by sumac | Sep 29, 2014 | Corporate Apologies, Religious Apologies
This apology came from Freethought Today, newspaper of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF’s legal team writes a lot of letters to city governments, schools, senior centers, and other organizations, reminding them about laws that govern the separation of...
by sumac | Sep 18, 2014 | Other Apologies
Some of the most interesting stories come from the bats mailing list. This one is out of Southeast Arizona, a biodiversity hotspot south and east of Tucson. It’s a birding Mecca, a naturalist’s paradise. I went looking for birds, but it also bubbles with...
by sumac | Sep 16, 2014 | Corporate Apologies, Fashion Apologies
Urban Outfitters sells some “vintage” clothes as well as new. Used clothes. Mostly shirts from college teams, schools, or amusingly named organizations. Cobleskill Football – $129. Iowa State University – $129. Providence College Hockey Camp – $149. Texas Int’l...
by sumac | Sep 7, 2014 | Artistic apologies
I won’t try to say what Burning Man is, but it is not a music festival. This year, I was briefly at a hot spring 15 miles from Black Rock City (BRC), and I could still hear the throbbing, but it is not a music festival. There is music, dancing occurs, but it is...
by sumac | Aug 17, 2014 | Media Apologies
Ugly stuff is and has been happening in Ferguson, Missouri. People were talking about it on Twitter the other night. Nate Silver, noted statistician, and now editor of the FiveThirtyEight blog for ESPN, joined in with an apercu about police use of force. Against Nate...
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