by sumac | Sep 12, 2023 | Political Apologies
New Zealand investigative journalist Nicky Hager writes powerful books on subjects like intelligence networks, politics, and environmental issues. Sometimes people – powerful people at powerful institutions – get SO ANGRY about his books they commit illegal acts...
by sumac | Jul 28, 2023 | Historical Apologies
(Reviving a post from 2012, because not getting an apology doesn’t make feelings go away.) The Events: It would be nice if we were all familiar with the Great Upheaval/Grand Dérangement – the forcible exile of the Acadians from the Maritime Provinces of Canada....
by sumac | Feb 16, 2023 | Historical Apologies
We have a criticism for Karl Marx, but maybe not one you might expect. A friend of SorryWatch was reading the correspondence between Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and came across a remarkable 1863 exchange of letters they knew would startle us. As this small tale...
by sumac | Jun 21, 2022 | Other Apologies
We are delighted to announce that our book, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies, will be published by Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, on January 10, 2023. Woot! Check out that gorgeous cover! Absorb those snazzy blurbs on the S&S...
by sumac | Apr 7, 2022 | Media Apologies
When thinking about the climate crisis – or when not thinking about the climate crisis, just minding your business – it can be hard to remember that despite the personalized nature of weather, we all have just the one climate. When people in cold places fire up their...
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