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Today in Times Comment

• William Rees-Mogg: This culture clash is drowning out the issues
• Norman Blackwell: Roll back the State and mend society too
• Libby Purves: Be prepared. Take an evening class in failure
• Edward Lucas: How the West is losing the energy cold war
• Michael Gove: We need a Thinker Royal, not a Poet Laureate
• Ross Clark: Bad building, not heavy rain, made these houses flood
• Caitlin Moran: Three (thin, reedy) cheers for British weediness
• Leading Article: Hadrons and humanity
• Leading Article: State of the unions
• Leading Article: Book ends?

And from the rest of the papers...

• Janet Daley: (The Telegraph) - Look across the pond for a lesson in listening to the people
• Philip Johnston: (The Telegraph) - We need a policy of zero immigration
• Jim White: (The Telegraph) - Should the taxpayer pay for Jeremy Kyle?
• Leading Article: (The Telegraph) - The best way for Britain to belong to Europe
• Jackie Ashley: (The Guardian) - Until parties find real voices, the mavericks will flourish
• Michael Tomasky: (The Guardian) - America is dissatisfied - and that's good news for Obama
• Peter Preston: (The Guardian) - A doomed presidency
• Leading Article: (The Guardian) - It takes two to talk peace
• Bruce Anderson: (The Independent) - No cavalry can save Brown now
• Johann Hari: (The Independent) - Here's how to tune in to both Muslims and the Deep South
• Daniel Howden: (The Independent) - Hope for Africa lies in political reforms
• Leading Article: (The Independent) - Sarkozy's small steps in Moscow
• Melanie Phillips: (The Daily Mail) - why Britain is crying out for our own 'pitbull with lipstick'
• Clive Crook: (Financial Times) - Democrats must learn some respect

And from around the world...

• William Kristol: (The New York Times) - A heartbeat away
• Roger Cohen: (The New York Times) - Real Wars and the U.S. Culture War
• David Kay: (Washington Post) - What's missing from the Iran debate
• Bert Ely: (The Wall Street Journal) - We Need Fundamental Mortgage Reform
• William Falk: (International Herald Tribune) - The two weeks you missed
• Richard Hainsworth: (The Moscow Times) - Russian Roulette for investors

Comments

[Candadai Tirumalai]

William Rees-Mogg on the American presidential election. Sarah Palin has indeed precipitated strong differences between voters. There are those who think that her ability to hunt a moose, field-dress it and serve it translates into the kind of personality and political ability they trust, and that her absolute acceptance of a child with Down's syndrome seals her pro-life credentials. On the other hand there are those who regard her political experience as narrow-horizoned and her views as downright scary. She has begun attacking Barack Obama more fiercely than John McCain would be willing to.