apologia

Vonnegut’s openness to serendipitous in-person encounters is exactly the spirit that Nicholas Epley hopes to summon with “A Little More Social,” a cheerful, data-supported apologia for conversation and conviviality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

This form of rationalization and denial is embarrassingly evident in a recent apologia by David Brooks, the New York Times’ notion of an ideal conservative.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025

Instead of this torturous apologia, Lewis could have acknowledged the obvious: He was duped.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2023

But with Columbia at its center — he insists he’s not overly impressed by the people who constitute his primary subject — the movie can’t help but function as an apologia for the ruling class.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

Such bereavement, witnessed at close range, makes even the most eloquent apologia for high-risk activities ring fatuous and hollow.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

While most works in this genre read as elaborate apologias, Coates immediately strikes a different tone.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2022

Literary and oratorical apologias for the rebellion were accompanied by a flurry of monuments to Confederate leaders, including those in Statuary Hall.

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2021

Twitter was similar; my stream, for a day or so, was all impassioned maxi dress defenses and apologias.

From The Guardian ● May 14, 2015

Echoing other day-after apologias from both sides, Mr. Baskey said Mr. Obama and Mr. Netanyahu “have forged an effective partnership and consult closely and frequently.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2014

Victory and Reasonableness.—Unfortunately in the æsthetic wars, which artists provoke by their works and apologias for their works, just as is the case in real war, it is might and not reason that decides.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm