An art review by Mary Tompkins Lewis in the January 4-5 edition of The Wall Street Journal under the series Masterpiece: “The Path Toward Its Own Destruction”. The masterpiece is “The Epic of American Civilization”  (1934) by José Clemente Orozco.

In the January 11-12 issue of The Wall Street Journal, a book review by Felipe Fernández-Armesto: “The Conversion of California”. The books are  "Journey to the Sun" by Gregory Orfalea, Scribner, $30, 465 pages and "Junípero Serra" by Steven Hackel, Hill and Wang, $27, 325 pages.