A report by Dominic Hinde and Louise Osborne in the January 26 edition of The Washington Times: "Scots gain momentum for split from England"

A report by Jake Sherman and Darren Goode in the January 26 issue of POLITICO: "Keystone Decision Looms for GOP"

A book review in the January 21-22 edition of the Wall Street Journal by Tess Lewis: "Dispatches from the Lost Empire". The book is "Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters"  Translated by Michael Hofmann, Norton, $39.95, 549 pages. The "lost empire' is a reference to the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)