Every time we hear trendy slogans such as "global village, " "world economy, " or "international cooperation, " Americans should remember that other nations have no familiarity with or understanding of our Bill of Rights or our federal structure of government with separate state laws.

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But they realize that, for now, they must work within a federal structure under a central Iraqi government.

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Telecommunications is imploding not only because of unbalanced balance sheets but also because its immensely complicated regulatory structure, involving the federal government and 50 state regulatory agencies, was cobbled together for a pre-Internet era.

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