Word: judgmentalism
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...hysterectomy, was stopped because of a slightly greater risk of stroke--although there was no overall boost in heart disease. Preliminary evidence at the time suggested that estrogen did not increase the women's risk of breast cancer. That was something of a surprise, so most researchers reserved judgment until the final analyses had been completed...
...aware of actual content.” Karen G. Tepichin, a Harvard Law School student and co-author of the study, spent months quantifying the content of video games second-by-second. The inconsistency in labeling “really confuses parents and consumers in forming a judgment on how appropriate the game is,” Tepichin said. Thompson said, “While we didn’t look at the effects [of video games with strong content], evidence suggests that exposure to violent media increases aggression.” She hopes that pediatricians will take a more...
...Alan M. Dershowitz to post a critical response. But Summers would not offer an opinion on the paper’s merits. “It seems to me that on academic freedom grounds it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to try to pass judgment on scholarly papers outside my field,” he said. “Obviously, the paper has aroused some strong feelings in a number of quarters. That’s what happens when academics write articles on controversial subjects.” When asked whether he had received any complaints from...
...ballgame, the way it’s going,” Walsh said. “That’s how baseball is. There’s some things you can do and take exception to.”In other words, it’s a gut judgment, dependent on the situation, but firmly rooted in the customs and courtesies of the sport.* * *While still mulling the direction of this column, I happened upon Rick Reilly’s piece in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. Aptly enough, Reilly chose to write about the unwritten...
...those ignorant of and casual about war lead us into another one and then mismanage the conduct of it. Never again, we thought, would our military's senior leaders remain silent as American troops were marched off to an ill-considered engagement. It's 35 years later, and the judgment is in: the Who had it wrong. We have been fooled again...