As a student and critic of the art of public apologies, it’s always fun for me to have a new twist on the subject. Such as the completely unwarranted, out-of-the-blue, 20-years-after-the-fact demand for an apology from the woman your husband sexually harassed. That’s the new tactic invented by Virginia Thomas, wife of Clarence Thomas and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'apologies'
No, You Apologize!
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Supreme Court
Tags: Anita Hill·apologies·Clarence Thomas·Ginni Thomas·head stomping·I'm sorry if you were offended·Lauren Valle·Move On·Rand Paul·Tim Profitt·Virginia Thomas
Happy Bigotry Day
April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AS, Immigration, Politics
Happy Bigotry Day, everyone! Today we should all follow in the lead of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and justifiably call someone a bigot. In case you haven’t heard, Brown got caught calling a British woman named Gillian Duffy a bigot when he didn’t realize his microphone was still on. Several things are funny/infuriating about [...]
Tags: apologies·Arizona·bigot·Bigotgate·bigotry·Bigotry Day·British Prime Minister·gaffes·Gillian Duffy·Gordon Brown·Immigration·Mexicans·Russell Pierce·U.K.
All Apologies
February 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics, Sports
This is a post that could easily be recycled every month or so whenever some famous person sticks his her foot and his or her mouth and then botches his or her apology. (And, given my recent inability to get myself to post more than once every other month, I probably need to write more [...]
Tags: apologies·Bob Marshall·Hannah Storm·Hiking the Appalachian Trail·I'm sorry if you were offended·Jim Bunning·Kate Harding·Kyle Turley·Mark Sanford·Ruth Bader Ginsburg·Tiger Woods·Tony Kornheiser