Commentary

The common wisdom in Japan is that Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, 64, in office for only seven mon

It's summertime, and while the livin' may not exactly be easy, what with drought in the dust bowl an

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION IS ONLY AS GOOD as the documents that describe it. That's especially true for

COOL HEADS MUST PREVAIL during the current drought. Parched conditions in the Midwest have produced

In Honolulu, the mayor says foreign ownership of houses and apartments is not fair to Americans. In

Fierce infighting between those who would like to speed reforms in the Soviet Union and those who wi

GOVERNMENT BLAMED FOR OIL IMPORT RISEYour editorial of June 8 concerning this country's risi

The 42,800-mile interstate highway system is nearly complete and the question is, what's next? The a

Every spring and summer, the demands placed on European air traffic control systems increase as more

Walter T. Atkinson Jr. has the eyes of a pilot. They are somewhat hooded from years of squinting int

NEW STUDIES INDICATE that the baby boom generation is depressed and may be perfectly justified in bl

NO CITY IN THIS COUNTRY knows more about traffic congestion than Los Angeles. Therefore, when author

A PROPOSAL TO TAX single-premium life insurance may provide the hardest fight among the tax increase

Mexico is rapidly transforming its economy. Over the last two years, exports, particularly m

THERE ARE MANY LEGITIMATE trade issues between the United States and Japan. But Federal Express Corp

The state of New York and the Long Island Lighting Co. have signed off on the details of an agreemen

Vietnam passed a new foreign investment law in December 1987, replacing related regulations promulga

Most economists now believe there won't be an economic recession in 1988, but many are afraid one mi

Medical Society Seeks To Clarify NY ReportIn a report published in March, the New York State

TUCKED INTO A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE authorization bill now before a House- Senate conference committ

Washington has fallen into the dangerous trap of debating international trade issues by focusing on

When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions. William Shakespeare wasn't thinking

A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, that perpetual demand of the world's bankers, is a key objective of the driv

Dependence on oil continues to be the weak link in the American energy system. We use too much of i

A new horror show is playing in Congress. The villain, as depicted by a variety of reputable U.S. bu

A MODEST HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM launched five years ago with little fanfare has sparked a staggering

THE WELL-WORN PHRASE trade negotiations has become a fancy way of describing bilateral talks aimed a

Unexpectedly good news about U.S. foreign trade in April sent Wall Street briefly into orbit last we

The U.S. government is facing a critical juncture in trade policy, yet several years of work on majo

A June 21 editorial on LTV Corp. should have said the company has offered to pay $1 billion in stock

The House Ways and Means Committee should resist the temptation to increase the gas guzzler tax when

REFORM IN TUNISIA: TRUE STORY UNTOLDThe opinion piece by Djamel Darradji and Eric Ehrmann (T

Has Paris shot itself in the foot as an international financial center? Melodrama aside, the

THE PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORP. should get tough with LTV Corp. as the company seeks to pay off a

In the aftermath of the 1984-85 drought and subsequent famine that devastated the Horn of Africa, th

If you knew Joe Faraci, you would fly to Washington to interview the deputy postmaster general, too.

ODDS ARE RISING against Congress' approving the U.S.-Canadian trade pact before September. T

On May 6 the management of Texas Air Corp. filed a $1.5 billion lawsuit against the two unions repre

THERE ARE FEW SURPRISES in the Justice Department's new draft guidelines for applying antitrust law

A PROVOCATIVE NEW REPORT from the Worldwatch Institute raises a claim straight out of the 1970s: In