Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Each year, the federal government receives $4 billion in revenue from oil and natural-gas royalties.

Despite a lack of any credible evidence that inflation is a threat to the U.S. economy now or in the

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

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

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

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

There are two broad symptoms of an economy experiencing excessive demand growth.One is infla