Commentary

The way Rep. Richard Gephardt, Mo., tells it, his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination

Declaring that the United States is suffering from a missile gap with the Soviet Union is always ris

WILLIAM VON RAAB, the commissioner of the United States Customs Service, is nothing if not controver

In the exciting early days of the Kennedy administration, I was among the first batch of Americans i

IN OFFICIAL WASHINGTON, policy paralysis is rapidly setting in. Nothing makes that paralysis more ev

The 1980s has been a period of virtually unrestricted free enterprise and entrepreneurship in the Un

U.S. MILITARY MIGHT is only as reliable as the supply of gears, engines and electronics that compris

The Third World debt crisis has been with us for more than five years. A growing number of financial

An ugly rumor is floating around, probably fostered by a disaffected Democratic presidential candida

Ex-Im Bank's Future Is Not BleakRichard Lawrence's essay, Ex-Im Bank's Bleak Future (Opinion

MOST OF THE TIME, our friends over at the Wall Street Journal are sticklers for Original Intent, the

So much blistering rhetoric has been uttered about whether sanctions against South Africa work, prop

THE DEPARTMENT of Energy recently announced plans to conduct a World Coal Trade Study to identify ex

My editor called the other day and said, Erich, how would you like me to give you a raise and cut yo

OVERTHROWING A GOVERNMENT is relatively easy. Replacing it is a different matter altogether.

On Oct. 16, 1987, after a loss of more than 9 percent in the preceding eight trading days, the Stand

THE CABINET-LEVEL Economic Policy Council will meet Wednesday to review an interagency recommendatio

We're all familiar with the marketing flub by Coca-Cola. For more than six generations, Coca-Cola ha

THE ECONOMIC NEWS has been good of late. The widely-feared winter recession has not materialized, th

THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM needs villains. When U.S. political leaders find themselves unable to

An editorial in The Journal of Commerce Monday, March 7, erroneously stated that presidential candid

FRUSTRATED TRUCKERS HAULED the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission into court last week t

Time to Give Canada And the CN a BreakIn regards to your editorial Get Guilford Running (Feb

On March 19, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Alan Holmer will meet with Soviet officials in Washing

A $9.4 million damage award against Soldier of Fortune magazine has First Amendment defenders upset.

MORE THAN ANY OTHER candidate for the presidency, Rep. Richard Gephardt has identified himself as a

I went to Super Tuesday and hardly anyone was there. I went because it was my first chance to vote i

THE UNITED STATES and Japan have broken off talks over Japanese barriers to U.S. construction firms.

Breaking out of a mold is never easy. The Bituminous Coal Operators' Association, representi

Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, and Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., predict they will produce a trade bi

Since elections are all the buzz these days, what is the state of democracy in East and Southeast As

THE SURGE IN CORPORATE TAKEOVERS financed with borrowed funds raises serious questions for a nation

The 1980s have brought radical changes to the United States. An enormous federal deficit has spawned

The U.S. dollar's value relative to the major foreign currencies has been declining for nearly three

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION sent a strong message last week to shippers who do not pay their

WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATING trade deals, aviation is a field unto itself. But in an unusual challen

Is the U.S. flag merchant marine in its death throes? It appears so. Presently, U.S. shipyards have

Europe's cleanest, neatest and most caring society is fraying at the edges. The streets of Amsterda

THE WORLD'S GOVERNMENTS, it seems, want a stable dollar. But stability doesn't come cheap. L

Exports Help Raise Farm Income of PoorLucy Komisar (Export Focus Harms Peasants, opinion, Fe