Commentary

Recent articles (''Bill giving Customs more personnel, equipment stalls over union demand,'' Oct. 15

The stylish women out shopping on breezy Avenue U in Brooklyn are classically beautiful, especially

The law of supply and demand was working in full force on the Pacific last week.Shipowners a

Because the 105th Congress failed to pass a major trade bill, it now rests with the 106th Congress t

''I was totally appalled,'' my friend confided. ''I can't believe anyone would give me such a thing.

Alice in Wonderland declined the March Hare's invitation to ''Take some more tea'' because, as she e

Now that nearly 16 months have passed since the Asian economic crisis broke out, the International M

After being at the margins of world diplomacy for most of the year, Japan is finally moving to the c

The sparring over which party won the elections rings hollow when a simple fact is considered: Fewer

Looking back more than 50 years, George Lowman recalled his first encounter with the American mercha

Two things are certain about what the federal government calls the biggest Clean Air Act enforcement

One of the most important, and trickiest, rail issues that the Surface Transportation Board is expec

Once again, economic forecasters missed the mark as the U.S. economy's growth in the third quarter w

In a recent meeting in Saarbrucken, Germany, that country's new finance minister, Oskar Lafontaine,

When Gen. Sir John Cowley was a small boy, his Uncle Charlie came down to his prep school and took h

President Clinton seems to enjoy his global reputation as a humanitarian. Indeed, his intentions are

MOSCOW - There hasn't been a major Russian air crash for some time now. In one sense, this is a good

The Farm Credit Administration is moving rapidly to implement its revolutionary new philosophy to pr

If you read the papers, it really seems like this is a great time for the personal computer industry

The U.N. climate conference that opened in Buenos Aires this week is serving up fresh reminders of t

Minnesota's newly elected governor, a former pro fessional wrestler known as Jesse ''The Body'' Ven

I read with some interest the op-ed article in your Oct. 30 edition by Patrick Chisholm (''Abolish t

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel once wrote, ''What experience and history teach is this - that people

Mention the CIA at any respectable gathering of radicals 25 years ago and, after a surreptitious loo

The irresistible force of American passenger-vehicle preferences is headed for the immovable object

You're sitting behind your desk trying to get some information on Middlesex County in Connecticut vi

As the Asian economic crisis spreads around the world, a predictable increase in imports has begun.

The information revolution is arriving in Latin America - but it's slow, uneven, and expensive.<

One of the justifications Anatoly Chubais, the most durable of Russia's economic reformers, gives fo

President Clinton, at the White House conference on women and retirement, delivered two messages: wo

The commissioner shortage at the Surface Transportation Board is reaching a critical stage.T

Ever since Neville Chamberlain's famously wrong remark prior to World War II, political and business

For the past several years, Egypt has been conducting a quiet and remarkably successful revolution i

Europe's two rookie leaders have the power to steer the region toward a dynamic future or turn it ba

Butcher shops and banks may both sell tainted products. That is why both are subject to public inspe

October featured two events of interest to space-travel enthusiasts.The first, John Glenn's

Poor antitrust lawyers. Once they were at the top of the heap. They could keep children up late tell

We've been through the Industrial Age and the Corporate Age. Now get ready for the Entrepreneurial A

In the U.S. government's unfolding antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., there are many disputed d

John Glenn's successful return to space last week, 36 years and a career in the U.S. Senate since he