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...separate most aspects of life from each other. Today, Kunstler says, "What zoning produces is suburban sprawl, which must be understood as the product of a particular set of instructions.... [This] model of the human habitat dictated by zoning is a formless, soul-less, centerless, demoralizing mess...
...right brain is winning the argument. But maybe the real importance of the Morris scandal is that it crystallizes a struggle that has been going on for years in the American cultural-political conscience. The dispute occurs at the point where the mess of personal character and ambition and expedient need runs into history, principle or public ridicule. Dick Morris' adventures at the Jefferson Hotel--though meaningless in themselves, and pretty funny, if you are feeling savage--are damaging because they connect in the American mind to larger questions of public trust. Doing so, they ensure that the manipulative cynicism...
...peace against the machinations of an evil clique of warmongers, making him the most visible and so far successful challenger for Kremlin ascendancy. But he is not the only aspirant. Anatoli Chubais, the economic reformer who is the President's chief of staff, has stayed out of the Chechen mess while he cements his own powers as "regent" over all presidential decrees and appointments. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who has the constitutional right to succeed Yeltsin in the event of his incapacity or death, seems to have formed a powerful alliance with Chubais...
...substance-abuse counselor for teenagers on the whole reservation, and wonders if the Healthy Nations grant money is being used effectively. "It's nice to experience something that our ancestors did," she says, "but what happens when summer is over and the kids come back to the same mess they left...
Members of the new breed of elected tribal leaders hope the youngsters will return fortified against that mess, with traditional Lakota values they can inject into their communities, such as respect for the earth and the connectedness of all living things. "We call it seventh-generational thinking," explains Bourland. "Seven generations ago, our ancestors loved us so much that we are still here as a people. We have to create a world not only for today, but for seven generations to come. The young people from this camp are going to be the messengers for the future...