Do you feel hideously inadequate around moms with calm, composed, well-mannered children (surely their kids don’t slap random strangers at a museum)? Not surprisingly, modeling good behavior is key to ...

Freaked out by overly polite people? Of course you are. Me too. Well, now our trust issues have been given legitimacy by science! A team of researchers found that betrayals are frequently preceded by ...

The major possibility of being mis-understood as a meek person takes most people away from the basic elements of politeness, albeit it is a trait ingrained within us, naturally, by divinity.

When it comes to qualities we respect in people, it's rare to find someone who won't include "being polite" on their list. That said, though, politeness can be a double-edged sword — and, indeed, some ...

What’s wrong with being politically correct? To me, it means treating people with respect. It means not using racist and sexist language in public. It means refraining from telling racist or ethnic ...

Yup, it's that time again, folks... another "brodie complains about his coworkers" thread! So here's the situation: The other web programmer in my department sits in the cube next to me (no, not the ...