Commentary

THE INDICTMENT OF A FOREIGN political figure in a U.S. court is a questionable undertaking to begin

EDI Involves New TerminologyYour EDI Exchange column of Jan. 7 stating the 10 things I thoug

The United States is now Uruguay's second largest trading partner, but growing world protectionism a

James Joyce was 25 years old and grubbing for pennies as a Berlitz language teacher in Trieste when

THE FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION is faced with a knotty dilemma in its efforts to bring about equitab

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. won't begin flying packages to Japan until May. But even before opening its se

Millions of older Americans will soon be forced to pay more for their Medicare benefits when Congres

THE GOOD NEWS is that the European Community managed to get through last weekend's crucial meeting o

IT'S ALL OVER but the formal vote: With President Reagan's endorsement finally in hand, the director

At the dawn of the 1988 presidential campaign, the crash of stock markets worldwide is a grim remind

This city's chief industry is the creation of policies and programs for the rest of the nation. Occa

TESTING FOR DRUGS is one of the more abused personnel practices today. By holding that the governmen

Even American Indian tribes are protesting the U.S.-Canadian trade accord. A Denver-based co

The U.S. economy seems to be teetering on the brink of a consumer-led recession. Elsewhere in the wo

Although it was the fiasco of the Seabrook nuclear plant that forced the Public Service Co. of New H

AFTER BARELY TWO MONTHS in charge of the Department of Transportation, Secretary James Burnley has a

The labor unrest that erupted in Britain earlier this month unleashed widespread fears that the drea

LOST AMID THE NEW HAMPSHIRE hubbub and the anticipation of Super Tuesday is an election this week th

How the News Media Sways OpinionRegarding Stanford Erickson's article Dan Rather's Sharp Elb

In the 1970s, as in the first five-year plan period of 1928-1932, the Soviet Union actively sought t

The Soviet merchant marine has been hit by an unfortunate series of mishaps at sea. At first, it see

Let the Facts on Rails Speak for ThemselvesRail travel is just as safe as air travel. Trains

ANYBODY FOR FREE TRADE with Uruguay? The proposal sounds strange, but the question is seriou

A recent story in The Journal of Commerce reported a crime wave. Illegal Textile Imports 3 T

Taiwan Ship Policies Criticized UnfairlySeveral articles recently appearing in your paper ha

THE HEADLINES SAY that Rep. Richard Gephardt and Sen. Robert Dole were the winners in the Iowa presi

The Iowa caucuses, billed as the first major test of the 1988 presidential campaign, have come and g

THE SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL railway strike has gone on too long. Perhaps that is something upon which e

Automotive products make up more than one-third of our total trade with Canada. It is therefore not

The U.S. economy is suffering from a severe case of split personality. Consumer spending collapsed d

While the United States is - so we are led to believe - enthralled this week by Iowa, New Hampshire

There are two important points to remember about the U.S.-Soviet treaty limiting intermediate nuclea

THE NATION'S SEAPORTS are emerging from a long, comfortable era of benign neglect. No longer

TAIWAN'S NEWLY ANNOUNCED PLAN to cut tariffs is one more important, if belated, step in that country

Born-again capitalism is the all the rage in Europe now, reinvigorating a private enterprise ethos d

WHEN IS A DEAL not a deal? That question has recently become an unexpectedly troublesome one

AS ITS POLICY-MAKING ARM, the Federal Open Market Committee, sits down today and Wednesday to hash o

I am outraged by an article carrying a banner headline, No Nukes are Good Nukes (Opinion, Jan. 25).

BY THE NORMAL STANDARDS, the 11 Kuwaiti oil tankers sailing the Persian Gulf under the U.S. flag are

THE CHAIRMAN of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, John Dingell, D- Mich., indicates that the