The Rise of Preschool Depression
Sara Reistad-Long is a New York-based writer. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Esquire, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among others. She can also be found blogging at www.sveltegourmand.com, where she explores the intersection of health and delicious food.
According to a groundbreaking new study, chronic depression can begin as young as age 3. Sara Reistad-Long on the controversy over diagnosing and medicating children.
No Sex? No Problem
Jacqueline Jennings is an editorial assistant at the Daily Beast. She has written for comedycentral.com.
After Michael Jackson's death, Brooke Shields called the pop star "asexual." But does asexuality really exist? Jacqueline Jennings investigates the phenomenon of life without libido.
Binghamton Wasn't the Cops' Fault
Raymond W. Kelly was appointed Police Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, making Commissioner Kelly the first person to hold the post for a second, separate tenure. Commissioner Kelly was formerly Senior Managing Director, Global Corporate Security, at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Before that, he served as Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service.
With 14 dead in the Binghamton, New York, massacre, some blame the police for not reacting sooner. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly explains what it really takes to deal with the emotionally disturbed.
How Science Screwed My Kids
Grace Poole is a pseudonym.
When a major study said kids with ADHD could benefit from drugs, we gave my son Ritalin. Then he became manic and delusional-and now the study's researchers say they might have been wrong all along.
Earthy Beauty
Peter Eyre is a veteran actor whose 50-year career spans film, television, and the theatre. His stage credits include Richard II, Hamlet, King Lear, Hedda Gabler, Crime and Punishment, The Seagull, and Terre Haute.
British actor Peter Eyre, who knew Natasha Richardson since she was a child, recalls the qualities that made her so special. Read it and view photos from the actress' life.
Inside Blago's Brain
News Shrink
The Daily Beast's News Shrink cracks open Gov. Blagojevich's strange psyche-and explains why he "thinks like a prostitute."
What McCain Was Really Saying
News Shrink
Psychiatrists deconstruct the hidden conversation during last night's debate.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.
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