Commentary

1996 was a bad year for North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. Chosen by his late father, the Great

THE NY-NJ PORT FREIGHTTUNNEL MAKES SENSE . . .Regarding Alan Abrams' opinion article, ''Tunn

Trent Lott is off to a dismal start. The new Congress has been in business less than a month, and al

You've seen the ads on TV: Glimmering, majestic passenger cruise ships gliding through night waters

As the new session of Congress gets under way, lawmakers are saddled with campaign promises of tax r

In what looks from here to be a coup for Canada, Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy and Cuban President

In the beginning was the Beetle.And Volkswagen saw that its ''people's car'' was good. It bu

It's bizarre to realize that the question of Taiwan's future could cause a war between America and C

Now that the U.S. Department of Energy has announced plans to burn immensely dangerous weapons-grade

INSURANCE AGENTSDEFEND MERGER MOVESI think it is necessary to address some assertions in you

Where reform efforts fail, the market sometimes succeeds, as independent insurance agents are disc

Something important is being lost in all the fuss over Michael Ovitz, who left Walt Disney Co. after

The image of huge trains-in-the-sky crisscrossing the continents with hundreds of passengers on boar

Who knows what Conrail's future may be, but its past is memorialized.Five years following th

The resignation of George Marlin after two years as executive director of the Port Authority of New

Robert Torricelli, the new Democratic senator from New Jersey, won praise from liberals last year fo

For more than a decade, a handful of industrious trial lawyers have pocketed millions of dollars in

It's late January and tax forms are showing up in mailboxes like evil omens. But just when queasines

Welfare reform, which Bill Clinton supported, then ignored, then vetoed, then signed, willtake effec

In Hong Kong, the sweating has started.For more than a year, Hong Kong's boosters have argue

The outcome of a current debate in Brussels over the future of the European Union's law on takeovers

Curt Flood, who died this week, was a good outfielder who compiled a .293 batting average during a 1

The nation's passion for gambling may be dimming. The New Orleans casino is bankrupt. Riverboat reve

If the business media are right, corporate executives have found a new punching bag - consultants.

Early this month, thousands of tiny Siberian native birds successfully made their annual journey fro

As you begin your deliberations on the 1998 budget, one issue you will have to grapple withis the gr

The view that President Clinton witnessed Monday as he delivered his second inaugural address was as

On the rate front, bad news for carriers is usually good news for shippers.Carrier executive

For all President Clinton's inaugural rhetoric about making the United States ''the world's indispen

An unknown but growing number of exporters and importers are cheating the government of billions eac

The European Union has been among the most vocal supporters of post-apartheid South Africa. But its

To members of the American business community in Latin America and the Caribbean, the appointment of

NEW JERSEY'S COSTLYAUTO INSURANCEIt should come as no surprise to New Jersey's drivers that

On Jan. 1, the ticket tax that financed our nation's air traffic control system expired.Until Congre

Bosses usually get a bad rap for being insensitive, boorish or downright cruel.So it's time

The occasion of President Clinton's second inauguration prompted me to page through a great book I h

Politicians often overlook the extent to which technology affects the strength of nations.Ea

SEOUL MET ITS PLEDGETO HELP KOREA'S WORKERSYour Jan. 15 editorial, ''Clouds over South Korea

After a two-year bout with recession, things are looking up for Mexico's economy. But a variety of r

Conrail shareholders voted last week to reject a measure that was crucial to the railroad's planned