Commentary

Administration of some ''Singapore justice'' has been suggested as one way out of the crime-and-puni

Will fear of being sexually harassed quell employees' ardor for the annual holiday office party? Wil

eople who know about such things suggest that the wave of interest in the RMS Titanic and its tragic

t a time when global economic and political pressures give ever more impetus to protectionism - a ti

resident Clinton's timing in his impeachment-eve attack on Iraq certainly raises questions. But ther

In the early 1970s I watched quarterback Joe Namath, at the height of his popularity, appear on a pa

Intermodal transport is proving to be a touchstone of European integration, and it is already clear

Looking back over this past year, one of the things that clearly changed was the debate over the Jon

Globalization has brought prosperity to the world but also greater risks. In times of financial turm

In reference to the article in Air Commerce headlined ''United chooses to go the premium route'' (No

Late last month, I accompanied Vice President Al Gore to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summi

usiness is booming around one key American event: professional football's Super Bowl, which draws th

The dynasty that dominated the heart of Europe for half a millennium has designs on Europe again. Ei

It was Wilbur and Orville Wright's younger brother - so the story goes - who called the local newspa

The political left loves to prattle about the plight of the poor, but their darlings are increasingl

In India, lakes are poisoned by sewage; in Africa, rivers turn into filthy trickles; around Asia's A

Secretly, Tetsuji Kuroki despises co-worker Akio Mochizuki.Mr. Kuroki, a graduate of the pre

or all those Canadians who fret endlessly over whether their culture is distinct from that of the U

he cease-fire this week in the banana war between the European Union and the United States will be b

I recently received a student resume book from an educational institution with which I am associated

Consumers are key to the 1999 economic outlook. Their spending should keep the U.S. economy out of r

More than ever, lobbies of the afflicted are moving to influence spending on medical research, claim

Every year at this time, I get to list some of my favorite things - sort of subtle hints suggesting

I don't think the standing of the British in New York has ever been as low as it is today. I returne

The Clinton administration has developed a nasty habit of using personal tragedy to further its glob

My mom and dad grew up on small farms their Finnish immigrant parents carved out of the rocks, red c

es, you heard right. In a development that seems to fall into the man-bites-dog definition of news,

he presidential impeachment process is playing out like a Greek tragedy, its characters heading immu

In a current commercial for a luxury car, a research subject tethered to probes in a laboratory is e

Investors fear Russia. Let me count the ways.Leadership is weak. Boris Yeltsin is largely an

In a Nov. 16th op-ed article (''Does the steel industry matter?'' Page 4A), Greg Mastel, a long-time

t may seem perverse to propose a year-end vote of praise to Europe's political leaders, whose polici

Europe is saluting the imminent launch of its single currency, the euro, with a spectacular burst of

Indonesia is undergoing its worst food crisis in decades, but the millions of acres of tropical fore

Trans-Pacific container lines don't look forward to this time of year. It's no easy task to try and

The British government's decision to begin extradition hearings against former Chilean dictator Augu

Europe and the United States are ''the only games in town.'' So says U.S. Trade Representative Charl

Last week, my Sunday newspaper arrived, as usual, at the front door. As I removed the paper from its

Amartya Sen is more than just a Nobel prize winner. As master of Trinity College in England, possibl

You wonder if it's the water in Seattle.People there are up to something again.The lambs of