by snarly | May 8, 2013 | Corporate Apologies
A week or so ago, awesome dad Josh Stearns wanted to buy some LEGO-branded, construction-themed stickers for his son. But Stearns (who lives in Northampton, MA, so I should probably use the honorific “hippie-dad Stearns”) noted with dismay on his...
by snarly | May 6, 2013 | Academic apologies
Man, all you people on teh Facebook demanding we tackle neocon hottiepants Niall Ferguson’s apology for calling dead economist Maynard Keynes a big fag who didn’t care about the future because he had no kids! (I paraphrase.) FINE. Here we go. At a...
by sumac | May 3, 2013 | Sports Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Suppose an enemy apologizes. Not because they’re sorry, but because you’ve threatened legal action, and they’re pretty sure they’d lose. They still hate you. You still hate them. What good is an apology then? In a letter posted on their...
by snarly | May 2, 2013 | Media Apologies, Sports Apologies
So journeyman NBA’er Jason Collins came out as a big gay homosexual in Sports Illustrated, in a beautifully written piece apparently crafted with Franz Lidz. (For some reason, Susan and I both like to give co-writers some credit.) Most of the response to...
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