Commentary

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES seems willing to wait endlessly for democracy in Panama. Since G

The ancient Greeks were the first to say you never step twice into the same river. The annual sessio

Is the reunification of the two Germanies happening in West Germany? One would think so after watchi

GOVERNMENT LIABILITY WOULD NOT BE COSTLYMy letter is a comment on the Sept. 6 story ("Legisl

CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE LEARNED ITS LESSON eight years ago, when it got into a bidding war over tax cut

The Rockefeller Group Inc., owners of Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall, is attempting to

Since Mexico reached an agreement in principle with its bank creditors, which will reduce the countr

HER WHIRLWIND TRIP to Europe behind her, Carla Hills and her team at the Office of the U.S. Trade Re

A recent trip to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe brought home the limitations of socialism. But

Populist politicians often score easy points by decrying the "selling of America." This phrase unde

Writing about China in the late 20th century can be a risky proposition. "The situation usually chan

THE WAR CHEST for U.S. export financing will be used more aggressively to combat the unfair financin

PARANOIA HAS BEEN an effective weapon against science and technology, and environmental groups have

In his book, "Washington Goes to War," television commentator David Brinkley tells of this city's fi

IT'S IRONIC BUT NOT SURPRISING that while the United States is attempting to tear down trade barrier

Fresh from having wielded the Super 301 trade weapon against one important ally, Japan, U.S. Trade R

SEAMAN JOB OFFERS ARE INCREASINGI am writing in response to your article, "Ship Jobs Are Sca

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is playing with fire. Despite the Fed's announced intention

THE AUTOMOBILE and oil industries are uneasy about the growing pressure to use methanol as a substit

"All power to the Soviets!" That was the slogan of the October 1917 Russianrevolution, but it has ne

''PROTECTIONISM!" cry Britain's futures brokers: The U.S. government is interfering with a foreign m

Mull this over, please: "High-level working talks between Japan and the United States began

THREE MONTHS AFTER the massacre in Tiananmen Square, the United States and China are starting to get

DOCTORS STILL TREAT 'HIGH-RISK' PATIENTSThis responds to the story, "Fear of Lawsuits Seen T

INSURERS WILL BE GLOATING this Friday if, as expected, a federal judge in San Francisco throws out t

"Smart bankers and masochist workers vote Socialist," runs the much-quoted graffito here, reflecting

All governments employ active and passive strategies simultaneously to combat and cope with terroris

Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun who has gained world renown for helping care for the dying in

BANKERS WON'T LIKE IT, but a House Banking Committee subcommittee Thursday may approve legislation r

MAMMOTH BUSINESS FAILURES have been routine in the U.S. maritime industry for the past 10 years. Rep

Recent events in China have shaken the U.S. trade community. What are the likely effects of the supp

OLD ELECTION CAMPAIGNS NEVER DIE, they just start over again. A retired executive that we kn

INTERMODALISM AND RAILROADSYour editorial of Aug. 28 ("Bully Pulpit") implied that I may be

LAST YEAR, Congress set an important precedent: When it established a program to assure the elderly

BOMBS ARE JUST ANOTHER HAZARD in the airline business: Just as they are charged with maintaining saf

With the results in from this week's election in South Africa, 53-year-old F.W. de Klerk is right wh

Much to its own surprise, San Francisco may be about to build a ball park. It's not just the future

As the European Community moves closer to economic integration, many of its industrial sectors are b

THE BIG NEWS from this week's meeting of non-aligned nations in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is the formati

DECLARING WAR ON DRUGS, President Bush compared the effort to the invasion of Europe on D-Day. But t