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McIntyre points up a very common problem. Though supposedly independent of the sovereign people longer than anyone, and free to exercise his own judgement, each Senator decides for himself how much discretion is the better part of wisdom. The amount of discretion among the freshmen is actually quite surprising...
Abram L. Sachar, president of Brandeis University, committed "an error of judgement that could be interpreted as an infringement of academic freedom," according to a statement endorsed by the Brandeis Faculty Senate at their March 29 meeting...
...United States has helped create this situation itself. The text of the note which Diefenbaker objected to so violently was approved by Special Presidential Assistant MacGeorge Bundy, rather than by Secretary Rusk. Bundy does not have a reputation for stupidity, irresponsibility, or extremely poor judgement: one suspects that the note was purposely made offensive in order to force Diefenbaker into an explicit refusal to accept the American weapons...
Outpatient use of psilocybin, in particular, has been pointed out as potentially hazardous because of the "suicidal ideation, excited states, and impaired judgement" it can produce. (S. Malitz, et al., "Some Observations on Psilocybin, a New Hallucinogen, in Volunteer Subjects," Comprehensive Psychiatry, 1960, 1, 8-17.) Assurances of a "psychological screening," with no information about the criteria of screening, are distressingly vague, and here Leary and his associates have failed to provide the University with proper evidence of the safety of their work. The fact that the University has not held up a ruined volunteer as an example...
There are a few other blemishes, mostly in the matter of judgement. The extended burlesque of Bette Davis at the start of the play and the later use of a toy popgun are both funny of themselves, but they cheapen the play unnecessarily. When one is trying to operate at a high level, one ought to deny himself--no matter how reluctantly--even the best of a low level. Not that I would proscribe all comedy in this play; there is much, and most of it is appropriate. And while I should not temper one bit the venom and vitriol...