Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WITH "FIRM ASSURANCES that those returning would not be punished," the British government Tuesday fl

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

Herb called our office one evening to say he had an idea for my next column. That is a subje

When I heard that Jiri Dienstbier would be Czechoslovakia's new foreign minister, I laughed at the i

THE RECENTLY NAMED HEAD of Panama's journalist's union, Baltazar Aizpurua, has spoken out against th

Because the deficit will not go away, critics like the U.S. General Accounting Office have begun to

A back-room brawl in banking threatens to split the nation's commercial banks. At the worst, the dis

CRITICIZING THE 45-YEAR-OLD system that regulates international aviation is easy. But no one has yet

Not all that long ago, when the dollar was still almighty, the most widely noted tourists traveling