by snarly | Nov 20, 2012 | Academic apologies, Apology Essentials, Corporate Apologies, Institutional Apologies, Other Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
My college roommate, Deborah Levi, was brilliant. (She died of breast cancer at 34.) Her New York University Law Review article on the role of apology in mediation is still cited all over the place (Google it – I’ll wait) and reflects who she was: A person with an...
by snarly | Nov 16, 2012 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies
Alert reader Ernie points us to the web site for the Hans Brinker Budget Hostel in Amsterdam. The opening lines on the hostel’s welcome page inform us, “The Hans Brinker Budget Hotel has been proudly disappointing travellers for forty years. Boasting...
by snarly | Nov 14, 2012 | Media Apologies, Political Apologies
Local Fox News anchor if-apologizes (“if-apology” definition: if anyone was offended/if you don’t understand my sense of humor/if my job is in jeopardy unless I backpedal in some half-assed manner, then I APOLOGIZE, OK?) for saying “Rachel...
by snarly | Nov 13, 2012 | Media Apologies
My charming brother Andrew pointed me toward an on-air apology by Ann Northrop, the co-host of Gay USA, a weekly cable and online news program about LGBTQ issues. “Succinct, to the point, no excuses,” Andy said, succinctly. Apology experts succinctly...
by snarly | Nov 9, 2012 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies, Political Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Chris Matthews offered some chipper election-night commentary about Superstorm Sandy: “I’m so glad we had that storm last week!” When his seatmate Rachel Maddow responded with a strangled, “ooh,” Matthews clarified: “No —...
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