by snarly | Oct 6, 2016 | Media Apologies, Political Apologies
Making fun of people who do not speak English! Plinky plinky music! Kara-TAY! “Do they call Chinese food in China just food?” Nunchucks! Chinese herbs for “performance”! OH HO HO HO HO HO HA HA HA that’s not racist (or hack-y) at all. Oh...
by sumac | Jul 21, 2016 | Political Apologies
In a speech at the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump uttered some nice thoughts, including quite a few that had previously been uttered by Michelle Obama in a 2008 speech. The plagiarism was pointed out. There was commentary. People tweeted derisively. My...
by sumac | Jul 13, 2016 | Political Apologies
A foolish candidate for Prime Minister, Andrea Leadsom thought it would help her campaign to talk to the Times (of London). No well-rehearsed platitudes for Leadsom! When interviewer Rachel Sylvester asked what the differences were between herself and leading...
by snarly | Jun 17, 2016 | Political Apologies
A letter to Utah’s Lieutenant Governor, Spencer Cox, from his constituent Bari Nan Cohen. Dear Lieutenant Governor Cox: You know that rockstar apology you gave to the gay community in Utah after the mass shooting in Orlando? The reason your speech went...
by sumac | May 23, 2016 | Political Apologies
In 1954, Ethel Payne was a reporter for The Chicago Defender, the biggest black-run newspaper in the nation. The Defender had sent her to Washington. She’d had a White House press credential for 3 months, the 3rd black reporter ever to do so, but hadn’t...
by sumac | Mar 16, 2016 | Political Apologies
In Wisconsin, there’s an electoral race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. (Judicial seats are sometimes filled by appointment, sometimes by election. I disapprove of the election method.) Now in the seat is Rebecca Bradley. She had planned to run for the...
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