by sumac | Sep 17, 2018 | Political Apologies
Josephine Zhao, a San Franciscan with a strong interest in public education (and landlord rights), decided to run for school board. She got great endorsements, such as Mayor London Breed, and state Senator Scott Weiner. SorryWatch thinks well of Zhao’s...
by sumac | Jul 27, 2018 | Political Apologies
A couple in Florida have an adult son, Chip, who has autism. To ensure he’d always be able to find his way home, they commissioned artist Richard Barrenechea to paint the 5-foot-high wall around their house with a version of one of his favorite art works,...
by sumac | Jul 14, 2018 | The Mechanics of Apology
If you try to convince your parents an excellent family vacation would be going to the far north to see the caribou migration, and they say “We’ll see,” you might suspect that to mean “no.” What if you tell a sibling your parents said “We’ll see,” so maybe...
by sumac | Jun 26, 2018 | Religious Apologies
The Washington Post wrote “McCarrick expressed an apology to the alleged victim Wednesday, though he says he is innocent.” The person they’re talking about is Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. Who told some seminary students to call him “Uncle Ted”. Removed from the...
by sumac | May 21, 2018 | Personal Apologies
Corona Arch, near Moab, is a mile-and-a-half hike from a parking area. Pinto Arch and Bowtie Arch are along the way. Imagine a nice spring day in southern Utah and a pleasant walk through wild land, public land – your land – administered by the Bureau of Land...
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