How to say 'I'm sorry,' whether you've appeared in a racist photo, harassed women or just plain screwed up
- Written by Lisa Leopold, Associate Professor of English Language Studies, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Middlebury
“I’m sorry.”
These two words may seem simple, but the ability to express them when you’re in the wrong is anything but – particularly for those in the public eye.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, to name a recent example, was forced to apologize after his 1984 medical school yearbook page resurfaced showing two unnamed...
