For months, Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General of the United States, has been defending himself because of the firing of some federal prosecutors. Everyone and their grandma seems to think Gonzales should resign. Or the Prez should fire him. Because, y'know, the guy is either the worst Attorney General ever (which is quite possible considering how bad a lot of Bush's appointees have been) or he's lying to everyone.

Gonzales ain't going anywhere. Bush ain't changing his mind. There is no reason to. Why should Bush decide that now is a good time to tell the world he's wrong? He's never done it before. Twenty-eight percent approval ratings mean nothing to a guy who's never running for office again in his life. If anything, it makes him more cocky. He can feel like a rebel.

And Bush can veto whatever he wants, 'cause he ain't changing his mind.

For months, Trent Green, the Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback, has been on his way to Miami. Traded. Put out to pasture. Something like that. Except the trade hasn't happened yet. Unless, y'know, it's happening right now. But it's now the fourth round of the draft, and Green is worth more than a fifth or sixth round pick, isn't he?

Kansas City wants more. And they ain't changing their mind. The Dolphins don't want to give up much, and they ain't changing their mind.

Which is all fine. In the long run, I don't have much invested in this. Kansas City seems to be cleaning house and rebuilding their football team, and something must be done. I'll bitch about it later when they don't make the playoffs, but for now, changing the team sounds good. But they ain't changing their mind about getting some value out of Green.

For months, Hillary Clinton has resisted apologizing for voting for the war years ago when we thought war was like a football game--over in three to four hours.

So I have to ask, why does everyone have to apologize for stuff all the time? It's like forced confession or something. You do something people don't like, you apologize, go to rehab, get a massage, whatever, and then you are cleansed. No one can talk about it anymore. But they do talk about it, and the apology doesn't make those who think they have been wronged feel any better about it all.

Stop apologizing. Everyone. The apology doesn't change anything you said or did. It just makes it look like you know it was wrong. But it didn't change your mind. It didn't change anything but it made you seem nicer or contrite because you acknowledged everyone's outrage.

I'm not going to get into the Imus thing, because, on the whole, people who talk for hours and hours on the radio or TV say things every few minutes they should be ashamed of. Because their talking heads keep yapping. And I'm tired of these apologies.

And I ain't changing my mind.

And neither are you. No one is. Votes don't change people's minds. Deaths don't change people's minds. Cell phones don't change people's minds. Apologies don't change people's minds. Everyone has their opinions, and they're setting them loose on the world. Just because you talk louder or have a sign or a blog or a big mouth doesn't mean you change your mind or are, by yelling, changing anyone else's minds.

We are barreling down this road with blinders on, and no one is changing their minds. We're don't want to be losers so we're gonna win. We're going to make it. We're going somewhere. We just don't know where that somewhere is.

The only time the mind changes is when, somewhere along the road, the mind stops working. And then, finally, there is a change in the mind. It shuts up for once.

Matt Worley is sticking to his guns.