To be honest, it is hard to say - they actually give little attention to offering constructive alternatives, or routes to achieving them.
Here is a painful and painfully honest account of how easily a project can fail to meet its own expectations.
This awkward piece, gangling and almost painfully honest in its criticism, was, so to speak, 'disappeared'.
And yet, if the moderates were morally narrow and shortsighted, they were also morally honest.
Both sides may be perfectly honest, both may wish to tell the truth and the whole truth.
The disagreement here is confined to the author's open and honest reductionism.
Lastly, sincerity (being honest, speaking from the heart, etc.) is a positive trait that rock critics commonly cite.
His call for "honest" taxes operated on the premise that his opponents would flinch before the prospect of a divisive debate about transparent taxes.