Commentary

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences acted wisely when it chose the economist and philosopher Amart

Ask American workers if they intend to stay with their company for the next several years, and you m

Vice President Al Gore, in his environmental zeal, has banned the federal government from scrapping

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky's trip to Europe last week must be termed a success, i

Call them alliterati. People are charmed by Marilyn Monroe and Cal Coolidge and others with allitera

From his vacation villa, Josip Broz Tito used to gaze across Lake Bled toward the 15th-century churc

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

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

We jellyfish in the media have lacked the courage to hold the so-called ''environmentalists'' to a s

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

A few days ago, Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov appointed as his legal adviser a man who, un

U.S. oil companies are doing big business in the Caspian Sea region. But there are concerns that arg

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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