Commentary

CAN IT BE THAT AMERICA's long-time love affair with "plastic money" is coming to the crossroads? Are

WHITE HOUSE HOPES that the Iran-Contra hearings would not provide more personal embarrassment for Pr

Looking down from the window of the Hotel La Citadelle, I saw a man across the street standing on hi

Canada Committed To Trucking ReformI wish to correct the misleading impression created by th

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. has won the latest round in court to keep its old X-body cars out of the shop,

IF THERE WERE any doubts about Margaret Thatcher's chances in Britain's next election they were erad

The man sitting next to me in the upper deck of a Boeing 747 ready to take off from Tokyo's Narita A

Picture a Pacific Rim country with a government dedicated to reforming its economy on the belief tha

Americans can join President Reagan in exulting about April gains in employment. Not only did the nu

THE RISE IN U.S. CONSUMER BUYING undoubtedly has led to a more convenient lifestyle for most America

Say what you want, it's been a bad time here for inter-personal relationships. Former Sen. G

There is much talk about the need for American business to become more competitive in an increasingl

Consolidations, relocations and layoffs - affecting more than 46,000 people in the past decade - hav

LIKE A PAIR OF LOOSE CANNONS on the deck, Congress and the administration continue to barrel headlon

DID YOU EVER FEEL left out because a close friend or a business associate forgot - conveniently or n

The Monterey, a cruise ship that has been idle for nine years, is expected to resume operations in j

As the trade bill debate focus shifts from the House of Representatives, which passed H.R. 3 on an i

The bulls are trying to regain control of the stock market. Whether their charge will succeed, howev

A sweeping environment treaty for the protection of the fragile coastal seas of the South Pacific ha

The European Community's bid to create a genuinely free and homogenous internal market for goods, se

THE SENSATIONAL NEWS of recent days has bumped more serious considerations about trade, the budget a

IT'S HARD TO PUT A PRICE on political leadership. But that's what many in Washington have been doing

Over the last several years a number of countries have hired private companies to, in effect, contro

While straining with biomedical problems of literally life-and-death consequences, the Food and Drug

There have been numerous stories in the Journal on the subject of preshipment inspections. These sto

THE UNITED STATES and Japan will follow up the recent Reagan-Nakasone talks with a meeting this week

A heavyset woman on the subway last week gave me the idea. She was becoming more and more ir

THE PROBLEMS OF PREACHERS in the press have taken a turn with the news that TV evangelist Jimmy Swag

There is hope. There may be a new trade law before the year is out. President Reagan, briefe

NATIONAL AIRPORT, outside Washington, D.C. is one of the few airports in the country with a mass tra

If it hasn't already come to your attention, it surely will over the next couple of weeks: June 5 wi

An article Thursday about proposed New York legislation for financial guarantee insurance misstated

WHEN THE UNITED STATES negotiated voluntary restraint agreements with 28 steel exporting nations in

During the 30 years in which I have been involved in insurance regulation, I have become increasingl

I enjoyed your Top of the Day story entitled Food for Thought (JofC, May 6). However, I feel

I pose a serious question: Are the Kremlin bigwigs immune from a whiff of corruption? In oth

HE DIDN'T GARNER big headlines in his recent appearance before the House Energy and Commerce subcomm

I came late to the free trade side of the economic argument. The overall argument itself was

Recently, after returning to my office from a short trip, I undertook to review past copies of The J

GARY HART'S BACKDOOR front-page problem has obscured a more important issue raised recently by the f