Commentary

THE BIG TREND IN RAILROADS of late has been to shed uneconomical and light density trackage. In many

It snowed New Year's evening in the New York area. The first snow of the season. My wife and I and o

THE LAST TWO YEARS of the Reagan administration begin under the clouds of the Iran arms scandal and

Witness Takes Issue With Unit's StanceI read with interest James Nolan's account (JofC, Dec.

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION is rowing hard but losing way against the protectionist storm it expects t

Sometime within 1987, Greece's Socialist government will have to make a choice that will determine t

WHAT IS A TOXIC CHEMICAL? What is a carcinogen? There really is no way of knowing, according to Lest

Massachusetts may be on the verge of becoming the first industrial state in the nation to eliminate

U.S. FARMERS LOOKING for ways to diversify got together earlier this month in Des Moines, consideri

Beyond the policy barriers, misunderstanding and lack of compatible business practices between the U

HOW WELL THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S new formula for state aid to the shipbuilding industry works out m

The White House appears finally to have recognized that it must take affirmative action to block wha

Gabon is a rare exception in Africa. On a continent where most economies are in severe crisis and t

LEE IACOCCA would like to keep on producing the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon, the two cars that h

West Germany is moving into the final stages of a deadly dull election campaign with Chancellor Helm

WHEN A COMB LOSES some of its teeth it is still recognizable as a comb but hardly functional. There

When white residents of Johannesburg's affluent northern suburbs entertain friends at dinner or meet

The antitrust division of the Department of Justice has become an economic regulator of mergers. Tha

What will the new year bring for the United States economy? I think it can be one of the more critic

IT IS NO REFLECTION on Michel Camdessus, the able French central banker elected to succeed Jacques d

WOMEN'S SKIRT LENGTH, as you probably know, has long been viewed as an economic indicator: Short ski

The time is ripe for a serious discussion between East and West on improved security arrangements be

Jack (Pal) Smurch flew 25,000 miles around the world non-stop in 1937. He towed floating gas tanks b

"Anyway," said my Tokyo taxi driver, "you've got to admire his nerve." He was talking about Prime Mi

WE LIKE TO THINK that historians will remember Ronald Reagan for his economic legacy as much as for

VOYAGER HAS SAFELY COMPLETED its non-stop round-the-world flight, and the weary travelers have unlo

The Reagan administration has made a wise move in announcing it will reverse its earlier strategy an

THE TAX REFORM ACT was intended to further fairness, right? Well, beginning Jan. 1 the rate paid on

The Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 is certain to frustrate U.S. businesses with trading ties to South Af

As the government readies itself for what looks certain to be an election year, British industry is

DISMISSAL BY JUDGE CHARLES H. TENNEY in U.S. District Court, New York, of the complaint brought by o

Demonstrations for more democracy by Chinese students on as many as a dozen campuses are like nothin

There are two types of people, Mark Twain used to say. Those who separate people into two types of p

THE COAL CHAPTER of President Reagan's much-awaited energy and national security report, still in dr

ONE OF THE MAINSTAYS of the Fiscal 1988 Reagan budget, we're told, will be more sales of government

THERE'S A CHRISTMAS TREE the Reagan administration isn't asking for, doesn't want and would refuse i

We need to impose disciplines and practices that will foster reasonable, but not excessive, debt cre

THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION has served notice to U.S. trading partners that Washington will no longe

US Defense Lacks Mobility, CredibilityLet's be clear about one fact. It costs money for a de

MANY CORPORATE DIRECTORS, those people who boss the bosses, are getting double-digit pay hikes this