Comments on: Got a title suggestion?

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:50:38 +0000

How about:

Bowing at the Altar of Public Confession: The Rise, The Fall, and the Confession of America’s Public People

Can’t wait to see this book in print!

By: samuel

samuel — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:54:29 +0000

Broken and Returned:
How Leaders Come Back from Private Sin by Public Confession

By: mary kathryn

mary kathryn — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:55:38 +0000

Ooh – I really like the “Putting the Spin on Sin” thing!

By: Larry_D

Larry_D — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:56:09 +0000

Contrived Contrition: The Art of the Public Grovel

Manipulating Forgiveness: ”

(nicer)
Managing Forgiveness: ”

I look forward to reading it.

Larry

By: Jamie C.

Jamie C. — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:39:11 +0000

Secret Sin – Public Penitence: the confession’s journey from box to box office

By: Christy B

Christy B — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:51:05 +0000

Calculated Confessions: Returning to Power After Falling From Grace

By: Petros

Petros — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:35:19 +0000

Plan B: The Bitter Pill of Public Confession

By: Delores

Delores — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:10:04 +0000

How about:

Private Sin, Public Confession: Political Groveling in 20th Century America

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:48:26 +0000

Getting Caught and Crawling Back

By: K Rad

K Rad — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:33:51 +0000

Susan in TX has it nailed down
The Art of the Public Grovel: Putting the Spin on Sin

She’s calling a spade a spade and sin sin, which is heartily lacking in both confessions, and commentary on such confessions.

By: Jerry Patengale

Jerry Patengale — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:09:08 +0000

Public Confession: From Contrition to Calculation among American Leaders,
or
Calculated Public Confessions: An Art among Modern American Leaders
or
Public Confessions in Twentieth-Century America: The New Art of Political Survival

Susan — You continue to intrigue audiences with your breadth of writing. In my forthcoming review of your History of the Ancient World, which is my introduction to you other than a BC piece, I liken you to a public intellectual–whichi, by the way, is a good thing. JP

By: Susan in TX

Susan in TX — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:34:36 +0000

Here’s a simple one:
The Art of the Public Grovel: Coming Back After Getting Caught
Or The Art of the Public Grovel: Putting the Spin on Sin

Good luck!
Susan in TX

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:19:51 +0000

Maybe adding “arc” as reference to the progression of the act through history.

Building on suggestions above, howabout:

Private Acts – Political Confession
The Arc and Art of the Public Grovel Through American History

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:54:27 +0000

How about “Sorry!”?

Not as erudite — more likely to get you on the Larry King Show.

By: Frodo

Frodo — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:35:37 +0000

Mea Culpa: From Religious Rite to Political Might

Mea Culpa: From Religious Rite to Secular Might

BTW, I’ll forgo a freebie if you’d act as a reader for a future academic publication of mine. (Or my wife will take an IOU on your next history book.) Congratulations on this latest achievement.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:19:53 +0000

‘Fessin’ Up: The Use of the Public Grovel

(I know–wrong language level, but fun to think of seeing it on a PUP book). I like “The Art of the Public Grovel” as something one does, but I like the idea of it as a tool, too.
Here’s another I rather like:

The Public Confessional: Redeeming Political Power

By: Louise

Louise — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:02:22 +0000

I’ll try: The Power of Secret Sin and Public Confession

By: Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:00:53 +0000

Metamorphosis: The Art of the Public Grovel

By: JFS in IL

JFS in IL — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:43:02 +0000

If I come up with something good, I’ll give a book ot my dd’s Korean martial arts instructor!

By: Summer

Summer — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:41:56 +0000

The Public Confessional: why modern American politics demands tell-all leaders

By: strider

strider — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:55:02 +0000

I should have said I prefer Kimber’s SECOND suggestion–Private Sins, Public Confession, and the Preservation of Power.

By: mary kathryn

mary kathryn — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:09:08 +0000

You could use “Mea Culpa” somewhere in there.

By: AmyL

AmyL — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:55:06 +0000

I’ll give it a shot.

After the Affair: How Fallen Leaders’ Public Confessions Kept Them in Power

By: dangermom

dangermom — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:07:19 +0000

Ack! I have to think of one, so my Korean SIL can have the book! *think think think*

By: Michelle Matheny

Michelle Matheny — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:53:06 +0000

I second Kimber’s second suggestion. (How’s that for a sentence?) Very catchy!

By: Kimber

Kimber — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:37:38 +0000

Here’s another idea that I think is better–

Private sins, Public Confessions, and the Preservation of Power

By: Kimber

Kimber — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:57:38 +0000

Here’s my stab at it–

Secret Sin, Public Confession, and the Art of Staying in Power