Commentary

POLITICIANS USUALLY DON'T GET MUCH CREDIT for learning. But the cold political response to the self-

OUR READERS, we believe, are entitled to their say. For that reason, it is the general policy of thi

PREFERENCE 'STUDY' IS PROPAGANDAFacts that have just come to light with respect to the origi

After a year of hectic activity, leaders of the European Community's member states were looking forw

The Bush administration's first reaction to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was predictable: impose "ec

IT'S HARD TO DO BATTLE when you don't have your troops behind you. The five- year farm bills approve

CONGRESS HAS DONE MORE than its share to bring about the thrift industry crisis, which will end up c

Japan's bureaucrats, the best and brightest who keep the machinery of government humming, are the co

BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS are looking into charges that some Japanese construction firms have tr

You've probably never heard of Holderbank Financiere. It's a name you might want to remember, for th

MARITIME BILL BASED ON MISINFORMATIONThose who ask why misguided maritime proposals occasion

PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI may not be calling his latest economic austerity measures a "shock," but

The 1980s witnessed a new phenomenon on the national economic scene: the rising sun of Japanese auto

Before Carlos Salinas de Gortari swore the presidential oath in December 1988, cynics in Mexico clai

IF YOU LIVE IN DETROIT, St. Louis, Charlotte or Houston, you don't have much choice when it comes t

THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY'S never-ending campaign for protection against imports has received a boost fro

Until the early 1970s, both Europe and the United States relied primarily on the "direct expenditur

TWENTY YEARS AFTER LUNG CANCER victims began suing the asbestos industry, more than 100,000 claims

Nuclear cooperation between Argentina and Brazil has raised hopes that a new ''Latinatom" organizati

HANDS-OFF POLICY BEST FOR CARIBBEANYour editorial, "Unrest in the Caribbean" (August 3), arg

Outwardly at least, Japan appears to be a thoroughly homogenous country, give or take a few hundred

FOR A DECADE, the U.S. government has been pouring billions of dollars - and hundreds of millions of

THERE'S AN UNUSUAL SILENCE in Washington this week, and Congress' August recess is not thecause. Few

The 1990 oil shock, like its predecessors in 1973 and 1979, will intensify the coming recession in t

American imports of Soviet logs may have the unintended effect of helping Japan depend less on the U

THE IRAQI OCCUPATION of Kuwait is having an immediate impact at the gasoline pump. Perhapsthe most p

One of the remarkable things about Britain is the predominance of infrastructure built during the 19

RAILROADS GAIN MUCH FROM DEREGULATIONIt was with some astonishment that I read Don Shoemaker

CENTRAL BANKERS ARE PAID to shatter politicians' dreams. The dream that the United States can weathe

With the invasion of Kuwait, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has provided a most powerful incentive fo

The spring publication of the Department of Transportation's "Statement of National Transportation P

Time was when Latin America meant leather. Not shoes, of course; it's been decades since any

AUTOMOBILE AND HEALTH INSURANCE may go the way of pork bellies and soybeans - to the floor of the Ch

Lawmakers who oversee the freight transportation industries will face a jammed legislative agenda wh

TARIFF AUTOMATION ISN'T THE ISSUEI take exception to the front page article entitled "Ship T

"You don't realize it until you get out and walk the streets," said Rep. Toby Roth, R-Wis. "People a

President Bush's announcement of a new hemispheric policy on June 27 is an extraordinarily significa

THE CARIBBEAN NATION of Trinidad and Tobago is perhaps the most unexpected place for a coup attempt

MORE THAN 4 BILLION TONS of chemicals, fuel oils and other hazardous goods are hauled down highways,

Doomsday reports about U.S. trade deficits have increased bilateral tension. Public opinion polls sh