We all say, “I’m sorry,” far more often than we should. In fact, I do it all the time — even when I did nothing wrong. I usually say those words because I feel bad that something happened to someone I ...

Deeply flawed as we all are, there are infinite mistakes large and small left in our wake. Well-raised as I like to think that most of us were, we are keen to make amends for these transgressions.

There are many uses of the word sorry. There’s the genuine and heartfelt apology. We also know the sarcastic one that fuels an argument like igniter fluid (“So sorry I can’t read your mind!”). Don’t ...