An op-ed by Michael Gerson in the June 7 edition of The Washington Post: “Inspiration by example”  ‘Pope Francis provides inspiration for all faiths”

In the same edition, an op-ed by columnist Charles Krauthammer: “Message from the ruins of Qusair”

 In the June 8-9 edition of The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Essay by Niall Ferguson: “How America Lost Its Way”. 'It is getting ever harder to do business in the United States, argues Niall Ferguson, and more stimulus won't help: Our institutions need fixing.'