Friday's comment from the papers in...

Today in Times Comment

• Amir Taheri: Iran's choice: a man in a military cap or a man in a military cap
• Martin Samuel:Join the Iraq War debate? Don't bother
• Ben Macintyre: We are living in a golden age of cartography
• Mick Hume: Delia has sinned against the foodie priesthood
• Carol Sarler: We glory in chopping down the mighty
• Peter Riddell: Voters will take tax rises on the chin
• Jane Shilling: I economise, so why am I still strapped for cash?
• Ann Treneman: Boy wonders just want to have fun

And from the rest of the papers...

• Toby Harnden: (The Telegraph) - Everybody loses with the race card
• Iain Dale: (The Telegraph) - Tories must grab business opportunity
• Alan Cochrane: (The Telegraph) - Taxing times for Salmond fans
• Simon Jenkins: (The Guardian) - It is wrong to ban tourists and prospectors from the Arctic and Antarctic
• Alexander Chancellor: (The Guardian) - The 'first black president' has proved he was no such thing with his treatment of the likely second
• Mark Lawson: (The Guardian) - Exit, stage-right
• Dominic Lawson: (The Independent) - A Government which doesn't believe in the threat of climate change
• Terence Blacker: (The Independent) - Forget fame - just aim for a gig on Cromer Pier
• Joan Bakewell: (The Independent) - Alzheimer's research can no longer be sidelined
• Richard Kay: (The Daily Mail) - Case of the dame and a family rift
• Philip Stephens: (The Financial Times) - European leaders need a president, not a nonentity

And from around the world...

• Paul Krugman: (The New York Times) - Betting the Bank
• David Brooks: (The New York Times) - The rank-link imbalance
• Charles Krauthammer: (The Washington Post) - Perils of identity politics
• Gail Collins: (International Herald Tribune) - Politicians: who are they, really?
• Jonathan Zimmerman: (International Herald Tribune) - Brain drains and blame games
• Editorial: (China Daily) - Foreign investment soars in China