Commentary

n analysis by a research center at New York Univ- ersity should go far in laying to rest an allurin

Europe's richest and poorest nations share a common problem. It's called the European Union.

If you've filled a prescription recently, you may have had a nasty surprise. Antibiotics or a tube o

Very few, if any, small business owners go running to the federal government for help when a competi

proposed grain sale to Iran has revived interest in legislation that failed to make headway in the

On Dec. 1, The Journal of Commerce carried an opinion article (''Jones Act reflects fundamentals of

ex, lies and baseball beat out the economy as the top news stories of 1998, according to a poll of A

Christmas Day, in addition to everything else, also marked the birth of the greatest intellect in hu

The best way to keep the Social Security system solvent despite the baby-boomer generation's coming

The question was simple enough, and so was my answer. As the anniversary of my mother's death approa

he United States and the European Union, the world's biggest trading partners, are bowing out of 199

The small man off the overnight flight waited patiently in the Customs line at Kennedy International

Give Commerce Secretary William Daley his due. He laid it on the line, warning senior Chinese offici

isconsin may have lost its status as America's dairy state to California - the Golden State surpass

t's not surprising that the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at Tuesday's meeting in li

The thought had never before crossed my mind to write that Hong Kong is becoming ''just another Chin

Most of America's big hog and poultry farms are under state-imposed ''zero-discharge'' regulations.<

It is virtually impossible these days to avoid articles in the popular press that hail the dawn of a

ew York City and State gave themselves an expensive Christmas present this week. They agreed to put

This has turned out to be a heck of a hard year for the pundit. All you want to do is write a nice y

Intermodal transportation continues to increase in international prominence. While intermodal confer

Some holiday catalogs, those faithful friends of harried shoppers, soared to poetic heights this sea

It didn't take long for the high-flown rhetoric of last week's U.S.-EU summit to hit the ground with

If you are less than jolly this Christmas travel season about air fares and the choice of flights, d

Novice law students used to get their first introduction to the concept of a tort through an old cas

Too much ''stuff'' on your hard drive? Can't find that letter you sent to Aunt Jennie last Christmas

Currency devaluations, illiquidity, a lack of investor confidence and collapsing financial systems h

Christmas remains America's favorite holiday, a religious celebration that transcends the nation's i

Longshore labor and management on the West Coast each claimed victory last week in the outcome of a

Wall Street has all but abandoned the developing nations. Is Main Street, provider of extensive capi

Many Americans will soon sit down to a traditional Christmas feast. It might include roast turkey, b

oday is decision day for the 22 ship lines that ply the North Atlantic. At a time of unprecedented f

his week saw a red-letter day for devotees of a popular exercise in lexical gymnastics.On De

February, 1868. The Union had won the Civil War - and President Lincoln had been assassinated - not

Too many railroads, shippers and regulators seem unwilling to exert the needed effort to reach compr

With the euro about to be introduced, a manifesto for a socialist Europe with shared economic polici

It's probably just as well that the White House conference on Social Security was all but ignored in

December is the month when those personal year-end updates - the proverbial ''Dear Friends'' letters

Having to hold this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November was bad enough luck,

Christmas lights twinkle brighter for the seafarer home for the holidays.Earlier in the year