Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Commerce Department reported last week that the U.S. trade deficit dropped to $7.9 billion in Se

The U.S. government maintains relations with all but a handful of countries. Thus, it is only reason

No doubt about it, the environment has been a hot topic in 1989, and that is not a reference to glob

PITY THE POOR CAR RENTER. Every trip to the airport rental counter presents him with an unintelligib

SOLIDARITY LEADER LECH WALESA, who has just visited the United States, asks for aid for Poland on th

A slow process of change in the 1990s will transform our country from an economic democracy to more

ADVERTISING FOR JOBS: A NOBLE GESTURE?I write to criticize you for your inefficient and quit

Aviation is part of the European Community's drive to create a single market for trade among its 12

THE END OF THE COLD WAR finally is hitting home at the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Richard Cheney, n

FEW SPECTACLES ARE MORE repugnant than the sight of senators and representatives taking money for m

BRAZIL'S ELECTION last Wednesday, in which none of the 21 aspirants for the country's presidency app

THE UNITED STATES has legitimate bones to pick with South Korea. That fast- growing economic powerho

With the breaking up of the Berlin Wall and the tumbling apart of the Soviet Union's East bloc hegem

A dense multicolored paper curtain cascaded down as Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari trav

The Senate is in no hurry to consider Edward J. Philbin's nomination to be the next chairman of the

Solidarity leader Lech Walesa's speech before a joint session of Congress this week highlighted the

AFTER THE WRECK of the Exxon Valdez, no one can argue that the shipboard abuse of alcohol is not a p

TWENTY-THREE YEARS OF CIVIL WAR in Namibia have ended with the best possible result. The South-West