As I’ve written previously on this blog, I have a particular interest in the quality of public apologies. Today’s events surrounding Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX, of course) present two interesting questions: 1) How should we react to an apology that is sincere and unqualified, but concerns something that absolutely should not be apologized for?; and [...]
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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 [...]
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