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...
by sumac | Dec 22, 2018 | Artistic apologies, Historical Apologies
Here’s a problem: how to talk about an apology embodied in a long, arch, ornate, annoying poem without making people read the long, arch, ornate, annoying text. Because that would be annoying. Excerpts? Summaries and excerpts? We’ll try. The poem is “Lines...
by sumac | Dec 13, 2018 | Institutional Apologies
Gavin Clarkson and his fiancée went to get a marriage license. This was in Washington DC, where she lives. The clerk at the Courts Marriage Bureau asked for Clarkson’s ID. He gave her his driver’s license. The clerk rejected it because it was from New...
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