by sumac | Jan 7, 2026 | Historical Apologies, Other Apologies
There’s a haunting account in the psychoanalytic literature of a child who asked for apologies. A 1955 Psychoanalytic Study of the Child article tells of a four-and-a-half-year-old admitted to the New York Neurological Institute. Gaunt and pale, a few weeks...
by snarly | Oct 31, 2024 | Historical Apologies
On the eve of April Fool’s Day in 1848, two sisters in Hydesville, NY, began screaming for their mother. Margaretta, known as Maggie, was 14; Catherine, called Kate, was 11. Something in their bedroom was making thumping sounds, apparently attempting to communicate...
by sumac | Jun 25, 2024 | Historical Apologies
We won’t go into the entire remarkable career of Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley with the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), but will look at an incident in 1946, and what followed. Major Adams, as she was then, was commanding officer of the 6888th Battalion. The...
by sumac | Jul 28, 2023 | 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....
by sumac | Feb 16, 2023 | Historical Apologies
We have a criticism for Karl Marx, but maybe not one you might expect. A friend of SorryWatch was reading the correspondence between Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and came across a remarkable 1863 exchange of letters they knew would startle us. As this small tale...
by snarly | Jan 11, 2022 | Historical Apologies
January 14 will mark the 325th anniversary of Judge Samuel Sewall’s apology for his conduct during the Salem Witch Trials. On this date in 1697, Sewall stood up before God and everybody in Boston’s Old South Church and bowed his head. The Rev. Samuel Willard read...
“Say You’re Sorry”January 7, 2026
Did you “forget” you stuck me with the bill for your twelve espressos?December 19, 2025
I value my idiot constituentsJune 3, 2025
I stunk when I called you a stinkerApril 29, 2025
A person of interest, who can find? Actually, we’re not interested. Nothing to see here. Sorry!March 19, 2025