1. The Militarization of US Culture
2. Where's the superpower of peace?
3. Updates on the post-war process in Iraq
4. Accounting for the whereabouts of US weapons
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1.  It strikes me that anti-militarism and promoting nonviolent strategies would be complementary focus areas for LRPJ for the future - the article below is very helpful in outlining the militarism issue. http://www.counterpunch.com/mariscal05052003.html

2.  Excellent article articulating how the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have actually been defeats for the US in the larger picture of things http://www.letstalksense.com/articles/wasserman5203.htm

3.  From the perspective of the Brits, more evidence of the incompetence of the Bush Admin in planning for post-war events. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,954035,00.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=405397

From the Christian Science Monitor: conditions in Baghdad worsen http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0512/p01s03-woiq.html

4.  As if the Bush admin is not already a shoe-in for "Most Hypocritical Government Ever", here's an interesting piece on the US armed forces inability to keep track of it's lethal weapons. http://www.sptimes.com/2003/05/11/Worldandnation/Wandering_weapons__Am.shtml