1. Woman-hating isn't just brutal, it's dangerous (Times)

David Aaronovitch argues that the misogyny that leads to stonings and "honour" killings holds back social and economic development, leading to poverty and, ultimately, terrorism.

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2. Students deserve a degree of fairness from our politicians (Daily Telegraph)

Benedict Brogan discusses university funding. The danger is that, in trying to find something that is neither fees nor a straight graduate tax, the coalition will end up with a bureaucratic and unfair mess.

3. Naomi is good for copy but not for justice (Financial Times)

Behind the smoke from the supermodel's evidence, there is little fire, writes Christopher Stephen. War crimes justice badly needs a triumph of the kind a Charles Taylor conviction would provide.

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4. Cameron could be forced to U-turn if there's a double dip (Guardian)

Mervyn King has as good as accepted that early cuts and a refusal to force state banks to lend are holding back recovery, says Seumas Milne.

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5. The danger isn't inflation, it's lack of money (Times)

It may sound shocking in this bank-bashing era, says Tim Congdon, but the only way to end the Great Recession is to go easy on the banks. If they are forced to stop growing, the whole economy will suffer.

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6. Economy still fragile and to be handled with care (Independent)

The leading article discusses the Bank of England's quarterly report. These are mixed signals; they do not augur disaster, but nor do they fuel hopes that the recovery will pick up speed by itself.

7. The great false choice, stimulus or austerity (Financial Times)

The debate on the need for further fiscal stimulus or quicker retrenchment has become too ideological, and too extreme, write Olivier Blanchard and Carlo Cottarelli. The divisions are often more apparent than real.

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8. Government adverts don't deserve public money (Guardian)

The government's advertising budget has fallen by 52 per cent since the spending freeze, says Zoe Williams. From "Protect and survive" to "Heroin screws you up", these blame-shifting slogans only cover up policy failures.

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9. If only America understood Judt (Independent)

Rupert Cornwell on Tony Judt and the strong lessons he had for an America more ideologically polarised than ever.

10. Oil euphoria puts Lula's legacy at risk (Financial Times)

Oil discoveries have fed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's geopolitical ambitions while fuelling election fever, writes Norman Gall -- but Lula is risking his legacy as controversies multiply over his petroleum policies.

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