Commentary

It's a sad commentary that the state of Louisiana felt compelled to pass a law mandating that school

Many experts forecast a wave of banking megamergers if Congress finally passes legislation that woul

How high is the third-party logistics industry flying these days?Very high, according to som

Turkey has a historic chance to reach a peaceful settlement of the Kurdish issue. Whether it decides

Vandana Shiva is an environmentalist from India. She and I recently debated the environmental merits

Longstanding familiarity and dependence often spark a proliferation of names for the same concept. J

When it comes to successful investing or safe air travel on or around the turn of the century, it's

Once again, a long-running feud over a flood-control project in California threatens to sink harbor

It was an unlaughing German who said, more than a century ago, that when history repeats itself, it

I hate America Online.I've always hated AOL. At every opportunity, I try to convince people

Is President Clinton trying to make Americans as paranoid about food as Europeans are? Is he trying

H.L. Mencken, the early 20th-century reporter and American sage, had some survival advice he freely

Insurers say banks' insurance activities wouldn't be adequately regulated under House-passed legisla

RECENT MISADVENTURES with the Russian air force over the North Atlantic are giving extra ammunition

In the edition of June 29 (''European Union nations split over plans for trade reform,'' Page 4) The

It doesn't take much pressure to get me to play with new computer-related gadgets. So, when the folk

Ten years ago, Hungary - by opening its borders and moving toward a market economy - forged a key li

A rash of foreign governments are filing lawsuits against U.S. tobacco companies in U.S. courts.

Texas and California top the list of states with the most dangerous road intersections, according to

Trade diplomats risk becoming an endangered species as globalization transfers negotiating clout to

Summer's here - well, at least, in Britain we are told it is - and despite the annual Wimbledon wash

At year's start, it looked like 1999 might be a highly productive - even a milestone - year for trad

Shippers have been fixated on the seemingly bungled breakup of Conrail, Inc. since June 1 as CSX Tra

BY EDWARD NEILANEdward Neilan, who is based in Tokyo, is a veteran analyst of Northeast Asia

In the very near future a piece of legislation (S.5746/A.8675) will come before New York Gov. George

Wise American companies try to take a positive approach toward environmental issues today, and to be

Whether you admire him or despise him - and there are few who feel anything in between - you can't d

When Paul Revere rode out to warn that British troops were marching on the arsenal at Concord, he ha

Once thought of as a silent abyss, the ocean is really ''abuzz with sound'' from grinding supertanke

The band of people who were there at the beginning of container shipping got smaller by one this wee

Attention is now turning to the aftermath of the war in Kosovo: rebuilding communities and economies

It's summertime and the living is easy - or is it? While warm weather traditionally signals the star

Sometimes the messages that aren't intended ring louder than those that are.An op-ed column

What threatened to be a long, hot summer for the asset markets may turn out to be less of a sizzler

Bitter trade disputes over a variety of environment and health issues, ranging from the Clean Air Ac

Memo to executives: Remove Russia from your agenda for the next two years at least. Russia will clea

We are now well into the peak season for import traffic on the trans-Pacific trades. It is also two

Hong Kong's third year as a Special Administrative Region of China begins today. But no one should f

Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. commitment to democratic ideals around the globe has proven

The results of the historic meeting this week between leaders of the 15-nation European Union and th