“C riticism” is a curiously protean word. In academic discourse, as in ordinary speech, it can refer simply to the act of appraisal, sometimes with a censorious edge. It’s used to describe reviews, ...

Of the character sketches that the English satirist Samuel Butler wrote in the mid-seventeenth century—among them “A Degenerate Noble,” “A Huffing Courtier,” “A Small Poet,” and “A Romance Writer”—the ...

A study of preschool children and their parents in Hong Kong found that parents’ perfectionistic tendencies were linked to their children’s development of relationship skills, and that the children’s ...

Several gun control experts are criticizing a study that found that civilians with gun permits reduce the number of victims killed and injured in active shooting cases more than responding police ...

Many people struggle to handle criticism and perceive it as hurtful in many aspects of life — whether it’s coming from a partner, a parent, or even a boss at work — according to a PLOS One study, but ...

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray held an unscheduled press conference Thursday at training camp and he pushed back on the public criticism of his work ethic that was prompted by a clause in ...

Gab, a social media site founded in 2016, is one of several platforms that bill themselves as alternatives to more established sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Gab has emphasized its commitment to ...