He built his stand-up act, which had wide crossover appeal, on a foundation of profane, confrontational truth-telling and never shied away from the briar patch of race.
Even in this confrontational, truth-disputing age, no-one could disagree with the claim that England's victory in Galle was their finest overseas win in Test cricket for at least two years.
Masters of this lifestyle can disuade any confrontational situation without effort by simply recognizing the truth.
Considering her track record with coaches, you might expect Ivanovic to be difficult and confrontational, but nothing could be further from the truth.
"Amazon's culture is notoriously confrontational, and it begins with Bezos, who believes that truth shakes out when ideas and perspectives are banged against each other," Mr. Stone writes.
But a lot is also due to less tangible changes in the corporate culture.In essence, Mr Spinetta inherited a distrustful, confrontational workplace and introduced some novel management tools: telling the truth, communicating with employees and explaining things.
So the weeklies seem to serve more as pressure valves for burdensome matters in a society that shuns open disputes and confrontational debate, than they do as journalistic crusaders for the truth.
The truth of this is shockingly apparent from a vast and confrontational painting never shown in Britain before, The Conspiracy of the Batavians Under Claudius Civilis.
Of course, as Linehan admits, confrontational interviews sometimes make sense – we need them sometimes to get to the truth.
To put his shocking, confrontational art right at the centre of a great national newspaper for a day felt political to me – a blast of truth.
