Commentary

As Mickey Mouse and his friends pack their bags to move to their European home outside Paris in 1992

WHEN UTILITIES GO BANKRUPT, federal judges should balance the interests of creditors who want their

FINANCING THE DRUG WAR seems nearly as problematic as the battle itself, judging from the debate in

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY CAN TEACH OTHERSYour Sept. 21 article, "A Hot Issue: Moving Hazardous Mater

Another of the deadlines mandated by the 1988 trade act comes up this month. By Nov. 21, Pre

I've often wondered as I've climbed up an escalator that wasn't moving whether the rise of the steps

WHEN THE STOCK MARKET soars, there are no complainers. But let prices take a tumble, and complaints

The 1988 Trade Act requires the Treasury Department to report to Congress countries that manipulate

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, last we heard, favors fewer barriers to international trade. Last week's th

In December 1978, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and put an end to Khmer Rouge rule. The bloody Phnom Penh

Central America has come to a pivotal point in its history - one requiring a sustainable policy init

UNCLE SAM'S EMPTY POCKETS increasingly are weakening America's influence on the international scene.

STAND ON SPILL BILL APPALLS OIL INDUSTRYIt is with great displeasure that I read the editori

The compromise that will boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in eight years is a mixtu

WHEN THE EXXON VALDEZ hit the rocks off Alaska last March, a U.S. company with deep pockets was at h

'INEFFICIENT' LABEL DOESN'T FIT SHIPYARDSYour editorial, "Sealift Policy" (Oct. 20), leaves

WASHINGTON - "That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where onc

Next Monday, ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries will gather in Canberra, Australia, to discuss

Washington gave Wall Street a powerful tranquilizer last week. According to the Commerce Department,

Sharply focused television pictures of tumbling houses and falling bridgesections, with San

FEW COMMODITIES ARE MORE VITAL to a modern economy than oil. And few examples of environmental degra

Health policy makers, members of Congress and state legislators have turned their attention northwar

INTERNATIONAL TALKS ON CURBING FARM subsidies have gone nowhere since 1987, when the United States c

The unswerving conviction and strength of belief that contributed so much toward the Thatcher phenom

On Sept. 4, 1986, the Standard & Poor's composite stock price index closed at a new historic high of

OIL SPILL STAND SHOWS LACK OF INFORMATIONWe have read with surprise and even with sadness th

THE PERPETUAL WAR OF WORDS between the fiercely competitive trucking and railroad industries has tak

Later this year, Congress will consider legislation to raise the debt limit for the federal governme

PRESIDENT BUSH HAS FRITTERED away much of his first year in office picking fights with Congress over

Most Americans, and perhaps many others in the world as well, are having difficulty adjusting to the

AS WESTERN EUROPE moves toward unity, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's opposition to a Eur

The Socialist Unity Party, the ruling communist party of the German Democratic Republic, is locked i

STATE REGULATION of interstate commerce holds the potential for economic chaos, as business is subje

ONLY THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM and the scourge of drugs, Latin Americans rightly complain, manage to p

The speech wasn't thrilling. An officer from the Army Corps of Engineers was droning on about how hi

SPILL LIABILITY STAND GETS LOW MARKSWe have read with concern and dismay your Oct. 17 editor

LIABILITY FOR SPILLS MUST BE LIMITEDYour Oct. 17 editorial, "Forgiving Oil Spills," suggests

There is a land that uses large wall maps to impress upon its children, from the start of their form

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Samuel Skinner could use a compass to navigate the heavy weather buffeting

THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT between Canada and the United States has faced its first serious test. To t