Commentary

Richard Branson made seven balloonist teams very happy when he ditched in the Pacific Ocean on Chris

Just what does it take for a business to be considered socially responsible? After wrestling with th

The great accomplishment of health-care politics at century's end is a system in which the federal g

Fanfare please! After consulting with my spiritual guide and a swami, here are my predictions for th

The U.S. economy, and the global economy as well, are operating in an environment of nearly stable p

The ongoing saga of North Korea's missile program, the detonation of Indian and Pakistani nuclear de

Europe's richest and poorest nations share a common problem. It's called the European Union.

If you've filled a prescription recently, you may have had a nasty surprise. Antibiotics or a tube o

proposed grain sale to Iran has revived interest in legislation that failed to make headway in the

The best way to keep the Social Security system solvent despite the baby-boomer generation's coming

On Dec. 1, The Journal of Commerce carried an opinion article (''Jones Act reflects fundamentals of

ex, lies and baseball beat out the economy as the top news stories of 1998, according to a poll of A

Very few, if any, small business owners go running to the federal government for help when a competi

Christmas Day, in addition to everything else, also marked the birth of the greatest intellect in hu

Give Commerce Secretary William Daley his due. He laid it on the line, warning senior Chinese offici

isconsin may have lost its status as America's dairy state to California - the Golden State surpass

The question was simple enough, and so was my answer. As the anniversary of my mother's death approa

he United States and the European Union, the world's biggest trading partners, are bowing out of 199

The small man off the overnight flight waited patiently in the Customs line at Kennedy International

It is virtually impossible these days to avoid articles in the popular press that hail the dawn of a

Intermodal transportation continues to increase in international prominence. While intermodal confer

t's not surprising that the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at Tuesday's meeting in li

Some holiday catalogs, those faithful friends of harried shoppers, soared to poetic heights this sea

The thought had never before crossed my mind to write that Hong Kong is becoming ''just another Chin

This has turned out to be a heck of a hard year for the pundit. All you want to do is write a nice y

ew York City and State gave themselves an expensive Christmas present this week. They agreed to put

Most of America's big hog and poultry farms are under state-imposed ''zero-discharge'' regulations.<

Longshore labor and management on the West Coast each claimed victory last week in the outcome of a

It didn't take long for the high-flown rhetoric of last week's U.S.-EU summit to hit the ground with

Currency devaluations, illiquidity, a lack of investor confidence and collapsing financial systems h

If you are less than jolly this Christmas travel season about air fares and the choice of flights, d

Christmas remains America's favorite holiday, a religious celebration that transcends the nation's i

Novice law students used to get their first introduction to the concept of a tort through an old cas

Too much ''stuff'' on your hard drive? Can't find that letter you sent to Aunt Jennie last Christmas

oday is decision day for the 22 ship lines that ply the North Atlantic. At a time of unprecedented f

Too many railroads, shippers and regulators seem unwilling to exert the needed effort to reach compr

With the euro about to be introduced, a manifesto for a socialist Europe with shared economic polici

February, 1868. The Union had won the Civil War - and President Lincoln had been assassinated - not

Wall Street has all but abandoned the developing nations. Is Main Street, provider of extensive capi

Many Americans will soon sit down to a traditional Christmas feast. It might include roast turkey, b