Who's (considering) apologizing now?
Politico Sen. Sam Brownback and Rep. Stephen I. Cohen are proposing two of the most sweeping apologies in American history. Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, has introduced a resolution apologizing for all of the wrongs suffered by blacks at the hands of the U.S. government, especially slavery and segregation. And Brownback, a Kansas Republican, is pushing a measure offering "an apology to all native peoples" for hundreds of years of government hostility and oppression.
Ok, maybe this is a good idea. It's certainly owed. But what about apologizing to the Chinese, the Mexicans, the Japanese? And does proposing a non-binding apology just get these guys out of paying anyone? Hmmmmm.
