Word: judgmentalism
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Viki Stevenson stands behind the counter, passing fashion judgment. She's wearing a gauzy black Viktor & Rolf blouse and skinny Diesel jeans as she sorts through a pile of clothes in the shop where she works in Brooklyn, N.Y. After rejecting a high-waisted, sequined pink skirt, she snaps up four G-Star narrow-cut cotton T shirts. "You gotta know your brands," she says, as she tosses the keepers into a metal...
...courtyard with new benches, and purchasing a new plasma screen television for the junior common room. Surely, attaching one’s name to an e-mail petition while procrastinating on a paper certainly does not necessarily amount to an educated and well-considered endorsement. Indeed, in my judgment the inquisition against the Kirshners is truly being led by a very vocal few who are certainly not emblematic of a “groundswell of sentiment...
...next week's U.S.-Iran parley, there's no question that each side stands to benefit from some kind of a deal. The new Iraq strategy developed by General David Petraeus, the American commander, and U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker stresses political accomodation inside Iraq. That is based on their judgment that neither the Iraqi insurgents nor the powerful Shi'ite militias can be readily defeated by the U.S. on the battlefield. Iran's active cooperation, or at least tacit support, appears crucial to that strategy. As for Iran, its leaders have said they would like to see the U.S. withdraw...
Like many of our academics today, Cornel West is an exceptionally smart man with surprisingly poor judgment. By last count, the black community is only 12% of the national population. Manifestly, a presidential candidate must cultivate support from the population at large. If Obama is to stand a chance, as I hope he will, he must take all the money he can get: black, red, Catholic, Jewish, and yes, Brother West, even “big white money...
Some interesting comments emerged in the aftermath of last weekend’s BMF/ABHW snafu. Both on e-mail lists and in passing, students claimed shock that something like this could happen here, at Harvard, among minds thought to be above such poor judgment...