Commentary

With free market reforms starting to take effect in Argentina,president Carlos Menem will likely win

INSURANCE COVERAGE IS CHALLENGEDYour recent article, "Proprosition 103 Unleashes Consumer Ou

THERE'S NOT A DOUBT in the world that Thailand imposes unfair barriers against foreign cigarettes. T

A recent "Atlantic Monthly" article by James Fellows was titled "Containing Japan," recalling past U

Proposals to end the double taxation of dividends have surfaced here as often as proposals to reform

THROWING MONEY IS NOT THE ANSWERA response to a letter ("Liberal Opinions Are Out of Date,"

AFTER MONTHS OF PROTEST against new federal rules on employee benefits, the House Ways and Means Com

Federal Reserve actions have resulted in a major slowdown in monetary growth since early 1987. Both

Federal Reserve Board Governor Wayne Angell and I spent the first 10 days of September in Moscow and

AS IT WAITS TO SEE whether newly elected President F.W. de Klerk will make fundamental changes in So

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION can't seem to take a hint. In recent months, the Supreme Court an

THERE'S MUCH TO BE SAID for expertise. But by insisting that future members of the Commodity Futures

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