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...order to introduce the issues, a little background is in order. Until AT&T was broken up in the divestiture decisions of the early 1980s, U.S. telephone service was essentially a regulated monopoly. After the "break-up" of AT&T in 1984, seven regional "Baby Bells" entered the industry, along with a host of long-distance competitors. Because of their continuing monopoly power (over local areas), the Baby Bells agreed not to compete in the provision of "information services" or video transmission. This was to allow truly competitive markets to develop in these areas...
Given the unruly maneuvering that has broken out among telecommunications firms seeking to provide this service, and the vast importance of such a communicative infrastructure to our nation's future, you might think the federal government should be involved in planning the structure of these vital services. However, most of Congress disagrees. Addled by poorly researched deregulatory polemics such as Philip K. Howard's The Politics of Common Sense, members of congress have moved for "reforms" in telecommunications that decimate government's role in regulating this vital field...
...Packwood realized there was a power outage. Worried that he might not have adequate light to groom himself for the morning talk shows just hours away, the Senator searched in vain for a flashlight. In a closet he found a Coleman lantern, only to discover that the glass was broken. Further gropings turned up a second Coleman, but Packwood fumbled in the dark, spilling kerosene. Finally, an hour after beginning his quest for light, Packwood produced a flicker--at which point, all his exertions were for naught. The electricity had come back...
...keep hitting them, and I would get back to him. I passed Norm's report to the President and the others. Although we were all taken slightly aback, no one felt that what we had heard changed the basic equation. The back of the Iraqi army had been broken. What was left of it was retreating north. There was no need to fight a battle of annihilation to see how many more combatants on both sides could be killed. The President reaffirmed his decision to end the fighting. I then called Schwarzkopf again and relayed to him that the White...
Russian nationalist and would-be president Vladimir Zhirinovsky finally has broken his silence over an incident in the parliament last Saturday when he choked Yevgenia Tishkovskaya, a female legislator, and pulled her hair during a political debate. As usual, he did himself no favors. Commenting on Tishkovskaya's 100 million ruble ($22,000) lawsuit against him, Vlad opined: "Such women dream of being raped, but no one wants them." As for the impact on his political future? "It will bring me more votes," he boasted...