by snarly | Dec 10, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Institutional Apologies, Media Apologies
In a roundup last week, Jon Stewart offered up a list of Black men from around the country who had been killed by police in the last year. Unfortunately, one of the men wasn’t shot or strangled; he was Tasered while high and attempting to assault a sheriff. The...
by snarly | Dec 7, 2014 | Institutional Apologies, Sports Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Jon Stewart was amusant last week in a report about the St. Louis Rams’s “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” gesture. We shall now weigh in with our analysis belatedly, as is our frequent wont. We are busy ladies. The St. Louis County Police Association...
by sumac | Oct 10, 2014 | Institutional Apologies
Okra. (Abelmoschus esculentus.) Interesting question – Actually, I DON’T know what happens if you smoke it. There was a helicopter hovering low above Dwayne Perry’s house. Really low. It woke him up, and then there were sheriff’s deputies at the...
by sumac | Aug 4, 2014 | Institutional Apologies
In Washington state, ferry boats are vital transportation for a serious number of people. It’s the biggest ferry operation in the US, third biggest in the world. Washington State Ferries (WSF) is run by the state Department of Transportation and had 22.5 million...
by snarly | Jul 17, 2014 | Academic apologies, Institutional Apologies
Four days ago, the New York Times ran a devastating account of the horrific mishandling of a sexual assault incident at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The long, extensively reported piece is a difficult read, but an essential one. Today’s New York Times...
by sumac | Jul 16, 2014 | Institutional Apologies
It’s no fun having to visit your kid in jail. It’s even less fun when instead of seeing him, you get locked into a steel-doored concrete room and forgotten. Farad Polk had been visiting his son, who’s awaiting trial (drugs), every Saturday at...
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