Commentary

The dictionaries say a Chinese puzzle is "intricate" and "complicated," words that certainly fit the

The recent rejoining of separate shipping and transport divisions at the United Nations Economic and

CUSTOMS SERVICE USER FEES understandably have become a source of irritation to importers, who annual

Negotiators from the office of the U.S. Trade Representative spent the last several weeks in talks t

Discouraged by recent developments? Think the world is rapidly going to hell in a hand basket? Like

Wall Street was atwitter with talk of easy money last week. The Federal Reserve allowed the Federal

FINALLY, THE ISSUE of airline competition is getting serious attention in Washington. By warning Ame

By the end of this week, Margaret Thatcher should have a clearer idea of just how badly the governme

GOVERNOR RAFAEL HERNANDEZ COLON thinks that independence for Puerto Rico is impractical and that sta

MAJORITY AT HEARING FAVOR RICO REFORMAfter reading the article on the Senate Judiciary Commi

AFTER YEARS OF THREATS, the Shipbuilders Council of America has filed its long-awaited complaint see

Often profoundly serious, even ominous, threats are leveled at the domestic U.S. merchant marine by

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, the tough reach for gimmicks. That is once more the case on Capitol Hill,

The United States Information Agency, one of our vital foreign information or propaganda agencies, i

CONGRESS ONCE AGAIN is unlikely to approve a mandatory drug testing bill covering airline pilots, tr

''A revolution is under way in Western Europe - one that may change the political and economic lands

UNDER PRESSURE FROM CAPITOL HILL, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has promised a recommenda

BY SELLING OUT to Blackstone Capital Partners, a New York investment group, CNW Corp. has avoided th

THE WHITE HOUSE is balking at the prospect of paying $77 million to solve somebody else's problem, n

Fundamental issues of the South African conflict promise to dominate the country's general elections

The 1990s loom as a period of particular challenge for electric utilities. By the mid-1990s, more th

CHANGE WAY OF PRICING AUTO INSURANCEC. Richard Peterson, president of the National Associati

A GLOBAL BAN ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS is a humane goal in the search for world peace. Two initiatives und

MARAD IS RIGHT ON FOOD SECURITY ACTA recent editorial ("Marad Skirts the Lakes," May 11), br

You can forget all that wishiwashiness about the best and the worst of times. To hear some congressm

WITH CHINA ON THE BRINK of civil warfare, the British government's plan to transfer Hong Kong to Chi

Since the Plaza Agreement of September 1985, the central banks of the major industrial countries hav

''THE PEOPLE HAVE JUST FOUND OUT what democracy is about," opined one Beijing man fleeing the massac

DESPERATE MOVES by two troubled airlines confront the U.S. Department of Transportation with an unco

Around the world, wise persons spend their time speculating on the effects of European integration.

C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics, calls it a "three-ring circ

The American economy is headed for a hard landing in 1990. Superficially, business looks in good sha

IN THE MIDST OF AN IDEOLOGICAL MAELSTROM, those who toil on despite the rising waters are most like

ARMS FOR AFGHANISTAN and Pakistan's nuclear weapons program top the agenda this week as Pakistani Pr

SANTA FE CONFIDENT IT WILL WIN APPEALI read with great interest your May 25 editorial, "Defe

Europe's railways are approaching the 21st century determined to recapture some of their 19th centur

The dollar's recent strength against other major currencies has left government officials and many f

A leadership vacuum may be developing at the Export-Import Bank. Former Celanese Corp. chair

Americans may have inherited venerable philosophical, legal and political concepts from Great Britai

A NATIONAL RECYCLING PROGRAM may well be the next step in reducing the massive volume of solid waste