Two stories that are signs of the potentially terminal illness facing Europe as we know it. In Germany, a Jewish dance group is stoned by a group of Arab youths. In France, unions go on strike protesting a plan that would raise the retirement age to 62. The governments and peoples of Europe do not seem to know what to do about the changing nature of their populations, as very low birth rates are combined with an inability to assimilate immigrants, especially Muslim immigrants, and the population seems unwilling to face fiscal reality. A bad combination.

On June 25, 1950 the army of the People's Republic of North Korea invaded South Korea, starting a war that is still going on, as Arthur Herman writes in this piece.

Paul Krugman writes about the Chinese currency problem.

Some elements inside Pakistan's Army and government, sensing U.S. weakness, are trying to establish a foothold in Afghanistan.