There's something very powerful about receiving or giving a heartfelt, genuine apology. Bad apologies, on the other hand, can be disastrous and lead to more hurt. The ...

The issue of terrible apologies is a widely accepted truth, and it's a sentiment that resonates with anyone who has been on the receiving end of one. However, poorly crafted public apologies, riddled ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with co-authors Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy about their new book Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies. It is January ...

There are many uses of the word sorry. There’s the genuine and heartfelt apology. We also know the sarcastic one that fuels an argument like igniter fluid (“So sorry I can’t read your mind!”). Don’t ...

Why is it that so many apologies ring hollow? Instead of bringing healing and solace, hapless attempts to express regret just make things worse. Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy—whose website ...

The secret of a good marriage (sounds like a pop magazine cover!) is that there are no secrets; only good sense, simple practices. How to better treat someone is not nuclear particle physics; it’s ...

A New York Times documentary traces how the comedian's actions were shielded by the comedy world, and it asks key questions about his return. But that’s all covered in the last 20 minutes. Most of ...

Early Tuesday morning—the same day New Yorkers cast their ballots for Zohran Mamdani or Andrew Cuomo (or Curtis Sliwa)—Cheney’s family announced that their war-hawk patriarch had died at age 84 due to ...

“Sorry/Not Sorry” co-director Caroline Suh entered her examination of Louis C.K. as a fan. When the documentary filmmaker first read the 2017 New York Times story detailing his years-long pattern of ...