Commentary

America is suffering from an addiction that could just as easily destroy the future of our youth as

SHORT OF FUNDS, HEAVILY INDEBTED to foreigners and responsible for an ever smaller share of the worl

James F. Rill assumed principal responsibility for enforcing the nation's antitrust laws in July, wh

RALPH B. EVERETT HAS ENTERED the revolving door. We happen to know that, thanks to a press r

Congress is considering legislation to prevent discrimination against the disabled and, as Yogi Berr

US SHOULD ENCOURAGE PHONE LINKS TO CUBAYour Aug. 23 editorial ("Rethink Cuban Embargo") urge

Following on the heels of the Soviet troop reductions in Eastern Europe and the almost unbelievable

WE TAKE NO JOY IN THE DOLLAR-BASHING antics of the world's major central banks this week. Foreign ex

DESPITE OCCASIONAL WORDS OF ANGER, relations between railroads and the unions representing their wor

THE COMPLETION OF VIETNAM'S troop withdrawal from Cambodia Tuesday, ending almost 11 years of occupa

Three years ago today, the Group of 7 - the U.S. treasury secretary, the finance ministers from Japa

Enrique Iglesias, the president of the Inter-American Development Bank, recently noting the secondar

THE CONSUMER REVOLT IN INSURANCE was compared last week to the foul tactics that followed Adolf Hitl

Major U.S. banks started back across the Rubicon last week. In rapid-fire order, Manufacturers Hanov

Congress is planning a 1991 plebiscite in Puerto Rico to determine whether it should become the 51st

MONITORING NEEDED FOR GUARANTY FUNDSIt is unfortunate that your fine editorial ("Act Against

The European Community's 1992 single market program has hit a mid-life crisis. The optimism of only

AIDS DRUG RESEARCH IS COSTLY, but as Burroughs-Welcome Co. has shown with AZT, monopolistic sales of

THERE'S STILL A SCHOOL OF THOUGHT that demands "free trade." No matter what the circumstances, its a

Banks in most countries are required to hold non-interest-earning deposits at their central banks. T

THE RACE IS ON - even though it's supposed to be over. The 1984 Shipping Act, signed by Pres

SINCE 1982, trade deficits of unprecedented size have turned the world's largest international credi

I am sitting in a United Airlines plane flying over the Pacific on its way to Tokyo, trying to keep

Dim the lights. The "predators' ball" is winding down and it appears the predators have been the mai

WITH THE DOLLAR HITTING THE CEILING once again, the world's finance ministers are sure to talk a lot

With free market reforms starting to take effect in Argentina,president Carlos Menem will likely win

INSURANCE COVERAGE IS CHALLENGEDYour recent article, "Proprosition 103 Unleashes Consumer Ou

THROWING MONEY IS NOT THE ANSWERA response to a letter ("Liberal Opinions Are Out of Date,"

THERE'S NOT A DOUBT in the world that Thailand imposes unfair barriers against foreign cigarettes. T

A recent "Atlantic Monthly" article by James Fellows was titled "Containing Japan," recalling past U

AFTER MONTHS OF PROTEST against new federal rules on employee benefits, the House Ways and Means Com

Proposals to end the double taxation of dividends have surfaced here as often as proposals to reform

Federal Reserve actions have resulted in a major slowdown in monetary growth since early 1987. Both

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION can't seem to take a hint. In recent months, the Supreme Court an

AS IT WAITS TO SEE whether newly elected President F.W. de Klerk will make fundamental changes in So

Federal Reserve Board Governor Wayne Angell and I spent the first 10 days of September in Moscow and

Is the reunification of the two Germanies happening in West Germany? One would think so after watchi

The ancient Greeks were the first to say you never step twice into the same river. The annual sessio

GOVERNMENT LIABILITY WOULD NOT BE COSTLYMy letter is a comment on the Sept. 6 story ("Legisl

THERE'S MUCH TO BE SAID for expertise. But by insisting that future members of the Commodity Futures