Commentary

It has been more than 35 years since we've had a humdinger of a railroad proxy fight, but it appears

David Ervine spent five years in a Northern Ireland jail in the 1970s for possession of explosives.

The builders of fast ships, which are increasingly being used to haul cargo, have a problem - slow p

The most important piece of maritime legislation in a quarter-century became law recently, but there

Nearly half of California's high-tech public companies would consider leaving the state if Propositi

It's time to resolve the ambiguous and stressful relationship we have had with the United Nations. U

MEXICO NOT A PARTYTO TOMATO AGREEMENTWe read with interest your editorial titled ''The Flori

One of the dirty little secrets of international commerce is that free trade is often thrown overboa

With national elections approaching, politicians are offering competing proposals, while the pundits

Conrail has come a long way in 20 years. A bankrupt ward of the government in 1976, Conrail today is

There is elegance in simplicity, my mother always says. Simplicity can also be expensive, and not ju

Gro Harlem Brundtland, the popular Norwegian prime minister who led the country to prosperity and he

The proposed merger of CSX Transportation and Consolidated Rail will no doubt achieve certain benefi

If you sense that certain tired feeling in the rhetoric of this presidential campaign, you've got a

If you look real hard through the settling dust and wafting smoke of the last contract vote, you can

Bulgarians head to the polls Sunday to pick a new president. The key opposition candidate, Peter Sto

''I don't care if you've got a billion dollars,'' Bill Clinton told a Michigan audience recently. ''

The airline industry's terrorist profile does not have penetrating eyes, olive skin and a bushy mous

It's official. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that the garment industry's voluntary code of co

Bob Dole the candidate complains about America's moral decay. But Bob Dole the economist says he wan

General Motors of Canada settled a strike with its workers on Tuesday, but the pact leaves an import

Name the high point of this year's Congress, trade-wise speaking. You have until New Year's to submi

PILOTS ARE NEEDEDON THE GREAT LAKESI am a marine pilot on the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seawa

In 1815, Commodore Stephen Decatur sailed with 10 ships into the Port of Algiers and put an end to A

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTSIN THE US ARE SAFECertainly, we all would like to see improvement in the

About 120 miles east of Manhattan, a three-hour bus ride away, is Montauk, my favorite part of New Y

In his heart, President Clinton may be a political liberal, as his critics charge. However, the reco

The government of Mexico, which has made a lot of progress recently climbing out of its economic mor

The countries of the Pacific Rim have declared their ambition to promote liberalization of telecommu

Now I like a Banana Republic as well as the next yuppie, and I own my share of scented soaps. But wh

Interest rates on long-term U.S. Treasury bonds, which have hovered near 7 percent in recent months,

The Customs Service has revamped its vocabulary, changed its attitude and drawn up an action plan, a

If you have any lingering doubts that the tax code works against innovative ideas, take a look at th

Voters in Japan's parliamentary election Sunday gave a near majority to the conservatives, virtually

A funny thing happened around the country last week: Americans observed Columbus Day.In New

The sacking of Alexander Lebed, Russia's troublemaking security chief, removed a painful thorn from

US CAN'T RELY ONFOREIGN-FLAG CARRIERSOn Sept. 24, the day the Senate vote was scheduled on t

A classic story of political ignorance is the one involving a Mississippi governor who was under fir

The after-dinner discussion was meant to last no more than 30 minutes. Two hours later, the chat was

The U.S. media have duly reported that Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta won th