Outrage Culture Has Ruined the Apology
Ahem: In The Apology Impulse, co-author Sean O’Meara, a professional apologizer and public relations professional, argues that the corporate world has ruined the sanctity of the apology by failing to say sorry and over-apologizing. The book, which was published on October 29, examines the most egregious and effective business apologies in recent memory, from United…
Trump Ag Secretary to Struggling Farmers: Get a Job!
Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue maintains a, well, sunny view of the current farm economy. “I don’t think there could have been a better time to be in agriculture than today, I really mean that,” he recently mused on his podcast, The Sonnyside of the Street. In the latest episode, “Do Right and Feed…
A Complete Guide to the Impeachment Podcastpalooza
Carolinne Brehman/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA We’re only one day into public hearings and it feels like every media outlet—and possibly even a major player in the scandal!—is starting an impeachment podcast. This is the world we’re living in, people. Whether the thought of listening to an impeachment podcast fills you with dismay or delight,…
Trump’s Ambassadors Are Uniquely Unqualified. The Ukraine Scandal Proves It.
Gordon Sondland arrives on Capitol Hill for his Ukraine scandal deposition.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Gordon Sondland would not have been any reasonable person’s first choice for a senior State Department post. Or their 20th choice. Before he found himself at the center of the Ukraine scandal, Sondland was a hotel magnate with zero…
Chart of the Day: Inflation Continues To Be Modest
I know we’ve got bigger things to think about right now, but how about an old-school post that does nothing except tell you what the latest inflation reading is? For the record, the BLS says that prices rose 1.8 percent in October compared to October of 2018: So there you have it: inflation continues to…
Republicans Spent the First Day of Impeachment Hearings in an Alternate Reality
Ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., talks to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, as Steve Castor, Republican staff attorney for the House Oversight Committee, center, listens .Susan Walsh/AP The House impeachment inquiry is focused on whether President Donald Trump abused his office to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to dig up political dirt for Trump’s…