by sumac | Jun 5, 2019 | Sports Apologies
It was a fearsome minor league matchup, a doubleheader pitting the El Paso Chihuahuas against the home team, the mighty mighty Fresno Grizzlies. The Chihuahuas team name was selected in a contest, and we think it’s better that the name Aardvarks did not win....
by sumac | May 2, 2019 | Academic apologies, Institutional Apologies
Kurt Eichenwald was a college freshman. Liked Swarthmore, great roommates, fun. Mostly. Some weird worrisome health things – so he asked his parents if he could get checked out when he came home for Thanksgiving. His father, a famed pediatrician, directed the...
by sumac | Mar 7, 2019 | Political Apologies
A Kansas politician signed on as one of 7 co-sponsors of House Bill 2320, “The Marriage and Constitution Restoration Act”. His daughter emailed him to object. He didn’t get back to her. She wrote him an open letter on Facebook. So annoying when that seems to be...
by sumac | Feb 8, 2019 | Celebrity Apologies
Millionaire beer heiress Cindy McCain, second wife and widow of the late Senator John McCain, was passing through the Phoenix airport when she was bothered by the sight of a woman with a small child “of a different ethnicity.” Yeah, so? McCain herself has been in an...
by sumac | Jan 28, 2019 | Other Apologies, Political Apologies
In 2013, a lawyer was hired to defend a man charged of rape. In the course of the job, he prepared a defense statement. He gave a copy of the statement to the defendant’s family. They thought it was a good idea to post that statement on line, without telling the...
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