There’s nothing wrong with ranting. Most people do it. I would argue that everybody needs to do it. In fact, I’d even suggest that ranting is a good thing. But only if you do it right. If you do it ...

(HealthDay)—It's so tempting. You read something on a website about a button-pushing issue that makes you mad and you've got to respond. Before you know it, you're verbally sparring with a stranger.

Next time you’re seething, take a deep breath... and step away from the keyboard. Online venting is all the rage right now (see: forums designed specifically for complaining, like JustRage.com and ...

“While in the parlors of indignation,” Saul Bellow wrote, “the right-thinking citizen brings his heart to a boil.” Bellow’s character Moses Herzog did that. Herzog wrote crank letters to ex-wives, to ...

The idea that “venting” anger has a beneficial cathartic effect is well entrenched in modern culture. Belief in the value of venting has manifested in the online world in the form of “rant” sites (e.g ...

It's so tempting. You read something on a website about a button-pushing issue that makes you mad and you've got to respond. Before you know it, you're verbally sparring with a stranger. But you may ...