In The Independent today:

When doctors and parents clash over life and death - Deborah Orr

Cut taxes, but don't expect miracles - Hamish McRae

Why did the West ignore the truth about the war in Georgia? - Mary Dejevsky

The losers who hate to love Obama - Mark Steel

I fear 'Healthy Towns' are just another fad - Janet Street-Porter

The best of the rest:

Triumph of those who resist violence - Daniel Finkelstein, The Times

The president-elect is a much smarter hawk - Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian

Why Lloyds' takeover of HBOS stinks - Jeff Randall, The Daily Telegraph

It's the state that needs cutting, not taxes - Peter Oborne, The Daily Mail