Commentary

ONE OF THE MORE MEDDLESOME antidotes to the "energy crisis" should be dropped. Almost 10 years ago,

The French franc may be headed for its fifth devaluation since 1981. As the German mark cont

VETERAN CORPORATE RAIDER CARL C. ICAHN, who won control last year of Trans World Airlines, is propos

It was early evening and I was walking north on the west side of Broadway in New York City. I had al

One American admired by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone was the late John Wayne. Last year

The U.S. discount rate was cut and U.K. base lending rates fell by 0.5 points to 9.5 percent before

THE HAGGLING, SWEET TALKING and arm twisting that went on at the World Bank and International Moneta

It's time to think about this year's Christmas shopping and the 1988 U.S. presidential elections.

A NUMBER OF PROPELLER CLUB CHAPTERS around the country are considering what role, if any, foreign-fl

When Soviet First Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev was here in June for a Warsaw Pact meeting, he told hi

COAL SEEMS DESTINED for only a secondary role in the high-level review ordered by President Reagan i

Each year the maritime industry honors someone in the maritime business, labor or Congress who has m

IRANIAN SOLDIERS marked the seventh year of war against Iraq last month by marching in Tehran past I

The Interstate Commerce Commission decided on July 24, by a vote of 4-1, to turn down the request f

As a young reporter, my job, for the better part of a decade, was to preside over the final demise o

PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM is important enough to Congress that there were three overwhelming votes in

President Reagan calls the 21st century the Pacific Era. A great many Americans agree.They point to

LET THE COURTS DECIDE the question of whether President Reagan's executive order on testing of feder

The Sheraton-Washington Hotel would have been a brighter place this week if finance ministers could

R. Foster Winans, The Wall Street Journal reporter convicted of insider trading, has written a book

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ministerial meeting in Uruguay last month created a perfe

THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR A STRIKE. It could be argued that there is no good time for a strike.

A LOCAL ALL-NEWS RADIO channel was talking about the good old days last week. Up for discussion, spe

In the years to come, consumers in the Western world will have more money available for discretionar

Undeniably the Grande Bretagne Hotel on Syntagma (Constitution) Square in Athens is the queen of the

Treasury Secretary James Baker has roiled foreign exchange markets and riled foreign officials with

WE WELCOME THE SOVIET DECISION to free Nicholas Daniloff. For some observers, this case constitutes

Concern appears to be growing about the declining tonnage of the U.S. merchant fleet. Consensus is s

No doubt as far as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is concerned, Sir Ian MacGregor's new book, "The

In response to the JofC article "Romania Buys Cargo of U.S. Anthracite", Sept. 5, may I submit the

A lot has happened in the trade field lately. In 1985, the total volume of U.S. trade in goods and s

Despite the shock of losing the U.S. tourists this year, there are places in Greece and the eastern

IN THE SPACE OF TWO WEEKS, a dramatic shift has taken place in Middle East relationships that were e

Philippine President Corazon Aquino returned to Manila from a much acclaimed first official U.S. vis

Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, or "Cory" as the Filipino people call her, is serene. That's what strikes

IN ADDITION TO trotting off to numerous briefings and avoiding the icy, gusting winds, journalists a

ONE OF THE STAR ATTRACTIONS of the recent Farnborough International Air Show was a piece of Star War

FREE TRADE BETWEEN CANADA and the United States is an unattainable ideal that should be discarded in

AN INTERNATIONAL ACCORD next week on mixed export credits is given a 50-50 chance by U.S. officials.

Cyprus, The Island of Love, the island where the goddess of beauty and love, Aphrodite, emerged full