by sumac | Jan 7, 2026 | Historical Apologies, Other Apologies
There’s a haunting account in the psychoanalytic literature of a child who asked for apologies. A 1955 Psychoanalytic Study of the Child article tells of a four-and-a-half-year-old admitted to the New York Neurological Institute. Gaunt and pale, a few weeks...
by sumac | Dec 19, 2025 | Apology Essentials
Some smarty-pants psychologists were hanging out in a Berlin restaurant in the 1920s. They were at the forefront of a new field, and we picture them trying to fit everything they saw into their Big New Vision. Psychic fields! Gestalt theory! Psychological tensions!...
by sumac | Jun 3, 2025 | Political Apologies
On May 30th, Iowa senator Joni Ernst held a Town Hall in Butler County. These are usually said to be to listen to the concerns of constituents. When someone called out “People are going to die!” Ernst replied “Well, we are all going to die.” The audience groaned, and...
by sumac | Apr 29, 2025 | Other Apologies, Sports Apologies
Hard-fought tennis game at the Open de Rouen. French player Loïs Boisson dominating. British player Harriet Dart struggling. As they changed ends, Dart spoke to the umpire. “Can you tell her to use deodorant because she smells really bad?” This was picked up by...
by sumac | Mar 19, 2025 | Police Apologies, Political Apologies
The NYPD sent news organizations a statement of correction and apology. They don’t seem to have put it on their website. The most complete version we could find appeared in the New York CaribNews. In reference to a fatal shooting at the 2024 West Indian American Day...
“Say You’re Sorry”January 7, 2026
Did you “forget” you stuck me with the bill for your twelve espressos?December 19, 2025
I value my idiot constituentsJune 3, 2025
I stunk when I called you a stinkerApril 29, 2025
A person of interest, who can find? Actually, we’re not interested. Nothing to see here. Sorry!March 19, 2025