Word: culpa
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...Time Inc.'s--informing me that my e-mail was being returned unopened since it contained a virus. The last message was from my friend Marshall: "If you don't mind my asking, which home page?" Double argh! I had spread the accursed worm. I wrote a mea culpa warning, which I mailed to everyone in my address book: Don't click on that attachment...
...would perform on his debut outing in Europe this week that by the time he stepped up to the plate, he was playing T-ball. As they had during his first election debate with Al Gore, Bush and his handlers - with the help of the media, mea culpa - teed up the visit in such a way that by merely showing up, avoiding flubbing his lines and appearing at least conversant in the issues of the day, he could hit a home run. Or at least a creditable base...
This familiar mantra surfaced last week in the Justice Department's mea culpa letter to the McVeigh defense lawyers. Justice floated it in hopes that the media would pick it up and repeat it. And we did. But the government's argument is laughable. How would a prosecutor know what's important to a defendant's case? Prosecutors use the excuse to minimize their misconduct under the theory "no harm, no foul," but the courts should punish those who deliberately hold back important evidence. Yet judges too often look the other...
...Idea--and Racist Too." The ad, sent to more than 30 college newspapers, was written by David Horowitz, a former Black Panther turned conservative activist. Its publication sparked outrage at Berkeley and elsewhere. Angry student protesters demanded an apology and the Daily Californian capitulated, running a front-page mea culpa...
...being ill-used? Well, the good news is that other weapons used in the raids appear to have behaved better than the J-SOWs. And if you're wondering why there's a disjunction between the immediate post-bombing announcements of a super-successful mission and the current mea culpa, then you haven't been pounding the Pentagon corridors long enough. TIME's Mark Thompson, however, has, and herewith offers his take...