Commentary

The U.S. dollar has fallen 15 percent against the Japanese yen since early July, hitting a 3 1/2-ye

There was a time when most of the foods I enjoyed were bad for me. My physician warned me to stay aw

As the new Jewish year gets under way, the Middle East peace process appears once more to be back on

The Clinton administration deserves to be commended for its wise, albeit long overdue, decision to e

Bombs aimed at killing innocent civilians are not new in Russia, whether dropped from the air, or de

The idea of getting the main economies on both sides of the Pacific together regularly in an informa

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a chorus of foreign governments, foreign companies, and their law

Had President Lott rather than Lincoln led the Union, the North would have surrendered before the Co

With each passing day, reasons mount for a growing sense of despair over China's future. The list is

One of the most important tasks facing the nation's elementary and secondary students is preparing f

Three recent articles appear to contain potentially misleading views regarding the insurance doctrin

Negotiations scheduled to begin Monday in Washington could well determine whether U.S.-China maritim

Lost in the debate over the Justice Department's lawsuit against Microsoft and its impact on Microso

Can you remember the good old days? Don McLean's ''American Pie'' was on top of the charts. The ''Go

The air cargo industry may be in for the type of revolutionary change that comes along once in a gen

A time bomb is ticking in the Pacific Northwest, and if it goes off, the effects will be felt at por

Now that Congress is back in session, one of its first items of business is a relief package for Ame

A couple of weeks ago, I attended an international trade, logistics and transportation conference in

Several weeks ago, there was a strange mix of news stories about truckers. At almost the same time a

The comments expressed by some air cargo executives in ''Airlines Question value of online cargo dat

The report on the U.S. Marine Transportation System sent to Congress by Transportation Secretary Rod

President Lee Teng-hui's statement on July 9 that the relationship between Taiwan and China is a ''s

BY JOHN CLARKJohn Clark, who observed the Indonesian elections in June, is a senior research

It's midnight. All of a sudden the phone rings - someone has vandalized a shipment of rare artifacts

The report on the nation's maritime system, released by Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater last

The rhetoric was typically overblown, but the idea that Sino-American relations are moving back to w

Imagine. Your company deploys the most advanced supply-chain management systems. You've outsourced d

John Davies was a reporter's reporter. John, who worked for The Journal of Commerce in Los Angeles,

A bit late and a bit slowly, Europe's aerospace/defense industry is going through the same process o

Neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night will keep mail carriers from their appointed rounds, says t

It's been a period in which French giant Bollore looked set to either merge its Delmas shipping busi

Having established himself as the odd man of Japanese politics, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi kicked o

In the shadows of today's great tax-cut debate resides an important, though relatively little public

I just finished a telephone conversation with the comptroller of a steamship line operating to the M

Representatives of the Interagency Commission on Crime and Security in U.S. Seaports completed a rou

If you believe in the evil men do, then you probably remember Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of Dr. J

There is a development under way at the Customs Service that should be deeply troubling to anyone in

A concerned New England customer queried my trucking company in New Haven, Conn., one day: Can you t

Amid reports of money laundering and rampant corruption, it is tempting to view Russia as a rat hole

The tale of the Titanic has fascinated people for 87 years now, ever since the luxury liner hit an i