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The weight of words
Thoughtfulness can make a life. Thoughtlessness can break one.
by Peter W. Marty
In this anecdotal study of public apology, Edwin Battistella shows that our anxieties and confusions about confession are rooted in a deeper ambiguity: the tension between the culpable self and the apologetic self.
reviewed by Gerald J. Mast
By Steve Thorngate