by sumac | Feb 22, 2015 | Artistic apologies, Bropology, Celebrity Apologies
Rebecca Mock is an illustrator. You can see her work on her website. I love “A Year in Trees”, an animation she did for the NY Times Sunday Review. I bet they paid her. The “Aftershocks” is cool, and a little alarming. She did that for Medium.com. I bet they paid her....
by sumac | Feb 17, 2015 | Bropology, Institutional Apologies
This January six “Greek” organizations at the University of Michigan planned a lovely winter weekend holiday. Sigma Alpha Mu, and Sigma Delta Tau booked 40 rooms at the Treetops resort in Gaylord, Michigan, to shelter upwards of 200 members. Pi Kappa Alpha, Chi Psi,...
by sumac | Feb 10, 2015 | Political Apologies
Argentinean President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) went to a trade event in China during a state visit. Not her first visit there. Noting the large attendance, she tweeted, “Más de 1.000 asistentes al evento… ¿Serán todos de “La Cámpola” y vinieron sólo...
by sumac | Feb 5, 2015 | Media Apologies
In 2003, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was reporting on-scene from Iraq. He was in a convoy of Chinook helicopters on a supply run over desert west of Baghdad when one of them was struck by rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and small-arms fire. Well, no,...
by sumac | Jan 28, 2015 | Personal Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Anonymous in Annapolis (not her real name) writes: How about a relative who sends you an apology for not acknowledging you at the holidays because they were too busy and saving for their retirement and, besides, the e-mail you sent them giving them a heads up for a...
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