Commentary

It arrived in the mail, alongside the usual bills. In no time, I was fully engrossed in this catalog

The recently adjourned 105th Congress stands out as the most trade-phobic in recent memory. It did a

REPORT IS INDEPENDENTOF SECRETARY-GENERALOn Oct. 16, The Journal of Commerce published an op

As the Year 2000 crisis looms, there's word that computers and humans may not have an exclusive fran

As Norfolk Southern and CSX continue to digest the remnants of Conrail, rail workers are facing a se

At the end of the day, after all the tea has been sipped and all the rituals of policy have been pre

Through simple trial and error, companies have learned they make more profit with retail prices like

A few years back we posed 20 questions about railroading. It's time to repeat that exercise, with a

Many financial observers are noting the quickness of the Federal Reserve Bank's response in cutting

Crude sword-rattling aside, congressional approval of $17.9 billion in new financing for the Interna

The broadcast networks have decided to cut the time they spend covering election returns on Nov. 3.

I write in response to ''US farmers need fair trade,'' by Daniel T. McGuire (Oct. 13, Page 4A).<

At time when the federal government's budget is in the black for the first fiscal year in almost a g

Three weeks after the fiscal year began, Congress finally finished work on the nation's finances. Sc

The Federal Open Market Committee's panicky quarter-point cuts in the federal funds rate target clea

Woodrow Wilson once celebrated economic sanctions as America's secret weapon, ''a peaceful, silent,

During this election season, beware of people who would squelch talk of Social Security reform with

The significant trade imbalance affecting international transportation companies has been reported a

Thanks go to Peter Tirschwell for his article (''Multiyard shipbuilding plan far from dead: backer,'

Microsoft Corp. appears to be real nervous these days about appearing to be Big Brother. Just the ot

Political winds were blowing especially hard in Oslo this year as Nobel Prizes were presented in two

Worried about paying for the kids' visits to the doctor? Counting on two months' maternity leave? Co

The people with Sharp minds are at it again. This time they've asked me to look at their SE-300 Mobi

Is it any wonder a growing number of Americans hold their national government in low esteem?

Are ethics in the American workplace crumbling? Maybe, maybe not.Nearly 50 percent of all em

The 300-plus attendees at the recent WESCCON '98 - the Western Cargo Conference organized by the Pac

Many of Haiti's 8 million people are hungry again.Though the most recent cause is Hurricane

The current political and economic crises in Russia punctuate the failings of the so-called ''reform

Canada got its long-coveted seat on the U.N. Security Council recently, joining the Bigs after more

Eastern Europe is in a bittersweet mood as it prepares to celebrate the 10th anniversary next year o

Politics is never pretty, but just before elections it is undeniably at its worst, with the last two

Employers in a skill-short economy can be so hard-pressed to fill openings that they rush to hire, t

The contrast between the responses of the United States and Europe to the growing threat of a worldw

One of the most important developments in U.S. export controls is taking shape within the U.S. Censu

In ''The Prisoner,'' the cult-classic television series of the 1960s, a former British secret servic

An Alabama local of the United Steelworkers of America recently demanded that Gov. Fob James close t

Gerhard Schroeder's ascension to the German chancellorship later this month will mark a major turnin

Reviewing the Southeast Asian crisis a year or so later, there is little doubt that it has been deva

Chances are you've seen Norman Dacey's book, ''How to Avoid Probate!,'' which for years has helped A

Be you a businessman, a statesmen or a queen, you will rise to legendary stature the day a small, ba