Commentary

We jellyfish in the media have lacked the courage to hold the so-called ''environmentalists'' to a s

REPORT IS INDEPENDENTOF SECRETARY-GENERALOn Oct. 16, The Journal of Commerce published an op

The recently adjourned 105th Congress stands out as the most trade-phobic in recent memory. It did a

U.S. oil companies are doing big business in the Caspian Sea region. But there are concerns that arg

It arrived in the mail, alongside the usual bills. In no time, I was fully engrossed in this catalog

As the Year 2000 crisis looms, there's word that computers and humans may not have an exclusive fran

At time when the federal government's budget is in the black for the first fiscal year in almost a g

Crude sword-rattling aside, congressional approval of $17.9 billion in new financing for the Interna

I write in response to ''US farmers need fair trade,'' by Daniel T. McGuire (Oct. 13, Page 4A).<

The broadcast networks have decided to cut the time they spend covering election returns on Nov. 3.

Many financial observers are noting the quickness of the Federal Reserve Bank's response in cutting

Through simple trial and error, companies have learned they make more profit with retail prices like

A few years back we posed 20 questions about railroading. It's time to repeat that exercise, with a

At the end of the day, after all the tea has been sipped and all the rituals of policy have been pre

The Federal Open Market Committee's panicky quarter-point cuts in the federal funds rate target clea

Microsoft Corp. appears to be real nervous these days about appearing to be Big Brother. Just the ot

Thanks go to Peter Tirschwell for his article (''Multiyard shipbuilding plan far from dead: backer,'

Three weeks after the fiscal year began, Congress finally finished work on the nation's finances. Sc

Woodrow Wilson once celebrated economic sanctions as America's secret weapon, ''a peaceful, silent,

During this election season, beware of people who would squelch talk of Social Security reform with

The significant trade imbalance affecting international transportation companies has been reported a

Many of Haiti's 8 million people are hungry again.Though the most recent cause is Hurricane

Is it any wonder a growing number of Americans hold their national government in low esteem?

The people with Sharp minds are at it again. This time they've asked me to look at their SE-300 Mobi

Political winds were blowing especially hard in Oslo this year as Nobel Prizes were presented in two

The 300-plus attendees at the recent WESCCON '98 - the Western Cargo Conference organized by the Pac

Worried about paying for the kids' visits to the doctor? Counting on two months' maternity leave? Co

Are ethics in the American workplace crumbling? Maybe, maybe not.Nearly 50 percent of all em

The current political and economic crises in Russia punctuate the failings of the so-called ''reform

The contrast between the responses of the United States and Europe to the growing threat of a worldw

One of the most important developments in U.S. export controls is taking shape within the U.S. Censu

In ''The Prisoner,'' the cult-classic television series of the 1960s, a former British secret servic

Canada got its long-coveted seat on the U.N. Security Council recently, joining the Bigs after more

Eastern Europe is in a bittersweet mood as it prepares to celebrate the 10th anniversary next year o

Employers in a skill-short economy can be so hard-pressed to fill openings that they rush to hire, t

Politics is never pretty, but just before elections it is undeniably at its worst, with the last two

Customs is sitting on a powder keg. The U.S. agency charged with guarding the nation's borders again

On any given day, we pick up the newspaper and shake our heads.It may be a new get-up of Den

Gerhard Schroeder's ascension to the German chancellorship later this month will mark a major turnin

Reviewing the Southeast Asian crisis a year or so later, there is little doubt that it has been deva