Commentary

Across America, commence- ment exercises are followed by students' moving to their first professiona

The real issue facing Congress as it considers renewing normal trade relations (NTR) with China is w

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 (OSRA) has been in effect for slightly more than one month and

Rejoice, road warriors, your day has come!The increasing popularity of ultra-slim notebook c

News reports that the passenger liner United States has been put on the National Register of Histori

There's almost as much irony as there is danger in the latest food panic that's sweeping the globe.

Susan Strange's explanation of the title of her book, ''Mad Money,'' captures her concern for the co

The European Union will soon pull the plug on an industry that has little rationale for its existenc

Transshipment hubs, in Europe and elsewhere, are at the center of a heated debate over subsidies tha

So maybe selling steel isn't like selling sex, but if the sex industry is already making a billion d

Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs, Eisuke Sakakibara was once so well regar

The historical claims on the Falkland Islands have principally two differing versions. The recent me

Two years after it decided to scrap the Union Jack paint scheme on its airplanes' tail fins in favor

Nowadays Russia has two governments, one directed by President Boris Yeltsin's daughter, Tatiana Dya

Things are moving again on the ship-order front, particularly in the mega-ship area, where the popul

U.S. Customs this month plans to simulate a breakdown of its computer system. During the 24-hour tes

Air Pacifichas top service,loyal followingIn reference to ''Fiji's Air Pacific strug

Whatever happened to ''corporate welfare''?Not long ago an emotional battle cry in Congress

Growth prospects for the countries bordering Israel are expected to improve as a result of Israeli L

True or False? Americans are becoming increasingly isolationist. They oppose free trade agreements.

Americans may have thought they'd had their fill of scandals, posturing and poor performance in Wash

In an action that underlined who holds power and what their attitudes are, Tokyo this week officiall

In the planting of genetically changed crops around the world, the U.S. government has done just abo

A fairly strong Asian economic recovery is likely over the next two years. The end of the Asian coll

It's a difficult time to view China objectively, much less to try to take action in the same spirit.

With the summer travel season now upon us, millions of Americans are preparing for long-distance roa

Support is growing in Washington for regulations aimed at protecting privacy on the Internet. These

DESPITE PROPAGATING several critical mistakes in his op-ed piece ''Taiwan was the real issue'' (May

This past week the American public was offered a free lesson in political ineptitude, courtesy of ou

Troubling developments in Washington are casting a shadow on a landmark review of the nation's syste

Next week in Long Beach, the Intermodal Association of North America will be holding its fifth Inter

The principal threat to the U.S. economic outlook appears to be the potential for a major policy blu

Congress is bristling with activity aimed at bringing much-needed accountability and transparency to

In today's world of specialists you have Illustrator artists, Freehand artists and Corel artists. An

Three recent high-profile reports on genetically modified organisms have triggered a blizzard of med

Secrets come in all shapes and sizes: domestic, international, personal, microscopic.Some se

Give former U.S. Rep. Stephen J. Solarz 10 points for candor.Solarz, a former Democratic law

The strongest economic boom of this century has made Americans more optimistic about their financial

If the Y2K computer bug doesn't get you on Jan. 1, the sun cycle will. Or so scientists are warning

Despite its steady slide against the dollar, the European Union's single currency, the euro, is not