Commentary

Advocates of protectionism in Washington better scurry for cover: a formidable tigress in Canada has

A few years back a newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Transportation was being briefed on the truckin

CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS may be only days away, but is this a sufficient excuse for the United States

THE LONGSHOREMEN'S DOCK STRIKE earlier this month hit home for two staffers at The Journal of Commer

THE AUTHORS OF A HIGH-LEVEL STUDY requested by President Reagan on energy- related national security

When my wife and I visited Siberia last fall, we were part of a group of about 50 American tourists.

THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY is showing signs of being its own worst enemy. How can an industry th

Since Japan's surrender in the summer of 1945, Japanese foreign policies have been closely tied in w

THE METS IS DEAD," proclaimed Leo Durocher early in 1969 when his Chicago Cubs were 'way out front i

THE DECISION BY GENERAL MOTORS and IBM to pull out of South Africa by selling off their operations t

The foreign visitor to the U.S.S.R., especially one who comes as a member of a tourist group, finds

Wharf. Sounds like something my dog would say. It's my shorthand for Wharf (Holdings) Co., t

THE TRUCKERS AND TEAMSTERS have come to a "working agreement" (nothing's signed yet) on a step-by-st

European travelers still love to buy liquor, cigarettes and perfume at airport duty-free shops. They

Talmadge E. Simpkins' Sept. 23 OpEd essay "Tax Change Aids U.S. Flag Shipping", which applauds the t

Arms control went into extra innings following a no-hit performance by both superpowers at the Icela

Back in December 1941 the Japanese diplomats posted in Washington were taken into custody and sent

It surprises a U.S. visitor to the Soviet Union to observe the obvious ineffectiveness of Soviet of

Selway's New Order CriticizedI have been in shipping for 42 years as a merchant seaman, ship

POLITICIANS HAVE TO BE WATCHED AT ALL TIMES, especially when their jobs are on the line at election

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission was established by President Kennedy in August, 1961 as an inde

CONGRESS DID A GOOD THING LAST WEEK when it resurrected and passed an immigration bill. The legislat

It's happened to all of us, and we've all probably entertained thoughts similar to those that floode

The British government appears to have gone cold on the idea of championing greater competition and

If you think that Mikhail Gorbachev is blowing fresh breezes across the U.S.S.R., some observations

ELAINE CHAO, deputy maritime administrator with the Maritime Administration, recently spoke before t

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS are likely to increase pressure on the United States to loosen restrictions agai

The British are an enigma to me. Perhaps, like most Americans, I was raised too much on Shakespeare

Years ago, in the era of silent films, serial movies flourished. The most successful and best known

MORE THAN 4,000 OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY'S top executives arrive in Washington this week to consider

Will the Green Revolution come to the Soviet Union, eventually wiping out grain sales there by the U

DISINFORMATION. It's a very big term in Washington these days, where the White House press corps was

THE SUMMIT WAS DISCUSSED ON THE TRAIN. Why was there a stalemate? it was asked. Well that's what hap

Given the deep Russian despair over the lack of concrete results from the Iceland summit, many here

Not only has the Polish government of Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski recently released 225 additional poli

History tells us that Prometheus, one of the Titans of Greek mythology, gave man fire against the wi

One of the richest and most attractive counties in the country is about to publish an "Interim Growt

IT CAME AS NO SURPRISE that the U.S. trade deficit was a chief topic of discussion at the recent Vir

Compared with London's Big Bang, the changes in the rules governing banking and financial markets in

OCEAN, TRUCKING AND RAIL CARRIERS are beginning to look at shippers in a different way. Before dereg