Commentary

The Federal Reserve System, under heavy pressure from the White House to stave off a recession until

IN LAST WEEK'S State of the Union message, President Reagan issued a stirring call for a new beginni

IT WAS THE END OF AN ERA last week when the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners forced the reti

Japanese Car Imports Need RestraintI have read your Jan. 5 editorial on Japanese auto import

Austria, its foreign minister is on record as saying, does not rule out the possibility of applying

EVERYONE'S INTERESTED when a crisis erupts. No one wants to read about it when it's chronic. The deb

The United States and Europe are rapidly approaching an impasse over air services. The reaso

THE SENATE DEBATE over ratification of the U.S.-Soviet treaty limiting medium- and short-range missi

PHYSICIANS DEALING with high-risk patients face high risks themselves when it comes to being sued fo

A journalist and a shipping executive were standing together on a 12-meter yacht that was cutting th

FINALLY, IT SEEMS, there is some movement on the huge omnibus trade bill. Congressional sour

The U.S. trade deficit is appalling. The deficit for 1987 is estimated at $170 billion, a record hig

Campaigns are judged sometimes by the issues they fail to discuss. By that standard, the current pre

WHEN IT COMES to fighting narcotics abroad, the U.S. government expects other nations to act in ways

WITH THE 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION just days away, the crucial moment in our long, drawn-out democr

Hong Kong Exports And the US DollarI was most interested to read your report about the excha

The oil and gas industry stands to reap substantial benefits from the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreeme

BACK IN THE DAYS when gooey black stuff that oozed out of the ground was of interest only to people

In the coming months, labor and management undoubtedly will face some tough choices. There are few t

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER Brian Mulroney has been the driving force behind the path-breaking Free Trad

Since the enactment in 1978 of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment linking U.S. trade concessions to the emi

I spent some of the past week making the acquaintance of this season's flu virus. I don't recommend

Alan Greenspan took the oath of office as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

Japan has been in the midst of a full-fledged real estate boom. Land and housing prices in Tokyo and

PUT YOUR WORK SHOES ON - we're still on the job, was President Reagan's advice to Congress Monday ni

The news from medical economics is that after seven years of the Reagan prescription for runaway cos

TECHNOLOGY IS the handmaiden of free trade. No matter how governments try to regulate the flow of go

TALKS IN PARIS this week may lead to important steps in reducing the often petty controls that now s

Although president for only the last 10 years of his life, Chiang Ching-kuo was the undisputed leade

Family Companies Merit ConsiderationOn Jan. 16, 1988, I watched the debate of the front-runn

AS CONGRESS GETS BACK TO BUSINESS this week, it is likely to become embroiled in one of the most voc

The worst scandal in the history of the West German nuclear industry has shaken the nation like an a

Ah, to be young again and be unburdened with the memories of history! This thought is inspired by a

''You must realize that America is unique," Eric Hoffer told me. "In all the 50 centuries of history

CONTRARY TO A widespread impression, the U.S. trade balance in real or volume terms, which discount

THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT has finally hoisted the white flag of surrender, extending veterans' status t

SIX WEEKS BEFORE the 1984 election, President Reagan pulled off a carefully orchestrated political c

Looking at the zealous pro-glasnost Soviet press in the early, hopeful days of 1988 (We are now just

WATCH OUT, PILOTS! The Wild West is coming to the airways. That's the likely result if an id

OFFICIALLY, EUROPE IS moving closer together by the day. Within five years, the remaining barriers