In the January 9-10 edition of The Wall Street Journal, an art review by Joseph Epstein, under the Masterpiece series: "Virtue As Its Own Reward".The masterpiece is "Discourses of Epictetus" (c. A.D. 108).

In the January 10 issue of The Washington Post, an editorial: "The siege of Madaya". As the U.S. pushes for peace talks, children starve to death in Syria.

In the same edition, a report by Michael E. Miller: "At academy, signs of the Trump to come".