Commentary

THE SENATE JUDICIARY Committee's lengthy hearings over the nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Sup

Twenty years after the bloody riots that shocked the nation and sparked its sustained decline as an

MEXICO'S BEAUTY CONTEST is over. The winner is Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Barring some unforeseen ci

The U.S. economy passed a major milestone last week. The current business expansion entered its 59th

Two weeks after the Taiwan government lifted economic martial law in July by relaxing foreign exchan

THERE ARE TWO THEORIES about Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III's proposal last week to use an in

When Spanish air traffic controllers took industrial action in August, there was a huge outcry in Br

There is no doubt that non-availability of casualty insurance has eased since last year. There is no

ONCE AGAIN, the Reagan administration is on a collision course with Congress over a matterthat need

JAPAN'S DECISION to abandon its ambition to design and build a new jet fighter for its armed forces

IN BETWEEN the endless rounds of parties that marked last week's annual meeting of the World Bank an

A recent editorial in The Journal of Commerce paints a grim picture of a Congress afraid to take act

PRESIDENT REAGAN is going down fighting in his budget battle with Congress, but his harsh criticisms

IN JAMES BURNLEY'S peace visit last week with Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., the acting transportati

You're William J. Casey, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. You have an intense dislike fo

Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution - the document, not the ship - began o

International Trade, National SecurityIn her article on national security and international

Faced with a seemingly endless series of monthly trade deficits, Americans are impatient for action

FIRST GARY HART, then Joseph Biden, now Patricia Schroeder and - very nearly - Michael Dukakis. The

IN THE AGE OF RAIL DEREGULATION, it's hard to justify telling a railroad that it's got to run a trai

Much of official Washington is still suffering under the delusion that the trade deficit is a "probl

The heart of this city is closer to its leafy suburbs than most; it is possible to be in suburban Ar

A critical factor in future battles will be the number of vessels we have and our ability to withsta

WHENEVER PAUL VOLCKER, Alan Greenspan, James A. Baker III, Wall Street and the Securities and Exchan

Senator Joe Biden's bid for the White House crashed in flames last week, shot down, not byhis oppone

U.S. trade policy has fundamentally changed under the Reagan administration. In response to

MONETARISM IS DEAD. All but the hardest of the hard-core monetarists have recanted their belief that

THE ANGRY MOB accused of storming a ticket counter at Miami International Airport Sundaynight probab

In January 1985, the President's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness recommended enactment of l

What hard-pressed U.S. frontier guards found out the hard way, Italians now embroiled in a bitter an

WE MET A BUDDING young stenographer on the subway who has hopes of earning over $100,000 ayear as a

Attack on Regulation Full of DistortionsThe Sept. 11 issue of The Journal of Commerce carrie

THE MOST EMOTIONAL DISCUSSIONS over product liability law reform involve not whether consumers would

SEN. BOB PACKWOOD, R-Ore., a leading supporter of trucking deregulation, last week introduced a Reag

AS THE WORLD'S economic leaders come together in Washington this week for the annual meeting of the

Agriculture will be on the agenda as a joint conference committee begins its work of reconciling the

Perhaps it's because Bill Armbruster, our trade editor, and I had to run three blocks to catch the L

THE GRASS ROOTS backlash that is hammering the nation's airlines no doubt emboldens critics of econo

Accuracy Questioned On Embassy StoryI recently was shown a copy of your article of Aug. 21,

The most-favored-nation principle has been at the center of U.S. trade policy and the General Agreem