Commentary

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 has led to a flurry of activity with respect to non-vessel-ope

ontrary to what your mother told you, looks count - at least in court, a Brandeis University psychol

America's favorite Christmas toymaker, the People's Republic of China, is getting back to basics, do

Joseph L. Lucente knows that the good old days are right now.That is why Mr. Lucente is help

If Americans can turn away from the Bill and Ken show for a few moments, they might want to briefly

''No dishes in the sink.''That was the rule in my mother's house when I was growing up.The r

ake two shaky governments, a history of religious conflict and a territorial dispute lasting 50 year

Few things come without a price tag, and shipping deregulation does not appear to be one of them.

est Coast longshoremen and waterfront employrs gavethe nation's international trade and transportati

How does a $397 billion drop in the economy sound? How about paying an additional 50 cents for a gal

Michel Camdessus, managing director of the International Monetary Fund is like a lot of President Cl

The crash of Swissair Flight 111 this fall should remind us how fragile and uncertain the law is tha

Perhaps I'm alone in having fond associations with elevator entrapments.Just how alone becam

The reasons the U.S. Supreme Court elects to hear some cases are apparent: Issues of national import

I promised myself I would never do it. But then when I went to the mall the day after Thanksgiving a

Conspicuously absent from the Commerce Department's new rules on the anti-subsidy duty law is langua

Time magazine's inclusion of a gangland hood in its list of ''the 20 remarkable builders and titans

Chile's foreign minister is in London trying to persuade the British to release Gen. Augusto Pinoche

In the Taipei mayoral election that will take place Saturday between the incumbent, Chen Shui-bian,

Corporate reorganizations are beneficial to a nation's economy when they result in improved efficien

George Santayana once observed that ''fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have f

What do you want people to say about you when you're gone?''That bum owed me 50 bucks.'' Or,

It is given to few people to invent their own language, but Diego Marani, an Italian translator in B

Isn't it ironic? We now have three of the major instigators of the Department of Justice's suit agai

Since the advent of the Asian economic crisis, we have been at pains to remind investors that, when

While many factors underlie the perennial resiliency of the U.S. economy, one of the driving forces

This column was written from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam as I completed my tour of our compan

Tony Blair made a noteworthy speech last week in what was an unusual location for a British leader:

A visit to the newly restored main reading room of the New York Public Library's Center for the Huma

The Taiwanese financial sector is showing increasing signs of strain that mirror the deflationary co

In hearings held during the closing days of the last Congress, the Senate Commerce Committee signale

Gen. Augusto Pinochet has returned to haunt Europe's ''new left'' leaders.The leading player

When Prime Minister Zhu Rongji toured eastern China earlier this year to inspect the provincial grai

For two weeks in November, streams of visitors passed through House members' offices, but they weren

As logistics reporter for the Journal of Commerce, I'm often asked by people at parties what exactly

Small, furry, interactive toys aren't the only hot-selling dolls this Christmas season. A leather-cl

The European Union's grand strategy to create a rail-based freight system is in tatters.The

With the election returns draining ideological venom from Capitol Hill, attention should be given to

People accustomed to cool, crisp sheets don't admit they're sleeping on straw.Therein is the

Although the federal government's capacity for capricious behavior sometimes seems boundless, it is