Commentary

THE DEBATE ABOUT DEALING with air traffic delays is heating up fast. But like all too many debates i

Easterners, those born and raised in the Northeastern portion of the United States, often don't unde

A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD of governors of the struggling Inter-American Development Bank meets here J

THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR continues hot, but cooler heads have prevailed in Washington. After considerable p

Economists Milton Friedman and Art Laffer are wringing their hands these days, predicting trade wars

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD so far has shown admirable restraint in responding to the falling dollar,

AN ASSET, WEBSTER'S SAYS, is "a valuable and desirable thing to have." The loans to developing count

Country living has its surprises. The most magnificent, without any question, occurred a wee

Congress Must Act On Coal RoyaltiesTo the Editor:I read with great interest your Apr

Amid verbal saber rattling, some of the most influential U.S. leaders have drafted trade legislation

As I am waiting to interview James R. Harvey, 52, chairman and CEO of the multibillion-dollar Transa

In one of their comic skits, Bud Abbott used to assure his partner, Lou Costello, that he had read i

VENICE IS ALWAYS LOVELY in the springtime. Perhaps that alone is sufficient reason for the heads of

PERIODICALLY, the federal government's economic statistics come under fire for a variety of reasons,

Dealing with Japan's trade surplus has become a major issue as trade legislation makes its way on C

Leaders of the seven major industrial democracies are preparing once again to go their annual econom

The debt crisis, which broke out with the Mexican bankruptcy in 1982, should be seen more as a break

IT'S ABOUT TIME the Cairns group of agricultural exporting nations got a little credit for the progr

The first question posed to an American visitor these days by European businessmen and officials is:

FOR YEARS POLITICAL ACTIVISTS have been stressing the need for a uniform poll closing time on Electi

JAPAN'S POLICY OF aiding Third World debtors caught criticism last week, and much of the flak revolv

The official with the port of Rashid pointed to fairly modern-looking tankers tied up side by side i

Wall Street is in turmoil. The stock market is bouncing like a yo-yo. Interest rates are up. The dol

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION plans to send Congress next Monday its long-awaited legislation to impleme

JUST LIKE OTHER SEGMENTS of the maritime industry, many ports today are having a hard time, as steam

WITH ALL THE DEREGULATION that has taken place, especially in transportation, and all the attempts b

One has to wonder where the Department of Transportation will place in the silliness stakes with the

A Renewed note of acrimony may soon sound in U.S.-Brazilian relations. Last December, the Re

You get a different slant on history, depending on where you go. In Washington, the name Dav

IN THE 1960s BUSINESS GROUPS opposed pension legislation, and before that they opposed minimum wage

EXECUTIVES OF AMERICAN AIRLINES made a clever move earlier this month in proposing new government re

It is high spring in Charlottesville on one of the rolling hills where Thomas Jefferson chose to pla

LAST WEEK'S OECD MEETING in Paris produced some of the best economic news of the year when finance m

The next U.S. industry to be targeted by Japan for destruction is the auto parts industry. In this,

Nobody can deny that the United States has a trade problem. Since 1980, the U.S. deficit in trade ha

IS THERE NO end to the acronym stew we are drowning in? Young urban professionals become Yuppies, ad

Of all the uncertainties and imponderables that exist in evaluating the Japanese scene, none is more

AFTER A TRAGEDY, there are always questions of blame. That was the case again this week in the after

I refer to the article by Gregory S. Johnson in your May 1 issue, "Japanese Building Projects in U.S

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher did move into 10 Downing Street in 1979 with a clear-cut battle pla