Commentary

In the 1980s, the one fictional character that media panjandrums used to embody the values and spiri

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH:It was no surprise that House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt remai

Is the People's Republic of China a rising colossus that intends to bully its neighbors and dominate

Another week and another all-time low for the euro.Only this time it was worse because Europ

Do you remember the predictions of a paperless office? Well, it didn't happen.According to A

hile economists keep a worried eye out for inflation, harried parents know it's already hitting them

he sudden collapse of the joint venture between KLM and Alitalia last Friday may have made good busi

George W. Bush crossed into Mexico last week to dedicate the World Trade Bridge, the fourth span con

It's not automatic to think of the Internet as evolving, because it still seems new. It wasn't long

Memo to risk managers and insurance buyers: Brace yourself if you're going to the Risk and Insurance

A high-tech German bicycle rental company opens for business in Munich this month. Its name: Call A

t has almost all the elements of a key scene in a bad situation comedy: a car stuck in the mud, a he

In case you missed it, a cynical ploy to cash in on Americans' environmental urges disappeared with

Remember China Shipping Group? The big guys from Shanghai who have visions of reaching the top-five

The issues of granting China membership in the World Trade Organization and selling arms to Taiwan p

Two recent hit movies, ''Erin Brockovich'' and ''Boiler Room,'' delve into the seamy side of the bus

The April 25 article regarding the declaration of freight amounts on Customs entries (''Importers re

hat's in a last name? Free air travel, thanks to spirited airline sparring - if the last name is Rya

urope is facing a jobs crisis and it has nothing to do with unemployment.Even as it grapples

In case any of us needed reminding of the laws of supply and demand, the wild stock market gyrations

Leonard L. Fleisig's recent opinion piece (''The industry needs to see the FMC as neutral,'' April 1

Can the Russians build a new global empire out of aluminum? Is the new president of Russia intent on

I must be watching too much TV, or eating too much pizza before I go to bed, or something, because I

nflation forecasting is critical to the Federal Reserve's ability to set a proper monetary policy. B

backlash is brewing - or perhaps being brewed is a more precise description - to the pervasive trend

The protesters in the streets of Seattle last November and in Washington earlier this month had a po

I've begun reading palms but the ones I'm reading will have a very short lifeline if Uncle Bill has

There is no evidence that they are not safe to eat or that they are environmentally harmful. So said

Every administration in Washington uses the publicity apparatus of executive agencies to promote the

There are points to laud in George Cashman's opinion article (''Port truck drivers: a David and Goli

The jury is out on Vladimir Putin, the president-elect of Russia. Will he be a reformer, seeking to

he Supreme Court took a rational tack to a rail-safety issue last week, preserving a uniform nationa

s they marked a half-millennium since the coming of the Europeans, Brazilian leaders this week also

he European Union is inching along toward removing one of the major irritants in its trade with the

An initially reassuring contrast to the doomsday-like message demonstrators sought to convey at last

Ungainly but interesting, pelicans are noteworthy for their rubbery throat pouches, which expand lik

Weird stuff is going on here in Washington. But you knew that. To be accurate: Even weirder stuff.

The long-running ''will they, won't they'' saga of the Grand Alliance and Americana Ships joining up

ut the total in terms of percentage, and it sounds modestly positive: Road fatalities declined 1.9 p

Say your company offers a new perk: a car-washing service, or a free manicure at your desk. Chances