G’mar Tov, to all our Yom Kippur observers

G’mar Tov, to all our Yom Kippur observers

by | Sep 28, 2017 | Religious Apologies

As Yom Kippur nears, there are two traditional things celebrants say to each other. G’mar chatima tova and g’mar tov. Careful readers will note that the three-word and two-word expressions are similar! And both can tell us something instructive about...
Flying While Turbaned

Flying While Turbaned

by | Feb 15, 2016 | Corporate Apologies, Religious Apologies

A week ago, the Sikh fashion designer/model/actor Waris Ahluwalia was denied permission to board a flight back home to New York, because he refused a demand from Aeromexico to remove his turban in public. Ahluwalia instagrammed a shot of himself stuck in the airport,...
Who knew, guru?

Who knew, guru?

by | Jan 5, 2016 | Religious Apologies, True Crime Apologies

On Christmas, my non-SorryWatch-non-Sumac colleague Mark Oppenheimer published a piece in the New York Times about a New Age spiritual leader named Marc Gafni. Gafni advises such luminaries as John Mackey (of Whole Foods), John Gray (of Men Are From Mars, Women Are...
Five doves and many small dogs

Five doves and many small dogs

by | Dec 30, 2015 | Religious Apologies

I came across an apology from 2011, and back-tracked to try to figure out what happened. This took place on fivedoves.com, a website started by John Tng, Jim Bramlett, and three like-minded people in 1997, to “proclaim… the soon return of the Lord Jesus.”...
Darwin sorry not sorry?

Darwin sorry not sorry?

by | Oct 21, 2015 | Historical Apologies, Religious Apologies

In 1880, when Charles Darwin was 71, he got a letter asking if he was a Christian. The letter-writer, worrywart F. A. McDermott, fussed, “If I am to have the pleasure of reading your books, I must feel that at the end I shall not have lost my faith in the New...

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