Commentary

A friend who came to the United States from France started a conversation with me that has stuck in

An old phantom of ocean shipping is threatening to make a reappearance. Container carriers want to r

Congress recently passed a bill that would, in effect, burn down the barn to get rid of two rats whe

Tie your writing hand behind your back and wear a glove on your other hand. Now, go about your ''nor

Of the many forecasts for the next century, an easily safe one is that privacy will be a goner. The

Ask most Americans what they've done lately for the environment and you get encouraging responses. T

As the presidential candidates debate reducing America's federal tax burden, and as many states tigh

In his bomb-blackened hometown of Ludwigshafen during the years after World War II, young Helmut Koh

After Bob Dole loses to President Clinton Nov. 5, analysts should not waste a minute on speculating

U.S.-based magazines with separate Canadian editions have been taxed out of existence in Canada, and

The 1996 congressional and presidential elections will go down as the most expensive ever. By Nov. 5

HIGHER CANAL TOLLSWILL PAY FOR BETTER SERVICEIn the Sept. 30 article, ''Panama may raise rat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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