Commentary

THE RAILROAD URGE TO MERGE sometimes takes some strange turns. Last summer, after more than two yea

The impact of last week's dismissal of Chinese Communist Party Leader Hu Yaobang on the country's am

ALTHOUGH THE UNITED STATES has experienced a decline in many forms of heavy manufacturing, the natio

Guinness is good for you" claimed one of the best known and most successful advertising campaigns of

THOMAS LABRECQUE, president of Chase Manhattan Bank, America's third largest, made headlines last fa

RALPH NADER ISN'T LIKELY to win friends on Capitol Hill with his latest proposal: Forget the salary

Most state and local taxes have become so unfair that families making over $500,000 a year pay a sma

THE STRONG REACTION to the report in the New York Times last week that the Reagan administration wan

THE SKIES OVER WASHINGTON are full of trial balloons these days. The Reagan administration hasn't ev

Petroleum Reserve Only Buys Some TimeYou're right to gloat about our foresight in building a

Even some of the factors that are supposed to be quite different from the late 1920s and are meant t

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION likes to talk about relying on market forces. But it isn't adverse to givi

The postwar international economic system was designed with three organizations at its heart, an Int

The parallels between the world now and that of the late 1920s are indeed frightening, and the possi

WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, quite a few years ago, our family didn't buy Sinclair gasoline, Ward's brea

* A U.S. finance minister, with the combined responsibilities of the Treasury secretary, the budget

We have been concerned about safety in the commercial fishing industry since our 20-year-old son, Pe

WHEN CONGRESS PASSED the Shipping Act of 1984 it mandated a legislative review five years down the

On acid rain (JofC, Nov. 17) the debate certainly hasn't changed during the past three sessions of C

POLITICS IS THE ART of the possible. Beryl Sprinkel has learned that well. As chairman of the Counc

The lake was on fire. Flame rose into the tropical sky, crackling and snapping, radiating wa

THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN are taking an important first step toward international regulation of

There is an indirect benefit of Western imports that may be far more important to the Soviet economy

The Red Queen examined the 1986 statistics, showed them to the Duchess, and promptly said, "Revise t

Despite the marked fall in the value of the dollar, the U.S. trade balance has not manifested any te

Britain increasingly is becoming a nation divided, with the south becoming more prosperous while the

THE PRESIDENT'S STAFF has displayed some sleight of hand in its fiscal 1988 budget proposal for the

THE AUTO DEALERS reaped a bonanza in December as customers responded in droves to their appeals - pr

From William J. Barnds' office on K Street in Washington, he can just make out the Old Executive Off

Another round of gasps and consternation can be expected when the medical statisticians complete the

EACH DAY, AT DOZENS of airports around the country, American Airlines gathers up the tickets handed

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION will try again this year to win Senate approval of a series of bilateral i

THE TRIAL LAWYERS have been fighting against efforts to overhaul the civil justice system, claiming

The European Community had hoped that by 1985 its steel industry's problems, by and large, would be

Clearing the Air On AAR OperationsIn Andrea Chancellor's column, "Inside Talk on Transportat

THE PERILS AND REWARDS of bigness are nowhere better illustrated today than in the shipping industry

PRESIDENT REAGAN'S TRILLION-PLUS BUDGET, which some Democrats are characterizing uncharitably as de

Poland in the early days of 1987 is a wobbly country catching at the straws of limited economic succ

Understanding the truly global nature of today's business environment is a challenge facing U.S. man

LOUIS AND MARY BOLI, a retired couple from Santa Barbara, Calif., are suing the federal government i