Commentary

THERE ARE TIMES when silence is the best method of diplomacy. That should be the rule this Sunday, w

Senate farm leaders are trying to take an idea inspired by Hubert Humphrey in the 1950s - using Amer

THE NEW MINIMUM WAGE RATE of $3.80 an hour won't mean much to most businesses. To attract labor thes

President Bush's proposal to increase the harbor maintenance fee from 0.04 percent to 0.125 percent

The economy is balanced on a knife edge between recession and expansion as the second quarter begins

HOW CAN YOU REGULATE what you don't understand? That's the paradox that faces the Interstate Commerc

When Captain Yoshiki Gunji was assigned to the 8,242-ton Mutsu, Japan's first and only nuclear-power

On March 18, the 52nd anniversary of the nationalization of Mexican oil, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico

TRANSPORT SECRETARY NEEDS GREEN LIGHTI read your editorial "Empty Policy" (March 15) with mo

Every morning, foremen at the giant Volvo plant in Gothenburg have to puzzle out how to allocate wo

BANKS AND THRIFT INSTITUTIONS are reeling from the collapse of the junk bond market. But, miraculous

As a general rule, efficiency is a wonderful thing. But when it comes to specific examples, well, so

Liner conferences often are maligned today, but when they were first formed in the early part of thi

Senate Democrats and the Bush administration are clashing over legislation to help Eastern Europe's

MANY INSURERS NOW MAY REGRET having ventured into "high-yield" bonds during the heady days of junk f

Everybody knows it's easier to start an inflationary process than to beat it. Most people know what

PRESIDENT BUSH IS HANDLING the dangerous events in Lithuania with kid gloves. The same cannot be sai

In the changes of the past half year, note the disappearance of two old features: communism as the "

FMC HAS SMALL ROLE IN RATE AGREEMENTSThe editorial "Looks Like a Conference" (March 20) is c

SIMPLE FACTS HAVE A WAY of getting ignored in the tangle of special-interest politics in Washington.

JAPAN'S MINISTRY of International Trade and Industry is a model for many Americans who'd like to see

Last fall, top Soviet economists designed what they labeled the "radical- moder ate" plan for econom

THE INSOLVENT Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. may soon be put out of its misery. Next week, a federal

Most Americans would be outraged by the thought of the United States giving a $355 billion annual su

FACT IS, SHIPPING ACT ALLOWS AGREEMENTSIf it looks like a fact, talks like a fact, and acts

SHOCK THERAPY IS THE LATEST experiment in treating economic ills. Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Uni

THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN, not usually known for its sensitivity to student political concerns, appea

The Bush administration wants over $400 million for a new U.S. embassy in Moscow - more than it is p

Large-scale intervention and speculation in foreign currencies by the Federal Reserve has clouded th

Ask the U.S. Trade Representative how to press our advantage in services exports and the answer will

RAIL COMPETITION MUST BE PRESERVEDWe are disturbed by Conrail Senior Vice President Charles

The West German Greens. Remember them? They're the ones who originally emphasized cleaning up the en

JUSTICE WAS SERVED by Joseph Hazelwood's acquittal Thursday on felony charges stemming from the wrec

CLEAN AIR LEGISLATION was supposed to be this year's top priority on Capitol Hill. But special inter

The recent rise in labor costs in Taiwan plus changes in the value of thedollar have given U

U.S. participation in the bank proposed to aid the reconstruction and development of Eastern Europe

It's hard to argue in favor of unfairness. Business lobbyists understand that, which is why the law

FACTS MAY CHANGE, BUT ISSUES LINGER. How else to explain yet another spring offensive in the endless

Gun import bans are not necessarily illegal, but those imposed since 1969 are illegal, including the

WHAT A DEAL! The new U.S.-Soviet long-term grain agreement, signed Thursday in Vienna, provides for