Commentary

Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner's decision to let foreign interests hold as much as 49 perce

As Pan American World Airways and Continental Airlines slide into bankruptcy and Eastern Airlines in

The question of whether the economy has reached the point of recession is no longer in doubt. Now so

An hour after U.S. planes began their first assault on Iraq last Wednesday, a young man came into O'

The good news is that America's No. 1 product is pure and unadulterated. The bad news is that it can

EXPECT FURTHER DEBATE and outrage in Japan now that the government of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu p

AILING AIRLINES MAY HAVE an easier time raising cash thanks to Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Sk

Though concern about the nuclear capability of Iraq deserves the utmost attention at this time, Was

The Persian Gulf war has ushered in a new energy era for the United States. Sadly, American lives on

IMAGINE AN INDUSTRY that cannot solve its labor disputes without help from the president of the Unit

I have been consulting lately with some ancient Greeks and Romans to get their ideas on the war in t

With my trusty remote control, I settle back on the couch to watch the war. Now I know what it means

IN LESS THAN A MONTH, leaders of six New York-area locals of the International Longshoremen's Associ

AFTER TWO YEARS UNDER federal bankruptcy protection, the demise of Eastern Airlines should have come

The crystal ball for Japan is always somewhat murky and it is difficult to come up with reliable pr

The powerful blast from Desert Storm sent Wall Street into orbit last week. Stock and bond prices so

HOW LONG DOES THE ARM of the U.S. civil rights law reach? Is an American protected from discriminati

An overweight grandmother sits on a garden stool in front of a curious collection of large-sized bra

CHECK OUT CLAIMS OF CHARITABLE GROUPSYour Dec. 12 editorial on my book, Patterns of Corporat

So what's wrong with having only three national passenger airlines? That question, and others like i

CONFUSION AND DENIALS followed reports Monday that the Taiwanese central bank quietly and systematic

EMOTIONS CHANGE QUICKLY during wartime. Minutes before the United States launched its nighttime assa

After several years of writing about shippers - what they want, need and desire - I finally found ou

SOME CRITICS OF THE proposed U.S.-Mexico free-trade agreement have intimated that President Carlos S

Is the recession getting deeper? Is unemployment rising? If you're counting on government statistics

S. KOREA CONTINUES TRADE LIBERALIZATIONYour Jan. 11 editorial, "South Korean Crisis," has pr

PAN AM CORP.'S CHAPTER 11 FILING last week overshadowed an important aviation story that has been bu

The road to monetary union for the European Community is strewn with pitfalls. Economic difficulties

''I know where the line is, and I did not cross it." That's what Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ar

The objective, according to the veteran military transportation specialist, is simple: Provide your

About mid-January, someone at the Ministry for International Trade and Industry in Tokyo looks at th

BEIJING'S SKETCHY EIGHTH five-year economic plan could be the blueprint for significant market-orien

WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTS in the Middle East, and there seems only the slightest chance now that it c

The U.S. maritime industry is ill-prepared to combat the onslaught of terrorism that would accompany

''To err is human, but if the eraser wears out before the pencil, you better watch out." - Apocrypha

JAPAN'S BOX RULES NOT A CONSPIRACYMichael B. Smith's letter (Jan. 3) states that he is going

OIL SELLING AT $75 a barrel? Higher inflation? Tighter credit? A skyrocketing budget deficit? Consum

In Budapest, people wait in line for Levi jeans, not food. The market stalls are well-stocked with o

IT MAY NOT MATTER MUCH whether Mikhail Gorbachev actually ordered the crackdown in Lithuania over th

The broad efforts to privatize and reinvigorate former East German enterprises have met so much conf