The Observer: Main section

Barbara Ellen: It appears that the credit crunch has sent top-flight New York divorce business rocketing

Andrew Hussey: This is the turning-point in the year when all French people reflect on the past 12 months

David King: As governments haver over the best ways to tackle global warming, private enterprise is forging ahead - and making money

Editorial: What of Britain? With Obama's election, the notion of a political 'special relationship' will fade

Editorial: Did Lillian Ladele, the Islington registrar who refused to conduct gay marriages, ever wonder if she was in the right job?

Editorial: The decision by China and Russia to veto UN sanctions against the regime of Robert Mugabe has raised fresh concerns about the role of the Security Council

Jenni Murray: The openness with which we have discussed Max Mosley should be extended into darker realms

Andrew Rawnsley: Leaders do need to talk about morality, but they have to be especially careful and intelligent about how they do so

This week's corrections

Letters: Your editorial ('Work together to uncover the causes of youth crime', last week) exposes a major flaw in the government's crime management strategy

The big issue: I was shocked to read that there is a 'race dilemma' for adoptions

The British Psychological Society has warned that 'without corroborating evidence', witnesses' memories should not be relied on

Catherine Bennett: The casual indifference to English, whether written or spoken, is beginning to reach epidemic proportions

Brian Morton: Birds like the osprey may have claimed the limelight, but the golden eagle remains the real measure of the nation's health

Henry Porter: We tend to forget what Generation Y is about, to see how interestingly different it is from the postwar baby boomers and Generation X

Nick Cohen: When a governing party's time is up, no one cares about the failings of the opposition