Commentary

There's almost as much irony as there is danger in the latest food panic that's sweeping the globe.

News reports that the passenger liner United States has been put on the National Register of Histori

So maybe selling steel isn't like selling sex, but if the sex industry is already making a billion d

Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs, Eisuke Sakakibara was once so well regar

Transshipment hubs, in Europe and elsewhere, are at the center of a heated debate over subsidies tha

Nowadays Russia has two governments, one directed by President Boris Yeltsin's daughter, Tatiana Dya

The historical claims on the Falkland Islands have principally two differing versions. The recent me

The European Union will soon pull the plug on an industry that has little rationale for its existenc

Two years after it decided to scrap the Union Jack paint scheme on its airplanes' tail fins in favor

Things are moving again on the ship-order front, particularly in the mega-ship area, where the popul

True or False? Americans are becoming increasingly isolationist. They oppose free trade agreements.

Whatever happened to ''corporate welfare''?Not long ago an emotional battle cry in Congress

U.S. Customs this month plans to simulate a breakdown of its computer system. During the 24-hour tes

Air Pacifichas top service,loyal followingIn reference to ''Fiji's Air Pacific strug

Americans may have thought they'd had their fill of scandals, posturing and poor performance in Wash

Growth prospects for the countries bordering Israel are expected to improve as a result of Israeli L

With the summer travel season now upon us, millions of Americans are preparing for long-distance roa

DESPITE PROPAGATING several critical mistakes in his op-ed piece ''Taiwan was the real issue'' (May

Support is growing in Washington for regulations aimed at protecting privacy on the Internet. These

In the planting of genetically changed crops around the world, the U.S. government has done just abo

A fairly strong Asian economic recovery is likely over the next two years. The end of the Asian coll

It's a difficult time to view China objectively, much less to try to take action in the same spirit.

In an action that underlined who holds power and what their attitudes are, Tokyo this week officiall

Congress is bristling with activity aimed at bringing much-needed accountability and transparency to

In today's world of specialists you have Illustrator artists, Freehand artists and Corel artists. An

Next week in Long Beach, the Intermodal Association of North America will be holding its fifth Inter

This past week the American public was offered a free lesson in political ineptitude, courtesy of ou

The principal threat to the U.S. economic outlook appears to be the potential for a major policy blu

Troubling developments in Washington are casting a shadow on a landmark review of the nation's syste

If the Y2K computer bug doesn't get you on Jan. 1, the sun cycle will. Or so scientists are warning

Secrets come in all shapes and sizes: domestic, international, personal, microscopic.Some se

Three recent high-profile reports on genetically modified organisms have triggered a blizzard of med

Give former U.S. Rep. Stephen J. Solarz 10 points for candor.Solarz, a former Democratic law

The verdict of Russian politicians and business leaders is already in: The new government, formed la

The strongest economic boom of this century has made Americans more optimistic about their financial

Despite its steady slide against the dollar, the European Union's single currency, the euro, is not

The conflict between U.S. railroads and various shipper interests appears to be continuing unabated.

A century ago, patent medicine showmen enlivened life in rural America. They would come to town in o

You may be shocked by The Journal of Commerce you're holding. Don't be. This 11 1/2-inch-wide by 15-

Nearly 300 million people, from Laplanders living north of the Arctic circle to Greek islanders fish