The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Recovery

A new U.S. Army program helps soldiers improve their mental health after coming back from the combat zone. [Washington Post]

Here’s a kind of recovery that you don’t see every day: scientists digging mammoth and mastodon bones out of the ground. [NY Times]

Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain talks overcoming bankruptcy and living on the edge (sample quote: “I had no self-control. I denied myself nothing. I had no moral compass.”. [Newsweek]

Got 12 minutes to kill? Spend it with the beautiful stop motion short film “Zero.” It will make you contemplate the world and how you can make it better. [Huffington Post]

Maybe this isn’t related to recovery, but it’s seriously cool. Graphic design and public relations firms analyze the current 2012 Republican presidential nominees’ campaign logos. [CNN]