Commentary

RARELY HAS A FINANCE MINISTER faced as formidable a task as that awaiting Leszek Balcerowitz.

HIGH ON OUR LIST of favorite propaganda tracts is Philip Morris Magazine, a glossy bimonthly designe

SLOCUM FUND RAISERS MUST EDUCATE DONORSI have read with interest and disappointment your art

ATTACKING CONSUMER GROUPS isn't a terribly constructive undertaking, but it has become an obsession

UNFAIRNESS IS A HOT-BUTTON issue in Washington: Be it Japan's exclusion of foreign construction cont

On a wall in the reception area outside the office of the Federal MaritimeCommission chairma

As representatives of many nations left Washington following the World Bank/ International Monetary

In 1974, Congress enacted a trade law that included an unprecedented provision. Called the J

On July 12, 1989, the General Accounting Office submitted a report to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, D-M

M-Day is coming! A week from tomorrow will be the second anniversary of the meltdown in the stock ma

THERE WERE NO HAPPY RETURNS for Erich Honecker, general secretary of East Germany's Socialist Unity

A REVAMPED TAX CREDIT for research and development, now in the final stages of congressional approva

Undaunted, unrepentant and undiminished. That is Margaret Thatcher 10 years into her role as Britain

WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, plays with the best of them. You can bet you

PATIENCE CAN BE a virtue. In few areas is it likely to be better rewarded than in U.S. relations wit

Relations between Nepal and India are at an impasse following the expiration of trade and transit tr

INSURANCE DISCOUNTS DON'T HELP DRIVERSThe Proposition 103 "good driver discount" was cited t

FOR SHEER BIZARRENESS, few things in government can top the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Imre Pozsgay joked to foreign journalists the other day that the battle at the four-day Communist Pa

JAPAN'S MANAGEMENT METHODS get all the attention, but the decisive techniques of Iraqi President Sad

A recent Tokyo court ruling is expected to open the door to increased U.S.-style hostile mergers and

As the European Community moves toward the completion of its internal market, there are important im

FACTS OBSCURED ON SEALIFT ISSUEDon Becker's "Publisher's Notebook" column makes for enjoyabl

ALMOST EVERYONE who does business abroad recognizes Americans' culturalinsularity as a major

Prospects for a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy could well depend on a trade adjustment strategy

Mexico's president finds amusing the catchwords and slogans coined to compare his reshaping of the M

THE WINDS OF HURRICANE HUGO have long since dissipated. As usual, the federal government is paying t

A mixture of profound sadness and great relief will be in the mental baggage as I leave China after

It was fun and games in world financial markets last week. Major central banks lobbed mortar shell a

IT'S THE RARE POLITICIAN who ever encountered a tax cut he didn't like. And once again this fall, co

Both the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense and the United Shipowners of America have asserte

Even the most intrepid of British holiday-makers would never have traveled abroad without water puri

MISPERCEPTIONS CITED ON FUEL WASTE ISSUEThe issue raised in your editorial on Aug. 28 ("Haza

Over the past 10 years, the United States has achieved massive deregulation in the railroad, truckin

FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES that domestic airlines remain firmly under the control of U.S. citizens. Transp

FEDERAL HIGHWAY Administrator Thomas Larson said the Department of Transportation might endorse "use

House Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., wants to take back a tax incentive that enco

THE MIRACLE OF BUMPER CROPS every year could well occur by the end of this century thanks to rapid

When Emperor Hirohito died in January, his son Akihito became emperor. His official coronation, how

ARGENTINE PRESIDENT Carlos Menem wowed the crowds on his whirlwind tour of the United States last we