by sumac | Oct 1, 2012 | Political Apologies
The Massachusetts Senate race has gotten ridiculous. Incumbent Scott Brown is passionately attacking Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren with the charge that she lied about being part Native American. He claims she got preference in hiring because of this,...
by sumac | Sep 30, 2012 | True Crime Apologies
“Tearful Saco woman apologizes in court to ‘best friend’ for stabbing him 29 times.” That’s the great headline the Bangor Daily News did for a story from the Journal Tribune (of York County, Maine) . You can’t just mutter “Four times would have been...
by sumac | Sep 27, 2012 | Celebrity Apologies, Musical Apologies
Golly. Clear Channel threw a concert (9/21/12) to promote their internet radio platform, iHeartRadio, and just as Green Day was starting a song – well, stopping a song in the middle and starting another – a monitor flashed a warning that they had one minute left. Lead...
by sumac | Sep 24, 2012 | Religious Apologies
The Events The First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, refused to let a black couple marry in their church. The wedding had been scheduled for July 21, 2012. There was a rehearsal. Then pastor Reverend Stan Weatherford, a family friend of the...
by sumac | Jun 27, 2012 | Historical Apologies
(Reviving a post from 2012, because not getting an apology doesn’t make feelings go away.) The Events: It would be nice if we were all familiar with the Great Upheaval/Grand Dérangement – the forcible exile of the Acadians from the Maritime Provinces of Canada....