Articles on the US dollar’s birthday, Europe’s latest bailout plan and the impact on the UK, China's fake Apple Stores, what ails the American economy, and the National Post’s excellent archive of articles about Canada in Afghanistan.

Happy birthday.

Financial Times – Greenback’s Birthday
The US dollar, which turned 150 this week, is finally starting to act its age.

Articles on Canada’s exit from Afghanistan, the flotilla activists, the benefits of affordable health care, two books about the navy, why China will not rule the 21st century, the Wabisabi Times, how wars end, doubts about Chinese banks, the limits of American meritocracy, and Tom Flanagan clarifies the Clarity Act.

Au revoir. Thanks to David of London.

Articles on China’s naval ambitions, how a Capone thug got a strangle hold on Hollywood, the 14 key ideas shaping the high income world, Malcolm Gladwell on other minds, European crossroad, Afghan women and the Taliban, more Ignatieff, how old will Britain be in 2041, Greece’s inevitable restructuring, how a single moment can change a life, and start up Asia.

China’s naval plans.

Articles on Aboriginal education in Canada, water, the role innovation can play in rescuing the US economy, China’s murky investment world, Obama’s Afghan moment number two, the tyranny of green, China’s economic fault lines, pondering America’s seriousness about its fiscal problems, the cost of Kurdish isolation, Royal Dornach’s reminder of the bitter taste of slow play, and the importance of wearing sun screen on a cloudy day.

The desperately obvious need to educate aboriginal children to best in class outcomes.