Commentary

With a sweeping tax reform in place in the United States, the pressure has increased sharply for Can

WE HAVE NO INTENTION of prejudging the case against the investment banking house of Drexel Burnham L

Success often breeds its own problems. That has certainly been the case for Taiwan in international

Equity investment, economists say, is basic to the economic recovery of much of the developing world

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION next week will receive for reconsideration a major railroad merge

THE NEW CONGRESS WILL HEAR much about budgets when it comes to town in January. From the administrat

I read with interest the article by David R. Francis, "Advances in Soviet Agriculture, (JofC, Oct. 1

WE WERE A BIT long-winded the other day and overshot our appointed space for an editorial headed "Ja

This week, as autumn turned to winter, a distinct chill seemed to enter Japan's employment picture.<

WHAT TO GIVE BABY for Christmas - booties, a blanket or social security card? A social security card

The economic legacy of the Reagan administration is sure to include a long list of grotesque distort

THERE WERE NO BANNER headlines, no lofty editorials. But in contrast to other recent events, the Rea

As investigations begin into the recent grounding off the south coast of Ireland of the combination

One of the side effects of the Ivan Boesky investigation casts doubt on the game of arbitrage - perh

"This year the guns will be silent at Christmas," shouted the headlines in Manila a month ago when e

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE for the trouble the Reagan administration finds itself in over arms shipments to

It's winter again and China's answer to the young Beaujolis - a sort of Nouveau Great Wall - is bein

It was December, 1964. Charles I. Hiltzheimer, between planes at O'Hara Airport in Chicago, was maki

ARE THE UNITED STATES and the European Community ganging up on Japan? In two cases now, the

FOR THE THIRD TIME in as many decades, a U.S. administration finds itself facing a crisis of confid

WHAT KIND OF TRADE BILL will Senate Democrats bring to the floor next year? The dust from last month

The immediate priority of the Venezuelan government, despite the problems associated with the reduc

Almost nine months after the victory of a right-wing parliamentary majority, France seems to be adju

COMPETITIVENESS, WE'RE TOLD, will be the byword of the Reagan administration in its final two years.

My generation of teachers was jolted from complacency by war and its aftermath, not the patriotic wa

IF SOMEONE HAD SET OUT deliberately to sabotage tax reform, increase taxes, provide an unbelievable

EXPECTED THOUGH IT WAS, the grim fact of United States Lines filing for reorganization under the ban

SEN. LLOYD BENTSEN WANTS an oil import fee. That's understandable because he'sfrom Texas and

The trade official points out the window of his 31st-floor office and proclaims: There's no need to

Consciously or unconsciously, the other branches of government have come to rely on judges to avoid

Though federal elections are at least two years away in Canada, the outcome could hinge, to a large

AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT these days Germany bashing is all the rage. Officials at Treasury

There is in this country a very serious debate raging with respect to the current system of civil ju

The scale may be far more modest, but the shock waves are being felt just the same. The case of Geo

Patrick Buchanan, the president's master speech writer and keen-witted conservative, had a slightly

BACK IN 1888 when George Eastman decided on a name for his fledgling camera and photographic equipme

If the railroad industry can get through the present, Stephen Ailes, former president of the Associa

THERE IS LITTLE COMFORT in the current crisis surrounding U.S. shipments of arms to Iran, but there

IN THE RECENT ELECTION, 69 percent of those casting ballots voted against creating a tax district fo

The Federal Budget Ballet Begins MANUEVERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN, both within and outside the R