“Is honesty always the best policy?” article can be found at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2002785084&zsection_id=2002119995&slug=skube05&date=20060205

As the author states, he often sees people who tell “the truth” without noticing there’s a human being on the receiving end of their communication. He recommends choosing words that are kind. To me this also goes to our speeches. We need to choose our words carefully to be honest, but not too harsh. People may not react to well to frankness.