On an episode of her show last week, Melissa Harris-Perry made (what some considered to be) unkind remarks about Kieran Romney, Mitt Romney's adopted African-American grandchild. In the episode, Harris-Perry referred to Kieran being out of place in the Romney family pictures and stated that she would like to see a…

After airing an episode last Wednesday about the "controversial" HPV vaccine that many said included far too much fodder for anti-vaccineers, Katie Couric has apologized, explaining that "based on the science, my personal view is that the benefits of the HPV vaccine far outweigh its risks."

On Tuesday, Dr. Phil's Twitter account took a moment from its general wisdom spilling to Ask the Audience: would you fuck a drunk chick? On Wednesday, the show clarified that Dr. Phil most certainly would not fuck a drunk chick.

Bristol Palin appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night after being voted off Dancing with the Stars (shoulda gone with the Pachanga, OBV), and wasted no time in demanding an apology from noted Sarah Palin-skewerer Jimmy Kimmel. Funny how one's defensive ire against evil comedians evaporates as soon as one is offered…

Gruenenthal Group, the company that distributed thalidomide (referred to as Contergan in the manufacturers' native Germany), has finally said "our bad" to those affected by the in-utero use of the drug. Infamously, mothers in the 1950s and '60s who took it for morning sickness during pregnancy often gave birth to…

Just in case anyone was really starting to pine for some vintage George Costanza foot-swallowing, actor and recently re-sodded cranium Jason Alexander called cricket a "gay sport" last week on Craig Ferguson's Are You Still Fucking Awake? talk program. Alexander expatiated on cricket's supposed homosexuality:

Rush Limbaugh might have gone after Sandra Fluke the hardest last week, but actress Patricia Heaton, a vocal conservative, took to Twitter to pile on too. After facing some serious backlash—and even deleting her Twitter account for a short time—Heaton has now come out with an apology.

Rep. Allen West will not apologize for calling Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "vile" and "not a Lady," explaining that he is "a military man" and "there are certain ways that we speak in the military." I guess that includes bizarre email outbursts in response to respectful criticisms? Political Correction notes that…

Opinionators are offering a number of explanations for Virginia Thomas's bizarro phone call to Anita Hill: love, innocence, naivete, Ambien. Are we, um, dancing around something here?

In a bizarre turn of events, Clarence Thomas's wife Virginia called Anita Hill earlier this month, asking Hill to apologize for that whole sexual harassment thing. Because, you know, it was her fault.