Commentary

Opponents of a landmark shipping deregulation bill are mounting a furious assault to stop it in Cong

EUROPE'S RUN-AMOKANTITRUST REGULATORSYour July 14 editorial, ''Europe's antitrust war'' (Pag

The way the United Nations and its agencies regard business has changed fundamentally in recent year

Are the good times over for the U.S. economy? After a long run of extraordinary growth, U.S. output

The Journal of Commerce's July 16 editorial, ''Port Competition,'' contains insightful and thought-p

''A blow-dried bellhop to the rich.''That's how Mike Freeman, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Part

American agriculture is experiencing its worst crisis in decades. Plunging prices have driven farm i

CORRECTING THE RECORDON CONRAIL'S SALE PRICEThe guest letter you published on July 2, ''Anot

If you take a taxi - even an obviously creaky one - and it loses its brakes and hits a pedestrian, s

Panama, a nation created for a canal, has always lived in the shadow of American domination.

Rape is being systematically used by Burma's military as part of a policy of ethnic cleansing, accor

Once again, the nation's farmers are counting on their pals in Congress to let them continue raking

An environmental policy revolution began in the 1970s that put the federal government center stage i

Imagine this scenario:The shipping deregulation bill now before Congress is passed and signe

Congress wanted to know how spending decisions are made at America's favorite government agency, the

FEDS SHOULD MAINTAINNAVIGATION CHANNELSYour July 16, 1998, editorial, ''Port Competition,''

Notwithstanding billions of dollars worth of infrastructure and investment, success in ocean shippin

Two schools of thought dominate discussion of urban development. Central planners favor confined urb

Not long ago he was considered a savior, an honest man who would redeem a troubled union. Indeed, wh

In the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War, the vanquished American South was overrun by fortune-seeking

This month is the 150th anniversary of a gathering that championed two ideas considered extremely ra

Rarely has a political leader been more on the spot. Japan's prime minister-to-be, Keizo Obuchi, who

Nearly 30 years ago, when the contradictions in post-war transport policy became evident, the United

Lower prices for grains and oilseeds this spring and summer are stimulating a debate about federal f

''Paper-thin'' is the term for this sliver of sheet that I hold in my hand. It is standard laser pap

Life? Check. Liberty? Got it. Pursuit of happiness? Not so easy. In fact, on some days, thoroughly b

In this era of vigorous economic competition, oligopolies like the Big Three automakers and the thre

William McChesney Martin, who died Monday of respiratory failure at his home in Washington, will be

With both Japan and Russia in a financial sickbed, the Asian economic crisis now wheezes back to the

The European Union must not let its guard slip just because everything is going its way.Stro

The House and Senate have reached agreement on a sensible plan that would increase to 115,000 the nu

It's starting to become clear why the United States and its wealthy friends are forking over billion

For the best part of a decade Europe's leaders have had lousy summer vacations as political and econ

Evidence of an industrial slowdown in the United States and Britain is mounting. Measures of product

Back in the old days, say two years ago when downsizing was rampant and corporate recruiters were as

Three days of direct peace talks last week failed to bridge a seemingly small, but apparently insurm

Sometimes it seems that government agencies will try anything to increase their funding, even if tha

Railroad mergers have sparked enormous controversy of late, but the newest rail linkup - a proposed

Pork production in the Netherlands is recovering in 1998, just in time to add to a hog-and-pork surp

In 1974, Rep. Charles Vanik and Sen. Henry Jackson immortalized themselves by lending their names to