From The Believer, Analects on the Influence of Artaud: Must one be willing to become mentally ill in the name of art? Rick Moody wants to know; and here are short takes on books that don’t exist. From TAP, why clinic violence is Obama's problem: Dr. George Tiller's murder should push the federal government to get serious about fighting harassment of abortion providers; and the mystery of the Right: The right's abrupt decline is one of the most puzzling questions in political history. From Slate, Jacob Weusberg on a Republican rescue plan, and John Dickerson sorts through the various roles and players in the Republican Party. From Commentary, Arthur Herman on the Gitmo Myth and the torture canard; and an article on the end of medical miracles. From The New Criterion, a review of David B. Hart's Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies; a review of 1848: Year of Revolution by Mike Rapport; the state despotic: Mark Steyn on our gradual slide into servitude; and the relics of oppression: Has Romania changed, and changed fundamentally? Enlightenment therapy: How a Zen master found the light (again) on the analyst’s couch. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Data-Entry Supervisor: Alain de Botton on why it's time for an ambitious new literature of the office.