Commentary

AFTER TWO YEARS OF TALKING, progress toward a new global agreement to liberalize trade in agricultur

ONCE AGAIN, ALAN GREENSPAN had the opportunity to join the push for commodity money. Once again, the

Back on March 11, 1985, when Mikhail S. Gorbachev was voted in as general secretary of the Communist

Even before he picked Sen. Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate, it was clear that Gov. Michael Dukakis

THE HOMELY PICKUP TRUCK has become Detroit's bread and butter. One of every three new vehicles sold

THERE IS HOPE AT LAST for an end to the bloody wars in Southwest Africa. After three rounds of negot

Eight years ago, President Reagan came to Washington, vowing to reduce government regulation of busi

JAPANESE CARMAKERS DON'T SHROUD SALESYour report in the July 11 edition (Japanese Carmakers

SOME OF THE BEST LEGISLATING Congress does is designed to protect Congressfrom itself. The b

In 1987, 34 journalists were killed, 10 were kidnapped or disappeared, 188 were arrested, 51 were ex

THE ROAR OF A LARGE COMMERCIAL JET is only slightly louder than the clamorfrom local communi

The Inter-American Dialogue, a group of 70 prominent citizens from throughout the Western Hemisphere

Don't look now, but some leadership may have broken out here. It's an example of leading pub

THE TAX BILL now working its way through the House Ways and Means Committee offers Congress and the

THERE IS NO LEGAL COMPULSION for the United States to pay compensation for the 290 people who died w

Wall Street celebrated a significant milestone last week, though it's a safe bet hardly anyone was a

For some people, awaiting life's next crisis is like waiting for Imelda Marcos' next shoe to drop.

Of all the appealing sounds in Japan, few are more reassuring to foreign exporters than the persiste

Greece has six months to shake off its bad boy image in the European Community. Athens took

I knew it well. Although a worse name could not be imagined, Allegis marked what was essentially a b

THE LEADERS OF MEXICO'S RULING PARTY have insisted that the era of their party's electoral dominance

S. AFRICAN BOYCOTTS MAY HURT WEST, TOOYour article regarding the effect of sanctions upon So

RIDDING THE TEAMSTERS UNION of its organized crime connections has been a Herculean challenge for fe

The Journal of Commerce welcomes letters to the editor. Letters intended for publication should incl

THE WAY FINALLY may be cleared this week for the formal introduction of implementing legislation for

Something about Michael Dukakis has made me uneasy ever since I returned to Massachusetts from cover

We printed a letter from one of our readers last week that really set me thinking. The lette

To many a seasoned transportation veteran, intermodalism is much ado about very little. To be sure,

SUGAR POLL'S RESULTS RAISE SOME DOUBTSThe poll results quoted in the June 17 article, 75 per

Business executives and Defense Department employees all over Washington have recently confronted th

An article published on this page June 24, Investment Lagging in Vietnam, was written by Sesto E. Ve

THE BUDGET CONSTRAINT that now dominates Washington is about to claim a most deserving victim. The U

THE HIGH DOLLAR makes the markets happy. Or, judged less charitably, the markets are on a dollar hig

. . . Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, including more and more of the license plates seen around t

THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES in the Soviet Union, and no one seemed more excited than the delegates at t

For the past six months, the House of Representatives has been debating the system of strengthening

THE PROBLEM OF THE FREE RIDER, the person who enjoys a benefit without having to share its cost, is

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Increased foreign investment, tax-free manufacturing and a growi

George Bush and Michael Dukakis are girding for their climactic political battle in the fall. Each,

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY has lessons to learn, if the efforts of Senate Republicans to forestall that ch