Commentary

Due to a typographical error, the name of Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen, a consumer or

Industrialized nations rarely have been willing to squander their national institutions for politica

It has the feel of a lottery. Thousands of people flee their homelands in Central America or the Car

RARELY HAS A FINANCE MINISTER faced as formidable a task as that awaiting Leszek Balcerowitz.

HIGH ON OUR LIST of favorite propaganda tracts is Philip Morris Magazine, a glossy bimonthly designe

As representatives of many nations left Washington following the World Bank/ International Monetary

SLOCUM FUND RAISERS MUST EDUCATE DONORSI have read with interest and disappointment your art

UNFAIRNESS IS A HOT-BUTTON issue in Washington: Be it Japan's exclusion of foreign construction cont

ATTACKING CONSUMER GROUPS isn't a terribly constructive undertaking, but it has become an obsession

On a wall in the reception area outside the office of the Federal MaritimeCommission chairma

A REVAMPED TAX CREDIT for research and development, now in the final stages of congressional approva

In 1974, Congress enacted a trade law that included an unprecedented provision. Called the J

THERE WERE NO HAPPY RETURNS for Erich Honecker, general secretary of East Germany's Socialist Unity

M-Day is coming! A week from tomorrow will be the second anniversary of the meltdown in the stock ma

On July 12, 1989, the General Accounting Office submitted a report to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, D-M

Relations between Nepal and India are at an impasse following the expiration of trade and transit tr

PATIENCE CAN BE a virtue. In few areas is it likely to be better rewarded than in U.S. relations wit

Undaunted, unrepentant and undiminished. That is Margaret Thatcher 10 years into her role as Britain

WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, plays with the best of them. You can bet you

INSURANCE DISCOUNTS DON'T HELP DRIVERSThe Proposition 103 "good driver discount" was cited t

FOR SHEER BIZARRENESS, few things in government can top the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Imre Pozsgay joked to foreign journalists the other day that the battle at the four-day Communist Pa

As the European Community moves toward the completion of its internal market, there are important im

A recent Tokyo court ruling is expected to open the door to increased U.S.-style hostile mergers and

JAPAN'S MANAGEMENT METHODS get all the attention, but the decisive techniques of Iraqi President Sad

FACTS OBSCURED ON SEALIFT ISSUEDon Becker's "Publisher's Notebook" column makes for enjoyabl

Mexico's president finds amusing the catchwords and slogans coined to compare his reshaping of the M

Prospects for a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy could well depend on a trade adjustment strategy

THE WINDS OF HURRICANE HUGO have long since dissipated. As usual, the federal government is paying t

ALMOST EVERYONE who does business abroad recognizes Americans' culturalinsularity as a major

A mixture of profound sadness and great relief will be in the mental baggage as I leave China after

IT'S THE RARE POLITICIAN who ever encountered a tax cut he didn't like. And once again this fall, co

It was fun and games in world financial markets last week. Major central banks lobbed mortar shell a

Both the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense and the United Shipowners of America have asserte

FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES that domestic airlines remain firmly under the control of U.S. citizens. Transp

Over the past 10 years, the United States has achieved massive deregulation in the railroad, truckin

MISPERCEPTIONS CITED ON FUEL WASTE ISSUEThe issue raised in your editorial on Aug. 28 ("Haza

Even the most intrepid of British holiday-makers would never have traveled abroad without water puri

FEDERAL HIGHWAY Administrator Thomas Larson said the Department of Transportation might endorse "use

House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., wants to take back a tax incentive that enco