by snarly | Nov 1, 2013 | Apology Essentials, Political Apologies
Everybody’s apologizing for the debacle that is the new healthcare.gov site! (Don’t click on that, you’ll get stuck for a week.) Health and Human Services honcho Kathleen Sebelius! (“You deserve better. I apologize. I’m accountable to you...
by snarly | Sep 2, 2013 | Bropology, Other Apologies, Political Apologies, True Crime Apologies
A Montana judge has apologized for calling a 14-year-old rape victim (who committed suicide during the two years it took her case to wend its way through the justice system) “much older than her chronological age” and “as much in control of the...
by sumac | Jul 19, 2013 | Political Apologies
Mike Pence, governor of Indiana, is a Republican who has made opposition to same-sex marriage an important part of his platform. On June 26th he posted a statement on his gubernatorial Facebook page expressing disappointment in the Supreme Court’s overturning...
by sumac | Jul 15, 2013 | Political Apologies
In March, the Director of the Office of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper, testified at a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He was asked a direct question, and he answered incorrectly. Very incorrectly. Asked by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)...
by sumac | Jun 28, 2013 | Political Apologies
On June 24th, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia, apologized to Malaysia and Singapore for thick haze drifting over from forest fires in Sumatra (part of Indonesia). The smoke made pollution levels soar in both places. Schools were closed in parts of...
by sumac | Jun 14, 2013 | Political Apologies, Youth apologizes
When it came out that Arizona Senator Jeff Flake’s kid has been using racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic language online, the Senator apologized. Speaking of 15-year-old Tanner Flake, the Republican Senator told BuzzFeed, “I’m very disappointed in my teenage...
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