Commentary

Words for "freedom" are spreading like wildfire in the communist worldbecause of increased o

IN A ROAR OF FURY and a hail of bullets, Eastern Europe's most dictatorial communist regime has fall

U.S. intervention in Panama and the threat of civil war in Romania dominated the headlines over the

MEMBERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY of trading nations "can't be given to our friends like a goldcard," U.S.

As he drove along the crowded highway following the lovely moat around Emperor Akihito's palace earl

The great unwrapper of unseen government activity is the Freedom of Information Act, a law passed in

Back in the early 1960s, when the Federal Reserve resumed official foreign exchange operations after

IT WAS CHEAP LABOR and a healthy U.S. import quota that enabled Taiwan to build one of theworld's la

Two important events affecting international transportation are taking place inBritain now. Both ste

AUTOMOTIVE AIR POLLUTION CONTROLS are proving difficult for Congress to agree on. But state governme

POOLING PROGRAM A SUCCESS IN HOUSTONI was pleased to note your story ("Three Ship Lines Shap

The National Institutes of Health is a unique American creation: the biggest, richest and most produ

A railroad is a business, not a public utility. At least that's the way it's been since deregulation

FOR RONALD REAGAN, it was the tiny island of Grenada. For Jimmy Carter, a small group of Americans h

Across the country, electronic copying machines, many of them made in Japan, have been busy for mont

AFTER A DARK QUARTER-CENTURY, the curtain is coming down on military rule in Latin America. The elec

Back many centuries, not long after the Mongols had conquered the rest of China, rulers occasionally

Japan and the United States are often seen to be experiencing growing frustration with and resentmen

TOO MANY PENNIES in your pocket? In Washington, the Coin Coalition has the answer. And its answer,

Among the latest of the startling revelations coming out of Eastern Europe is the admission by Prime

TAKE A CUP AND GET IN LINE. Thanks to the Department of Transportation, mandatory random drug testin

If skepticism is healthy, this is an extremely salubrious spot. Last week S. Linn Williams,

1990 promises to be a tough year for Republicans in Washington, but a good time for Wall Street. If

DEGRADABLE PLASTICS NOT THE ONLY SOLUTIONI was interested in the editorial ("Bag Job," Dec.

CAROL BOYD HALLET, the new commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service, has a rebuilding job ahead of

The foreign ministers of 18 West European countries today will launch negotiations to create a comm

COMMANDING THE SAVINGS RATE to rise is about as useful as commanding the sun to stand still. Neither

''This will be the best Christmas ever," writes our friend. "Freedom for our nation, freedom for eac

President Bush's capital gains tax cut has been taken off the table for now, but it will be back - a

The big Mexican debt relief deal is turning out to be significantly differentfrom the packag

The skunk population was breeding so rapidly around some of the New Hampshire fishing lakes that ang

IF YOU CAN'T MEET YOUR OWN standards, perhaps they're too tight. That seems to be the logic

FREER TRADE WITH EASTERN EUROPE means business opportunities. But exploiting those opportunities wil

WHEN THEY SENT TROOPS to massacre protesters in Tiananmen Square last June, China's leaders were bet

IN HER FIRST YEAR in office, U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills has settled for a series of tacti

At Malta, President Bush finally put forward a key element of his package demonstrating strong U.S.

Even environmentally conscious Americans don't spend much time worrying about banana waste. That may

Arguably the biggest single obstacle to the successful implementation of economic reform inthe Sovie

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO FORTRESS EUROPE? Only yesterday, the prospect that the European Community's 12

MALPRACTICE HEADLINE DAMPENS EUPHORIAJournal of Commerce readers who rely on skimming headli