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Malala Released from Hospital

Very good news from England, where Malala Yousafzai, the 15 year old Pakistani girl shot in the head by Taliban militants, has been released from the hospital and appears likely to gain permanent residence.

Egypt Cracks Down on Future Protests

Egypt's new Muslim Brotherhood government seems determined to prevent any recurrence of the protests that brought down the Mubarak regime.

Meet a Medical Marijuana Doctor

Meet the Oregon doctor who prescribes medical marijuana to almost 4,200 "patients."

Petra by Night

We pulled into the town of modern Petra late Wednesday afternoon, Jordanian time. "You must see Petra for the first time by night!" insisted the driver of the van that had hauled us from Aqaba. "They light it by candles and perform a show. It's magical. When you come the next day, you think you were in a dream the night before."

Don't Make Canadians Angry

So much for the "Canadians are the friendliest people on Earth" thing. Then again, yet to meet an impolite Canadian in person, so maybe this is just Twitter being Twitter.

Paging Tom Friedman

Currently blogging from the front seat of a pickup hurtling down the road at 75 miles per hour in eastern Colorado. Our mi-fi is working just fine, and we've yet to experience a dropped call. Maybe Mr. Friedman's problem is he's just on the wrong transportation network.

America's Lead Menace

Kevin Drum's sort of epic rant against lead is a must-read.

Your Daily Reminder That Obama *Isn't* a Crazed Anti-American Socialist Dictator

This one via Michael Medved, no slouch when it comes to conservatism.

Petra

My erudite mother-in-law Yvonne Worthington quoted to me a line I'd never heard about the city of Petra: "a rose-red city half as old as time."

Republicans and Sandy: Leaving their Own Out to Dry

Alec MacGillis has some news for Republicans who are neglecting to pass a Hurricane Sandy relief bill: