Commentary

The train marked "European Union" that rolled out of the Dutch city of Maastricht in a festive mood

A central pillar of President Clinton's economic program is to substantially boost spending on "inve

GENTILITY knows no bounds of nationality, as the British Tea Council evidently concluded this week.

POLAND'S 1990 BIG BANG launched an economic renaissance. Today, a market economy has taken root and

Domestic steel shipments rose 6.6 percent in the first five months of this year from a year earlier,

THERE'S LITTLE DOUBT the federal government is managed in a way that quickly would put a private com

If the yen, rapidly rising since February, reaches an exchange rate of 100 yen to the dollar, Japane

DON'T SLAM INSURERS UNDER OPA 90It is not true that a single claim under the Oil Pol

IN BETWEEN his budget fight with Congress and his health care pitch to the governors, President Clin

Journalists live in morbid fear that all hell will break loose as soon as they go on vacation or lea

WITH BARELY A BREATHER after a head-battering budget battle, President Clinton has kicked off a pote

A basic law of modern science is that two wire coat hangers, left alone in a cool, dark closet, will

Earlier this month, President Carlos Salinas de Gortari jetted to Chihuahua, Mexico, for Thursday an

Sensing that it plays a strategically important role in the West's struggle to contain the war in Bo

Opponents of privatization are trying to persuade the Clinton administration to reverse a Bush admin

RESTORE REALISM TO MARITIME DEBATEWinn B. Frank, a transportation consultant, writes in a re

BILL CLINTON'S SIDE DEALS to the North American free-trade agreement strike a sensible balance betwe

Former Maryland Gov. Harry Hughes is under consideration by the Clinton administration to fill a slo

In his campaign policy paper, "Putting People First," then-Gov. Bill Clinton vowed to pare the feder

THE NEW ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL for antitrust, Anne K. Bingaman, has strong views on competition

THE COFFEE CARTEL is back - sort of. Discouraged by the prospects of reviving a worldwide ag

Why are so many scientists gloomy these days? Because they have finally realized that the go-go days

Now that Japan has a new government, composed of splinter groups of the Liberal Democratic Party, ho

Despite its current difficulties with the Maastricht unification treaty, the European Community is p

PREDATORY PRICING CHARGES, like those beaten back by American Airlines in a Texas courtroom this wee

Is it cause for excitement or despair when an entrepreneur has a new (or rediscovered) product for w

JAPAN'S NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT may be more forward-looking than critics suggest. Elsewhere

REFLAGGING US SHIPS: ANSWERING THE CRITICSThe announced reflagging of some U.S. ships by Sea

VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE'S government review panel has attacked some of the maritime industry's most c

After assembling a ruling coalition following his majority victory in June's popular vote, Gonzolo S

In the last week of July, a familiar financial melodrama played out on the world stage. A noble curr

THE CLEAR LESSON from the bruising battle over President Clinton's budget is that most voters still

CONTROLLING POLLUTION is nothing new; preventing it is. That's what the printing industry, Great Lak

Talk to anyone in the maritime business today and the discussion quickly turns to one subject: the a

TO ITS CREDIT, the Clinton administration is renewing efforts to charge Western ranchers fairer rate

The U.S. economy stands at a great divide. For 20 years, roughly 1970 to 1990, America enjoyed job g

With the debate over federal spending likely to continue raging in Congress, some spending cuts that

P&I CLUB INSURANCE SYSTEM WORKS WELLYour August 3rd editorial, "Making Spillers Pay"

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY AND A HALF, the strife-torn states of Central America have talked of forming

Latin American and Caribbean airlines are up in arms as U.S. airlines add capacity between their cou