Commentariat

Guardian

Letters: It is the west’s reluctance to accommodate Russia’s security concerns which will initiate the new cold war

Letters: Friedman’s scholarship made him one of the most influential economists of the 20th century

Editorial: This week’s Democratic convention builds towards open-air speech by Barack Obama

Editorial: Paperwork held by the government could make all the difference for Binyam Mohamed

Seumas Milne: Russia’s defiance in the Caucasus has brought down the curtain on Bush senior’s new world order - not before time

Hadley Freeman: The labels won’t, and nor will the glossies. It takes the likes of Kate Moss to challenge the addiction to skinny models

Timothy Garton Ash: Look beyond Denver’s schmaltzfest and you see how the relative power of a US president is diminishing on all sides

Editorial: Titian’s two paintings are among the most important old masters in private hands

David Thomson: Protests at a new satirical film are misplaced. Blunt expression is less harmful than suffocating piety

Roy Hattersley: Energy firms’ profits are unearned. In hard times, it is intolerable that they cash in as people go cold

Ron Prosor: The protesters who came ashore last week should blame Hamas rather than Israel for the territory’s ills

Ray Collier: Loch Ruthven

Letters: In your report on the Notting Hill carnival you overlooked the fact that the majority of it was peaceful

Today’s corrections

Letters: What was the point of Her Naked Skin? To show risible scenes of lesbian sex and a forced-feeding scene?

Response: Halting development allows teenagers time to consider their potential treatment, says Richard Green

Hugh Muir: David Lyscom, who will take the helm at the Independent Schools Council, may be our hero

Letters: Government’s plans would cement this country’s position as the prison capital of western Europe

Look beyond tonight’s Denver schmaltzfest and you see how the relative power of a US president is diminishing on all sides

From the archive: August 27 1889: Another protest. Last evening a crowded meeting of the parishioners of Cheadle was held in the National Schoolroom in response to a notice issued by Mr. Churchwarden Brown, who occupied the chair

Deborah Hargreaves: The proposed energy levy would be arbitrary and unfair, and would ruin Britain’s chances in the race for resources

Editorial:Now Russia appears to be willing to trash its strategic relationships

Editorial: Alistair Darling finds himself in the unfamiliar position of being pressed to introduce a brand new tax

Editorial: Ever-present in the triumphs and disasters of the US Democratic party for half a century

Response: Dressage expresses the grace and beauty of these animals - there is no cruelty involved, says Claire Booth