From The Brock Review, a special issue on Madness Manifest: Creativity, art and the margins of mental health. The Supreme Court's decision to roll back campaign-finance reform does more than just open the spigots for corporate cash — it also exposes the judicial activism of the Roberts Court. A review of The Devil in the Holy Water, or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon by Robert Darnton. Flesh Mob: Tired of the no-kill dogma, New York’s vegetarians have come down with some serious bloodlust. From The New Yorker, a series of articles on the President’s first three hundred and sixty-five days. Serfing the Net: Astra Taylor wonders whether dispersed creativity is really free — or just cheap. Greg Milner reviews Just Kids by Patti Smith (and more and more and more and more and more and more).  A review of In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing by Matthew E. May. Hijacking health care reform isn’t enough, it turns out — now the Fetus People have to take on college football. From Good, here's a guide to slowing down. Edward Rothstein on the 1602 world map created by the Italian-born Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci, which places China at its center. From Military Times, J. Ford Huffman on the best military books of the decade. Why do so many people buy into the ridiculous notion that a daily diet of current events is anything other than a mindless — though perhaps harmless — form of amusement? From Cato Unbound, Douglas Rasmussen on Ayn Rand, answers and some questions for discussion. An interview with Jason Fry, co-author of Star Wars: The Essential Atlas.