Commentary

The effort of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. and Canadian National Railway Co. to combine has mo

It would appear from reading Ted Prince's opinion of the Jones Act (''Spotlight focuses again on the

o matter how and when the sad tale of Elian Gonzalez concludes, it graphically illustrates two thing

n investment Web site in the Netherlands was flooded with e-mail from would-be investors Saturday af

LOS ANGELES TIMES:. . . For more than five years, Rep. Edward Royce, D-Calif., chairman of t

From his vantage point above Prague's timeless spires, Jaroslav Drobnik takes the long view of the s

mid all the ballyhoo about creating a ''new'' economy for the 21st century, it's easy to gloss over

f nothing else, you have to give the governor and legislature of New York state credit for single-mi

Of all the cynical gimmicks that politicians can generate during an election year, the current propo

Along with protecting the environment, the realization of human rights has become the new global ide

In the 13th century, when Venetian trader Marco Polo returned from a decades-long trip to the Far Ea

It could be regarded as ironic, but last week's Medtranspo Conference in Genoa, hosted by The Journa

One sometimes wonders if China's communist leaders know what they're doing.As Congress prepa

It will take the new president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, at least another month to decide whom he w

Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., an outspoken critic of the United Nations, sat down last week on Capitol H

ooking at the numbers, it's hard to see why shipping lines would care whether they retain immunity f

We have read in your March 13 issue the article ''Vexing problems, common factor: new ships'' (opini

The White House and the business community are pushing for an early vote in Congress on permanent no

If South Korean parliamentary elections were to be held tomorrow instead of April 13, the party of P

t's exactly the kind of thing summed up by the adage about the questionable wisdom of cutting off yo

etermined that cyberspace shouldn't be an ivory-tower concern, the British government is taking the

Normally, I'm not much of a fan of justice delayed. But it's hard to see anything but the positive i

istory shows that the right kind of debt cancellation is good for everyone. Germany received massive

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is known for accessing little-known statistics to ascertain

'The Years of Living Dangerously'' By Stephen Vines. London: Orion Business Books, 1999. 287 pages.<

An inverse relation existed: The more the Soviet Union and then Russia descended into chaos, the les

Fads come and go as quickly as the seasons. Remember the leisure suit? Or how about pet rocks, ultra

Those who sat through the recent four-day Surface Transportation Board hearing on the future structu

You've experienced this at least once in your computer-addicted life: Everything is going as well as

Early this year, the World Bank announced a new international program intended to help developing co

he government of Mexico isn't taking a huffy, moralistic or high-handed regulatory approach to the i

all it jubilation, call it hope, call it cautious optimism.There's a period of anticipation

Europe picked the best locations last week to show off its new face and hide its old one.Lis

In an age when the undersides of toilet seats bear advertising messages, it's not surprising that ad

The Clinton administration claims to have learned something from the outpouring of protest against t

he relentless expansion of Federal Express and United Parcel Service is putting intense pressure on

he United States and the European Union have reached a deal which, if ratified by both sides, will a

The European Central Bank is following the lead of the Federal Reserve by tightening monetary policy

Republicans running against Al Gore present themselves as a needed force to resist grasping regulati

Media coverage of the recent Taiwan presidential elections and comments by President-elect Chen Shui