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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
Description: Elton John once sang that, “Sorry seems to be the hardest word.” But hard or not, government officials must publicly apologize for their many destructive mistakes in handling the pandemic. The purpose of an apology isn’t to humiliate or punish. Rather, in a democratic republic like ours, government is the people’s servant. If government workers escape accountability, their mistakes aren’t corrected and public trust isn’t restored. Worse, it sends a message that they’re superior to those they’re supposed to be serving. What’s more, the leaders at the CDC, NIH, and...