Kathryn Schuls, author of Being Wrong, calls people’s inability to say they’re wrong a "startling deficiency" of society. She isn't wrong — unfortunately. The need to be right is so intrinsic for ...

Niro Feliciano is a mom, author and therapist with a master of science in social work. She’s a TODAY show contributor and author of the TODAY.com column “Is This Normal?” If you’re someone who ...

On Sunday, May 27, Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard was interviewed in the NY Times Sunday Book Review. What caught my attention was her answer to this question: Is there any book you wish all ...

I did my research. I read, watched, I talked to the experts. I formed an opinion, and I wrote about it. was wrong. Eight Times Opinion columnists revisit their incorrect predictions and bad advice — ...

Disclaimer: I don't claim that what I say is totally "true," because the truth is elusive in this complicated world. Rather, I'm offering some ideas to help perceive the world, others, and ourselves ...

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right. —Molière Why is it so fun to be right? As pleasures go, it is, after all, a second order one at best. Unlike many of life’s other delights — ...