exculpate - July 4, 2009

...mood at the time, that is grief at the loss of four of their colleagues, ought to have been taken into account, and probably exculpate them from responsibility, should not be an excuse. On the other hand, was the method deployed by the police in enforcing...

...was born, and there are many things that are easier not to say. As Yalo writes the story of his life, over and over, trying to exculpate himself, he is trying to define himself, too. The war looms large: the country bears its scars, but for Yalo, the ending...

...like to remind my readers about my thoughts on "quackery from ignorance". Just because a quack believes in what they do does not exculpate them from the wrong they are doing. They have taken on a special responsibility, a grave responsibility to people in...

...head of the hard-line Islamic Coalition party, before any U.S. initiative was announced. Too often, critics of White House policy exculpate the worst regimes in order to score political points. The Islamic Republic's attacks on peaceful dissent are nothing...

...last year it's that she was a mighty shallow choice herself. Gingrich has been dancing barefoot on hot coals in a futile attempt to exculpate himself from having called Sonia Sotomayor a racist-- something his party's congressional leaders have recoiled from...