Commentary

The cruise vessel Oceanos, operated by Epirotiki Line, has been booked almost to capacity on its se

THERE IS AN OLD AMERICAN SAYING that the way to get a mule's attention is to hit him with a two-by-

DOES THE UNITED STATES EMBRACE restrictive international aviation policies behind a smokescreen of f

As secretary of agriculture in the Reagan administration, I sat in many Cabinet debates on tax poli

For a number of years it has been possible for U.S. citizens to set up foreign corporations through

All over Britain small bands of people are being mobilized, ready for action at a moment's notice.

THE MARITIME COMMUNITY LOST A FRIEND the other day. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Frank Higbee, 92, died

ABOUT 100 MILLION TONS of hazardous materials are moved by railcar each year. Some 95,000 rail tank

In 1984 - the last year for which complete data are available - about 40 million tons of cargo moved

PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino won rave reviews for her speeches here last week, but U.S. busi

NOW THAT THE PRICE OF GASOLINE HAS DECREASED, we have been besieged by various groups over the last

An article in the Aug. 8 issue of The Journal of Commerce, noting statements made by New York state

The United States and Canada are to wrap up next week the first stage of their exploratory talks tow

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT JOSE SARNEY'S visit to the United States last week demonstrated there is, in Mr.

The "Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act," the trade bill passed in May by the House

As Congress moves toward the public sale of Conrail, a debate has bubbled up over whether other cha

U.S. specialists came away with at least three important conclusions from the recently ended interna

Shippers, Ports Like Cargo Data ServiceI read with interest your article, "New Forecasting S

CONGRESS SIMPLY MUST recognize the need for enactment of the pending water resources legislation, wi

IN TWIN LAKES, COLO., the town stages an annual event that Congress might consider emulating when tr

As the the Philippines election approached in February, corridors in Washington buzzed with intellig

ISSUANCE OF TAX-EXEMPT SECURITIES has been misused and abused by local and state governments. But th

Folklore has it that the heavenly angels are partial to a drop of scotch, which explains the 1 perce

What does the new generation of Soviets seem to want to do? Especially as Soviet society - in Moscow

CALIFORNIA GOV. GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN told a story a couple of years ago about two hikers who encountere

ATTENTION ALL NAVY RETIREES. Those of you who miss slop on a shingle or its equivalent and whose leg

CORAZON COJUANGCOS AQUINO is in the United States. This brave lady, who chose to run for and win the

DESPITE SOME RECENT statistical evidence of an economic pickup, many analysts still expect one more

The Soviet Union is metamorphosing. General Secretary Gorbachev, backed by Russia's post-World-War-I

THIS YEAR OR NEXT, Congress must deal with shipper complaints arising out of the Staggers Rail Act

''The real question is not why we are purchasing Sea-Land, but why such a transaction has not occur

Late in the evening on Saturday, Aug. 16, in the final hours of their negotiations, the chairmen of

UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE TAX REFORM BILL sliding down the congressional home stretch has been affecting

Two years ago this month, Canada's Tories were swept to power with a lopsided majority in an electio

Suspicion between the world's two major superpowers seems to be on the rise with tensions mounting o

LEGISLATION FOR THE PUBLIC SALE of the government's 85 percent interest in the Consolidated Rail Cor

Are the Japanese in the future going to use their relatively new-found economic power wisely? Lots o

As the nuclear-free promise of the Strategic Defense Initiative, or Star Wars," founders on awesome

THE BLUSTER coming from the world's trade ministers as they prepare for the upcoming General Agreeme

The U.S. trade deficit in July, announced in the last week of August, was at a record level. The new