Ugly images

Ugly images

by | Mar 7, 2013 | Political Apologies

Nothing makes me madder than when I find other people hanging their choice of artwork in my personal office. They don’t know what I like! Even if my aides picked it out, they don’t know what I like! Anyone would be furious in a situation like that! Anyone...
When an apology isn’t enough for me

When an apology isn’t enough for me

by | Mar 2, 2013 | True Crime Apologies

Christopher Dorner, crazy renegade ex-LAPD officer armed to the teeth, went on a killing spree that ended with his death in a burning cabin. Seeking revenge, he was targeting police officers and their families. While he was on the loose, Southern California police...
Talk to the coach

Talk to the coach

by | Feb 26, 2013 | Youth apologizes

It’s nasty to step outside and find racist graffiti in front of your house. When Louis Orr, basketball coach at Bowling Green State University, went out on a Sunday morning and saw the words “WHITE POWER” and a swastika on the sidewalk in front of his home, he...
Pity is not an apology. Try again.

Pity is not an apology. Try again.

by | Feb 22, 2013 | Historical Apologies

The Magdalene asylums, or Magdalene Laundries, were institutions in Ireland and elsewhere, where women were committed and forced to work unpaid, on the theory that it would reform their foul sexy ways. They were often run by nuns. Originally for prostitutes, they were...
Heresy? Whoops.

Heresy? Whoops.

by | Feb 14, 2013 | Religious Apologies

Pastor Rob Morris of Christ the King Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), in Newtown, Connecticut, was invited to participate in an interfaith prayer service for victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. One of those victims had been in his congregation. But Morris...

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