the continent soon could b

The sugar industry is among the most heavily protected sectors in U.S. and European agriculture. In

As my wife and I and our two boys enjoyed a bountiful Thanksgiving feast last week at the home of th

THEIR IDEAS for making the United States more competitive may have failed miserably, but one thing m

THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION recently agreed to keep on subsidizing four U.S.-flag containerships tha

Energy experts are warning of a potential new oil "shock" in the 1990s now that U.S. oilimports have

Even as the crumbling of the Berlin Wall augurs well for the end of a divided Germany, Gorbachev-ins