Commentary

THE FEDERAL DEFICIT is the nation's central economic problem, burdening present and future generatio

"Even up a mountain peak that seems to reach the skies, we dare to say, 'For him whose will is set o

The Clinton administration and top International Monetary Fund officials appear headed on opposite c

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION's organizational chart is enough to drive a management guru to dist

One of every seven dollars taxpayers send to Washington is used to pay the interest on our national

THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT is reviving an old idea that should be laid to rest: linking a country's inter

The United States Postal Service became an "independent" government corporation in 1970.This reform

The scariest thing I've heard in a long time was columnist Jessica Mathews' presentationat the recen

THE WEST: HOME OF THE WHINERSI moved from Ohio to "the West" with my family when I w

PRIVATIZING big state-owned companies, an essential part of converting communist economies to capita

On Feb. 2, 1962, President John F. Kennedy telephoned his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, to ask h

PANAMA CANAL CLEARING BACKLOGAfter reading your Jan. 27 article, "Panama Canal Suspe

Several years ago, a joint study by a major American oil company and the U.S. Environmental Protecti

Once again, debate has arisen on the federal laws applying to ocean liner shipping in the U.S. trade

OCEAN SHIPPING is the last transportation industry still closely regulated by the federal government

How much longer will New York continue to be a world class seaport? If the question is framed in ter

A "covenant," according to Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, is "an agreement, usually formal, betwee

DON'T GIVE UP ON FREIGHT FORWARDERSYour Jan. 12 article, "Baxter Taps Emery to Carry

U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS took another step forward last week when the Clinton administration opened a

PRESIDENT CLINTON'S NEW RESCUE PLAN for Mexico's peso is a bold and timely response to a real financ

House Majority Leader Richard Armey will introduce a flat rate income tax bill this April15, moving

Only crocodile tears will be shed over Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's efforts to cut foreign aid

A single currency is back on the agenda here again as Europe basks in a surgingeconomic recovery.

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS are fleeing from President Clinton's Mexico aid plan as fast as their legs can c

A maritime subsidy reform strategy that has met with mixed reviews among U.S.-flag carriers will car

RAILROADS CAN THINK of 4 billion reasons why a competent agency should review industry mergers - one

The focus of the Mexican financial crisis so far has been on ways to providefinancial assist

Excise taxes are taxes on specific goods or services. Among the best known federal excise taxes are

Members of Congress, livid at having to vote for an unpopular $40 billion package of loan guarantees

FEDERICO PENA believes the traveling public has a problem: too many airline ads that promise lower f

The time is ripe for a new round of reform in government regulation of business. The limited

THE U.S.-JAPAN BRAWL over numerical trade targets is far from over. For a while, after talks

When the Uruguay Round trade agreement took effect on Jan. 1, it established the World Trade Organiz

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION has been a walking corpse for months now, but President Clinton f

President Clinton's cavalry charge in relief of Mexico has hit a stone wall of congressional opposit

Roughly one year ago this week, Mexican President Carlos Salinas declared a unilateral cease-fire in

He's everywhere. At the White House, over on Capitol Hill, calling in at the Treasury Department, ba

There is no single Russia; there are many, and they are intertwined. There is the Russia of great op

The sense of outrage that has swept many Japanese as their government lumbered to provide initial ai

It is hard to tell from all the raucous shouting on Capitol Hill, but perhaps something good will em