Commentary

The launch of the Jupiter probe Galileo from the space shuttle Discovery produced far lessfire and s

OIL SPILL LIABILITY MUST BE LIMITEDYour Oct. 17 editorial, "Forgiving Oil Spills", indicates

WITH BUT A YEAR REMAINING in the Uruguay Round multilateral trade talks and so very much still to do

RELATIONS WITH IRAN have been icy since the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in 1979. But the Iran-United

Industrialists, financial experts, academicians, politicians and analysts have in near unison been f

As the Socialist electoral offensive gathers momentum, one crucial question remains unanswered: woul

Mark Twain wrote that when he lived in this city, he shared lodgings with Riley, a newspaper corresp

Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela have bitten the economic austerity bullet. The question: Is Brazil,

West Germany is now at a crossroads in its relations with East Germany's Communist government.

NEGOTIATING FREER TRADE WITH MEXICO will undoubtedly be a long and arduous process but one that will

The economic ties that bind the United States and Japan - always uncomfortable, sometimes painful -

With over 20 nuclear reactors operating in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru an

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