Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WASHINGTON WASN'T THE ONLY PLACE turned upside down by last November's elections. Many stateand loca

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

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

It is the ultimate nightmare for many European politicians: angry farmers on the march smashing up u

AFTER NOVEMBER'S electoral revolt, it is difficult to describe the state of the union - the subject

ONE ELEMENT of the Republicans' Contract with America got a ringing endorsement - and a signature -

MARITIME POLICY WITH SHIPPERS IN MINDIn response to the various articles and comment

The trucking industry in 1995 is far different from the one that existed when Congress passed the la

The United States can boast of a standard of living that is among the best in the world. Unfortunate