A story of what happens when you denounce the sitting president of the United States 4 days into a war.

Terrific interview with Jimmy Carter about his presidency and what he's done since then.

"So, even if they now seem natural, the lengths and formats of books are but cultural accidents. If this all goes, there will be consequences for the shape, size and format of prose narrative. How far is up for debate."

Depressing but nonetheless important story told by John Walker Lindh's father. Powerful stuff.

Smart words from Jeff Jarvis about what The Guardian could do to survive.

Martin Belam discusses some of the questions posed to him by students and digital media.

Interesting information revealed by WikiLeaks about the relation between the U.S. and Japan in regard to whaling.

RSS is alive and thriving at The Guardian. 8000 plus topic feeds can attest to that.

Extraordinary photos of Detroit's ruin.

"Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Afghanistan meets a growing community of part-time expat jihadists."

"Islamic science had its heyday in the ninth century, thanks to Abū Ja'far al-Ma'mūn's House of Wisdom."

"Once the darlings of the UK startup scene, Dopplr has dwindled inexorably ever since it was bought by Nokia a year ago."

Background from The Guardian about the Afghanistan war logs.

"Has endlessly skimming short texts on the internet made us stupider? An increasing number of experts think so - and say it's time to slow down..."

Clay Shirky discusses why paywalls will underperform.

Really interesting move from The Guardian toward allowing other publishers to reuse their content.

A surprisingly good primer on the 9 central aspects of the web and internet.