Word: judgment
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...fact. “In Da Club” defies real criticism; it simply is. As if to prove everything he said on 2001, Dre came up with the most monolithic hip-hop beat I’ve ever heard, whose blank, perfect handclaps and minor-key stabs herald Judgment Day, 50’s arrival. Eminem was right when he said they were “juggernauts of this rap shit / like it or not.” The song chugs along inexorably, wiping out any sense of forward propulsion—it only makes you want to stare...
...congratulation and the coveted moral high ground come ready-made with the stuffing and string bean casserole. If you give some polite face time to your lesbian Aunt Trudy—maybe even to her partner—it seems you’re absolved of your sins of judgment for the rest of the year...
...Presidents have bad weeks, but Bush, as a wartime President in an age of terrorism, has enjoyed goodwill and the benefit of the doubt. But last week members of his party were ready to challenge his judgment, signaling a change in the climate at the very moment the 2004 campaign was beginning for real. If the Democrats are right that a lot of voters are now more worried about getting sick or getting fired than about getting blown up, then the armor Bush has been wearing for 2 1/2 years may protect him less than it weighs him down...
That's the thing about obscenity: you can't find it on an anatomical chart. It's about context and tone, a subtle and very subjective judgment. Arguably, Jackson's lightning flash was no more offensive than several ads that ran during the Super Bowl and focused on humiliation, especially sexual humiliation, especially of women. In spots for Bud Light, a woman on a date was farted on by a horse; another was hit on by a horny monkey...
...that makes all the difference. When they stumble, low-wage earners have nothing to fall back on. "They spend everything and save nothing," Shipler writes. "They are always behind on their bills. They have minuscule bank accounts or none at all." Bad judgment, bad habits, bad luck--among the middle classes, any of those can lead to setbacks. Among the working poor, they lead to disaster...