One step at a time

One step at a time

by | Oct 18, 2012 | Political Apologies

Okay, now the Massachusetts Senate race has gotten so out of hand that Scott Brown, the Republican incumbent, has actually apologized for something he said. It’s not a good apology, but better than the last one of his SorryWatch wrote about. Brown told a crowd...
Take my word for it, he’s sorry

Take my word for it, he’s sorry

by | Oct 18, 2012 | Political Apologies

Somehow I got the impression that Tommy Thompson’s son Jason was in high school. Maybe I got that idea because when a furor arose over mud-slinging remarks he made while campaigning in support of his father’s Wisconsin Senate race, he was said to have made...
Another morning in the War on Drugs

Another morning in the War on Drugs

by | Oct 14, 2012 | True Crime Apologies

Determined to take the residents of a house containing a meth lab by surprise, the SWAT team struck before dawn. At six am they surrounded the house, knocked down the front door, and deployed a flash grenade or flash-bang at a bedroom window. This grenade explodes...
I’ve graphed my bad behavior for you

I’ve graphed my bad behavior for you

by | Oct 12, 2012 | Academic apologies

When he saw the graph, Perry Brickman realized that his secret shame wasn’t his alone. In 1951 Brickman enrolled in Emory University’s dental school. He thought he was doing well. But after his first year he got a letter from John Buhler, dean of the...

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