Commentary

In recent decades, Argentina usually has been in the eye of the storm whenever emerging-market natio

As cities and states weigh in with their own sanctions to influence foreign nations, they may be ign

SHIPPING BILL NEEDSFURTHER INVESTIGATIONPeter Tirschwell, your assistant managing editor, is

The Black Forest's old-time craftsmen used to consider wooden cuckoo clocks to be high-tech German e

There is increasing media and political attention being paid to ''Doomsday'' scenarios of domestic t

You need a new sweater. You take out your mail-order catalog of choice and browse around. You've dec

Asia's economic crisis was expected to lead to an export surge as weakened currencies made goods mor

People who eat organic foods are about eight times more likely to be attacked by the deadly new E. c

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

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

The U.S. Senate risks holding three-quarters of a billion Africans hostage to a few American special

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

''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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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