Commentary

President Clinton is scheduled to submit to Congress early this month a plan that will address the r

Why care about the trade row between the United States and the European Union over bananas?P

Benoni W. Urey is mild-mannered, as careful in his choice of words as he is in keeping his eyes focu

The U.S. Congress breaks for recess in late December. Psychiatrists flock to the coast during the mo

The secret of China's ''economic miracle'' has now been revealed. Speaking from the Great Hall of th

U.S. agriculture prices have reached lows not seen in 10, 20 or even 30 years, while the costs of li

The British rock 'n' roll group the Who used to end concerts with their song ''Won't Get Fooled Agai

As 1998 draws to a close, the world remains very much with us even if domestic affairs (in other wor

I wonder if the folks at Six Flags are looking longingly right now at the way they do things in the

The hotel business has been bustling this year and achieved record revenue for the past four years.

telephone trend that was just an annoyance a few years back has increased exponentially: the prolife

ineteen ninety-eight was a tumultuous year in international commerce and transportation, a time of c

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

Richard Branson made seven balloonist teams very happy when he ditched in the Pacific Ocean on Chris

Just what does it take for a business to be considered socially responsible? After wrestling with th

The great accomplishment of health-care politics at century's end is a system in which the federal g

Fanfare please! After consulting with my spiritual guide and a swami, here are my predictions for th

The U.S. economy, and the global economy as well, are operating in an environment of nearly stable p

The ongoing saga of North Korea's missile program, the detonation of Indian and Pakistani nuclear de

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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