"Wisdom Isn’t Cheap, And We Pay For It With Pain:" Can Depression Help Us Solve Problems?
The idea that depression is useful isn't new, but this Sunday's Times Magazine advances a fascinating and controversial hypothesis: that it might actually help us analyze our lives.
Temple Grandin: "Nature Is Cruel, But We Don't Have To Be"
Temple Grandin, which aired this weekend on HBO, explored not only its subject's navigation through a neurotypical-dominated world, but also her somewhat surprising decision to help slaughterhouses better kill cattle.
"A Bunch Of Social 'Yak Yaks'": Temple Grandin And Autism
An MSNBC interview with Temple Grandin, the animal behaviorist whose experience with autism is the subject of an upcoming biopic, shed light not only on the disorder but on social — and antisocial — life as we know it.

